59 Quando o bebê estava com oito dias, eles vieram para a cerimônia de circuncisão. Queriam chamar o menino de Zacarias, como o pai, 60 mas Isabel disse: "Não! Seu nome é João!".

61 Então eles lhe disseram: "Não há ninguém em sua família com esse nome", 62 e com gestos perguntaram ao pai como queria chamar o bebê. 63 Ele pediu que lhe dessem uma tabuinha e, para surpresa de todos, escreveu: "Seu nome é João". 64 No mesmo instante, Zacarias voltou a falar e começou a louvar 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.