Orthodox Jewish Bible

Lukas 1:60-70 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

60. And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.

61. And they said to her, There is no one from your krovim who is called by this shem.

62. And they began motioning to the yeled's abba to find out what shem he wanted to give him.

63. And having asked for a luach (tablet), Zecharyah wrote, saying, Yochanan shmo. And everyone was amazed.

64. And Zecharyah's mouth was loosed at once and the lashon of him, and he began speaking, saying Baruch Hashem!

65. And upon all their shchenim (neighbors) came much yirat Shomayim, and in the entire hill country of Yehudah everyone was shmoozing about these matters.

66. All who heard these things pondered them in their levavot, saying, What then will this yeled become? For, indeed, the yad Hashem was on him. [BERESHIS 39:2]

67. And Zecharyah, his abba, was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh and brought forth a dvar nevuah, saying,

68. BARUCH HASHEM ELOHEI YISROEL, for Adonoi has visited his Am Berit and accomplished a pedut kofer ransom for the Geulah of his people.

69. And Hashem raised up a Keren Yeshuah (Horn of Salvation), a mighty Moshia, for us in the Beis Dovid, His eved,

70. Just as Hashem spoke through the mouth of His neviim hakedoshim meOlam (holy prophets from long ago), [YIRMEYAH 23:5]