Luke 1:66-77

⁶⁶Everyone who heard about it kept thinking about it. They were saying, “We wonder what will this child do for God when he grows up RHQ!” They wondered that because from what had happened they were sure that God would be helping that child SYN in a powerful way.

⁶⁷After Zechariah's son was born, Zechariah was completely directed by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit completely directed Zechariah} as he spoke these words that came from God:

⁶⁸“Praise the Lord, the God whom we(inc) people of Israel worship, because he has come to set us, his people, free from our enemies.

⁶⁹He is sending us someone who will powerfully MTY save us, someone who is descended from MTY King David, who served God well.

⁷⁰Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that.

⁷¹He will rescue us from our enemies, and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us.

⁷²He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants.

⁷³That is what he strongly promised our ancestor Abraham that he would do.

⁷⁴God told him that we would be rescued {he would rescue us} from the power of our enemies, that he would enable us to serve him without being afraid,

⁷⁵that he would cause us to be completely dedicated to him, and enable us to live righteously all of our lives.”

⁷⁶Then Zechariah said this to his little son: “My child, you will be called {people will say that you are} a prophet whom God MTY/EUP has sent; you will begin your work before ◄the Lord/Messiah► comes; you will prepare people so that they will be ready for him. (OR, you will begin your work before the Messiah comes).

⁷⁷You will tell God's people how he will forgive them and save them from being punished for their sins.