59 Og det skjedde på den åttende dag, da kom de for å omskjære barnet, og de vilde kalle ham Sakarias efter hans far.
60 Da tok hans mor til orde og sa: Nei, han skal hete Johannes.
61 Og de sa til henne: Men det er jo ingen i din ætt som har dette navn.
62 De gjorde da tegn til hans far for å få vite hvad han vilde han skulde hete.
63 Og han bad om en tavle og skrev disse ord: Johannes er hans navn. Og de undret sig alle.
64 Men straks blev hans munn oplatt og hans tunge løst, og han talte og lovet Gud.
59 And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,
60 and his mother answering said, No, but he shall be called John.
61 And they said unto her -- There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,
62 and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,
63 and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name; and they did all wonder;
64 and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.