But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Z’kharyah [remembered by Yehovah]: for youri prayer is heard; and youri wife Elisheva [the oath of God] shall bear youi a son, and youi shall call his name Yochanan [Yehovah has graced].
God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the Son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do [it]? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
There was in the days of Herod [heroic], the king of Y’hudah [praised], a certain priest named Z’kharyah [remembered by Yehovah], of the course of Aviyah [Yah is my father]: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aharon [Bright, Very High], and her name [was] Elisheva [the oath of God].