59 到了第八天， 他们来给孩子行割礼， 要照他父亲的名字， 叫他撒迦利亚。

60 但他母亲说： "不可， 要叫他约翰。"

61 他们说： "你亲族里没有叫这名字的。"

62 他们就向孩子的父亲打手式， 看他要叫他什么。

63 他要了一块写字版， 写上说： "他的名字是约翰。"众人都希奇。

64 撒迦利亚的口舌立刻开了， 就出声称颂 神。

59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." 62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."

They all marveled. 64 His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.