Zechariah and Elizabeth get introduced as the people who will be the parents of the herald in this way: "And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord."
Zakariya na Elizabeta, lava veke ni lunghelo leri tsakisaka ra ku va vatswari va Yohane lowo Khuvula, "a va lulamile emahlweni ka Xikwembu hileswi a va famba hi ku pfumala xisandzu hi ku landza swileriso hinkwaswo ni swilaveko swa le nawini swa Yehovha."