67 Og hans far Sakarias blev fylt med den Hellige Ånd og talte profetiske ord og sa:
68 Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, han som så til sitt folk og forløste det!
69 Og han opreiste oss et frelsens horn i sin tjener Davids hus,
70 således som han talte gjennem sine hellige profeters munn fra fordums tid av,
71 en frelse fra våre fiender og fra alle deres hånd som hater oss,
72 for å gjøre miskunn mot våre fedre og komme sin hellige pakt i hu,
73 den ed han svor Abraham, vår far,
74 for å fri oss av våre fienders hånd og gi oss å tjene ham uten frykt
75 i hellighet og rettferdighet for hans åsyn alle våre dager.
76 Men også du, barn, skal kalles den Høiestes profet; for du skal gå frem for Herrens åsyn for å rydde hans veier,
77 for å lære hans folk frelse å kjenne ved deres synders forlatelse
78 for vår Guds miskunnelige hjertelags skyld, som lot solopgang fra det høie gjeste oss,
79 for å lyse for dem som sitter i mørke og dødsskygge, for å styre våre føtter inn på fredens vei.
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.