53. “He has filled the hungry with good items, and the rich He has sent away empty.
54. “He sustained Yisra’ĕl, His servant, in remembrance of His compassion,
55. as He spoke to our fathers, to Aḇraham and to his seed, forever.”
56. And Miryam stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.
57. And the time was filled for Elisheḇa to give birth, and she bore a son.
58. And her neighbours and relatives heard how יהוה had shown great compassion to her, and they rejoiced with her.
59. And it came to be, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him by the name of his father, Zeḵaryah.
60. And his mother answering, said, “Not so, but he shall be called Yoḥanan.”
61. And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
62. Then they motioned to his father, what he would like him to be called.
63. And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “Yoḥanan is his name.” And they all marvelled.
64. And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he was speaking, praising Elohim.
65. And fear came on all those dwelling around them, and all these matters were spoken of in all the hill country of Yehuḏah.
66. And all who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then shall this child be?” And the hand of יהוה was with him.
67. And Zeḵaryah, his father, was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
68. “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, for He did look upon and worked redemption for His people,
69. and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant Dawiḏ,
70. as He spoke by the mouth of His set-apart prophets, from of old –