67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,

69 Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

71 Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;

72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

74 That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

67 他的父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满， 预言说：

68 "主， 以色列的 神， 是应当称颂的， 因他眷顾自己的子民， 施行救赎，

69 在他仆人大卫家中， 为我们兴起救恩的角，

70 正如主自古以来借圣先知口中所说的，

71 救我们脱离仇敌， 和恨我们的人的手；

72 向我们列祖施怜悯， 记念他的圣约，

73 就是他对我们祖先亚伯拉罕所起的誓，

74 把我们从仇敌手中救拔出来， 叫我们可以坦然无惧， 用圣洁公义， 在他面前一生一世敬拜他。

76 孩子啊， 你要称为至高者的先知， 因为你要行在主的面前， 预备他的路，

77 使他的子民， 因罪得赦， 就知道救恩。

78 因我们 神的怜悯， 使清晨的阳光从高天临到我们，

79 光照那坐在黑暗中死荫里的人， 引导我们的脚， 走上平安的路。"