59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." 62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."

They all marveled. 64 His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

59 En op die agtste dag het hulle gekom om die kindjie te besny, en hulle wou hom Sagar¡a noem, na die naam van sy vader.

60 Toe antwoord sy moeder en sê: Nee, maar hy moet Johannes genoem word.

61 En hulle sê vir haar: Daar is niemand in jou familie wat die naam het nie.

62 En hulle beduie vir sy vader hoe hy wou hê dat hy genoem moes word.

63 Hy vra toe 'n skryfbordjie en skryf: Johannes is sy naam. En almal was verwonderd.

64 En onmiddellik is sy mond geopen en het sy tong losgeraak, en hy het gepraat en God geloof.