67 Zacarias, o pai de João, cheio do Espírito Santo, profetizou, dizendo:
68 "Bendito seja o Senhor,
Deus de Israel,
porque visitou
e redimiu o seu povo,
69 e nos suscitou plena
e poderosa salvação
na casa de Davi, seu servo,
70 como havia prometido,
desde a antiguidade,
por boca dos seus
santos profetas,
71 para nos libertar
dos nossos inimigos
e das mãos de todos
os que nos odeiam;
72 para usar de misericórdia
com os nossos pais
e lembrar-se da sua santa aliança
73 e do juramento que fez
a nosso pai Abraão,
74 de conceder-nos que,
livres das mãos de inimigos,
o adorássemos sem temor,
75 em santidade e justiça
diante dele,
todos os nossos dias.
76 E você, menino, será chamado
profeta do Altíssimo,
porque precederá o Senhor,
preparando-lhe os caminhos,
77 para dar ao seu povo
conhecimento da salvação,
por meio da remissão
dos seus pecados,
78 graças à profunda misericórdia
de nosso Deus,
pela qual nos visitará
o sol nascente das alturas,
79 para iluminar os que jazem
nas trevas
e na sombra da morte,
e dirigir os nossos pés
pelo caminho da paz."
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people,
69 And has raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.