Luke 1:8-20

⁸And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in the ordre of his cours tofor God,

⁹aftir the custome of the preesthod, he wente forth bi lot, and entride in to the temple, to encense.

¹⁰And al the multitude of the puple was with outforth, and preiede in the our of encensyng.

¹¹And an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and stood on the riythalf of the auter of encense.

¹²And Zacarie seynge was afraied, and drede fel vpon hym.

¹³And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon.

¹⁴And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioye in his natyuyte.

¹⁵For he schal be greet bifor the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sidir, and he schal be fulfillid with the Hooli Goost yit of his modir wombe.

¹⁶And he schal conuerte many of the children of Israel to her Lord God;

¹⁷and he schal go bifor hym in the spirit and the vertu of Helie; and he schal turne the hertis of the fadris in to the sones, and men out of bileue to the prudence of iust men, to make redi a perfit puple to the Lord.

¹⁸And Zacarie seide to the aungel, Wherof schal Y wite this? for Y am eld, and my wijf hath gon fer in to hir daies.

¹⁹And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, For Y am Gabriel, that stonde niy bifor God; and Y am sent to thee to speke, and to euangelize to thee these thingis.

²⁰And lo! thou schalt be doumbe, and thou schalt not mow speke til in to the dai, in which these thingis schulen be don; for thou hast not bileued to my wordis, whiche schulen be fulfillid in her tyme.