59 Aconteceu que, no oitavo dia, foram circuncidar o menino e queriam dar-lhe o nome de seu pai, Zacarias. 60 Mas a mãe do menino disse:

— De modo nenhum! Ele será chamado João.

61 Disseram-lhe:

— Mas você não tem nenhum parente com esse nome!

62 Fizeram sinais, perguntando ao pai do menino que nome queria que lhe dessem. 63 Então, pedindo uma tabuinha, ele escreveu:

— O nome dele é João.

E todos se admiraram. 64 Imediatamente a boca de Zacarias se abriu e a língua se soltou. Então começou a falar, louvando a Deus.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."

62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John."

64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.