Luke 1:57-63 in English

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all.

⁵⁷ When it was time for Elizabeth to give birth to her child, she bore a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard how ◄the Lord/God► had greatly blessed her by enabling her to bear a child, so they were happy along with Elizabeth.

⁵⁹ Seven days later they gathered together for the ceremony for circumcising the baby to show that he belonged to God. They wanted to give the baby the same name as his father, Zechariah..

⁶⁰ But his mother said, “No, his name will not be Zechariah. His name will be John!”

⁶¹ So they said to her, “ John is not the name of any of your (dl) relatives, so you(dl) should not give him that name!”

⁶² Then they made motions with their hands to Zechariah, for him to indicate what name he wanted to be given {to give} to his son.

⁶³ So he signaled that they should give him a tablet to write on. When they gave him one, he wrote on it, “His name is John.” All those who were there were surprised!

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

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.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

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.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbours and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

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 amongst 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 marvelled.

⁵⁷ Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

⁵⁸ And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

⁵⁹ And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

⁶⁰ But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

⁶¹ And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

⁶³ And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

⁵⁷ But the time was fulfilled for Elizabeth that she should bring forth, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

⁶⁰ And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

⁶³ And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

⁵⁷ Now Elizabeth’s full time of being delivered was come, and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father’s name Zachary.

⁶⁰ And his mother answering, said: Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

⁶³ And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.

⁵⁷ Now Elizabeth's full time came for her to be delivered, and she bore a son.

⁵⁸ And when her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ Now it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they started to call him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

⁶⁰ His mother answered and said, “No; he shall be called John.”

⁶¹ But they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

⁶² So they made signs to his father about what he wished him to be called.

⁶³ And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.

⁵⁷ Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth was completed and she bore a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had used His great mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they started calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

⁶⁰ His mother reacted and said, “Absolutely not; he shall be called John!”

⁶¹ So they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

⁶² So they started motioning to his father, as to what he would have him called.

⁶³ Asking for a writing tablet he wrote this: “His name is to be John!” They all marveled.

⁵⁷ The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had showed her great kindness, and they celebrated together with her.

⁵⁹ Eight days later they came to circumcise the boy. They planned to call him Zechariah after his father.

⁶⁰ “No,” Elizabeth said. “He shall be called John.”

⁶¹ “But there's nobody among your relatives who has this name,” they told her.

⁶² Through gestures they asked Zechariah, the boy's father, what he wanted to call his son.

⁶³ Zechariah motioned for something to write on. To everyone's surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”

⁵⁷ Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

⁵⁹ And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

⁶¹ And they saide vnto her, There is none of thy kindred, that is named with this name.

⁶² Then they made signes to his father, howe he would haue him called.

⁶³ So hee asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

⁵⁷ Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had showed great mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they were about to call him Zachariah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answering said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her, There is no one of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him named.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

⁵⁷ When Elizabeth's time came, she gave birth to a son;

⁵⁸ and her neighbours and relatives, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.

⁵⁹ A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him Zechariah after his father,

⁶⁰ when his mother spoke up, “No, he is to be called John.”

⁶¹ “You have no relation of that name!” they exclaimed;

⁶² and they made signs to the child's father, to find out what he wished the child to be called.

⁶³ Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words — ‘His name is John.’ Everyone was surprised

⁵⁷ When Elizabeth's time came, she gave birth to a son;

⁵⁸ and her neighbors and relatives, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.

⁵⁹ A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him Zechariah after his father,

⁶⁰ when his mother spoke up, “No, he is to be called John.”

⁶¹ “You have no relation of that name!” they exclaimed;

⁶² and they made signs to the child's father, to find out what he wished the child to be called.

⁶³ Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words — ‘His name is John.’ Everyone was surprised

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth My God oath should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that Adonai had magnified his eleos ·merciful compassion in action· towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias Remembered by Yah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John Yah is gracious.”

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 Yah is gracious.” They all marveled.

⁵⁷ Then the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she had a son.

⁵⁸ All her family, and the people that lived near her, they heard that she had a baby, and they knew that God had been very good to her. Elizabeth was happy, and they were all happy too.

⁵⁹ When the baby was 8 days old, all those people came to Zechariah and Elizabeth’s place. The baby boy had to have a young man’s operation on that day, and they used to give a baby his name at that time. The people wanted to call him Zechariah, the same name that his father had.

⁶⁰ But Elizabeth said, “No. His name is John.”

⁶¹ They said, “What? Nobody in your family has that name.”

⁶² So they made signs with their hands to his father, to ask him what name he wanted to give to the boy.

⁶³ Zechariah made signs to get them to give him something to write on, then he wrote, “His name is John.” Everyone was shocked.

⁵⁷ Elizabethes tyme was come that she shuld be delyvered and she brought forth a sonne.

⁵⁸ And her neghboures and her cosins hearde tell how the lorde had shewed great mercy vpon her and they reioysed with her.

⁵⁹ And it fortuned the eyght daye: they cam to circumcise the chylde: and called his name zacharias after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ How be it his mother answered and sayd: not so but he shalbe called Ihon.

⁶¹ And they sayd vnto hyr: Ther is none of thy kynne that is named with this name.

⁶² And they made signes to his father how he wolde have him called.

⁶³ And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote saying: his name is Iohn. And they marvelled all.

⁵⁷ Now the time had come for Elizabeth to deliver her baby and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ Now it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child. They would have called him “Zechariah,” after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ But his mother answered and said, “No. 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 as to how he wanted him to be named.

⁶³ His father asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” They all were astonished at this.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

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.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbours and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

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 amongst 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 marvelled.

⁵⁷ Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and her cousins heard that the Lord had shown great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said, Not so ; but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

⁶³ And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all wondered.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elisheva should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called Yochanan.”

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 Yochanan.” They all marveled.

⁵⁷ Now the time that Elisheva should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸ Her neighbours and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹ On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

⁶⁰ His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called Yochanan.”

⁶¹ They said to her, “There is no one amongst 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 Yochanan.” They all marvelled.

⁵⁷ But the time of bearing child was fulfilled to Elisabeth, and she bare a son.

⁵⁸ And the neighbours and the cousins of her heard, that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her; and they thanked him or they together joyed to her.

⁵⁹ And it was done in the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zechariah, by the name of his father.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered, and said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her, For no man is in thy kindred, that is called by this name.

⁶² And they beckoned to his father, what he would that he were called.

⁶³ And he asking a pointel, wrote, saying, John is his name. And all men wondered.

⁵⁷ But the time of bearing child was fulfilled to Elisabeth, and she bare a son.

⁵⁸ And the neighbours and the cousins of her heard, that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her; and they thanked him or and they together joyed to her, (or with her).

⁵⁹ And it was done in the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, by the name of his father. (And it was done on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zechariah, after his father’s name.)

⁶⁰ And his mother answered, and said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

⁶¹ And they said to her, For no man is in thy kindred, that is called by this name.

⁶² And they beckoned to his father, what he would that he were called (or what he wanted him to be called).

⁶³ And he asking (for) a pointel (or And he asking for a stylus), wrote, saying, John is his name. And all men wondered.

⁵⁷ But the tyme of beryng child was fulfillid to Elizabeth, and sche bare a sone.

⁵⁸ And the neiyboris and cosyns of hir herden, that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy with hir; and thei thankiden hym.

⁵⁹ And it was don in the eiyte dai, thei camen to circumcide the child; and thei clepiden hym Zacarie, bi the name of his fadir.

⁶⁰ And his moder answeride, and seide, Nay, but he schal be clepid Joon.

⁶¹ And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kynrede, that is clepid this name.

⁶² And thei bikeneden to his fadir, what he wolde that he were clepid.

⁶³ And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name.

⁵⁷ And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

⁵⁸ and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

⁵⁹ And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

⁶⁰ and his mother answering said, 'No, but he shall be called John.'

⁶¹ And they said unto her — 'There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

⁶² and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

⁶³ and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;