59 En op die agtste dag het hulle gekom om die kindjie te besny, en hulle wou hom Sagar¡a noem, na die naam van sy vader.

60 Toe antwoord sy moeder en sê: Nee, maar hy moet Johannes genoem word.

61 En hulle sê vir haar: Daar is niemand in jou familie wat die naam het nie.

62 En hulle beduie vir sy vader hoe hy wou hê dat hy genoem moes word.

63 Hy vra toe 'n skryfbordjie en skryf: Johannes is sy naam. En almal was verwonderd.

64 En onmiddellik is sy mond geopen en het sy tong losgeraak, en hy het gepraat en God geloof.

59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.