11. And a messenger of יהוה appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12. And when Zeḵaryah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13. But the messenger said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zeḵaryah, for your prayer is heard. And your wife Elisheḇa shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yoḥanan.
14. “And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15. “For he shall be great before יהוה, and shall drink no wine and strong drink at all. And he shall be filled with the Set-apart Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
16. “And he shall turn many of the children of Yisra’ĕl to יהוה their Elohim.
17. “And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Ěliyahu, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the insight of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for יהוה.”
18. And Zeḵaryah said to the messenger, “By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife advanced in years.”