11 Toe verskyn daar aan hom 'n engel van die Here, wat aan die regterkant van die reukofferaltaar staan.

12 En toe Sagar¡a hom sien, was hy ontsteld, en vrees het hom oorval.

13 Maar die engel sê vir hom: Moenie vrees nie, Sagar¡a, want jou gebed is verhoor, en jou vrou Elisabet sal vir jou 'n seun baar, en jy moet hom Johannes noem.

14 En hy sal blydskap en verheuging vir jou wees, en baie sal oor sy geboorte bly wees;

15 want hy sal groot wees voor die Here. En wyn en sterk drank sal hy nooit drink nie, en hy sal vervul word met die Heilige Gees reeds van die skoot van sy moeder af.

16 En hy sal baie van die kinders van Israel bekeer tot die Here hulle God.

17 En hy sal voor Hom uit gaan in die gees en die krag van El¡a, om die harte van die vaders terug te bring tot die kinders en die ongehoorsames tot die gesindheid van die regverdiges, om vir die Here 'n toegeruste volk te berei.

11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.