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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
ἐταράχθη Ζαχαρίας ἰδών, καὶ φόβος ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ’ αὐτόν
/was/_disturbed Zacharias /having/_seen_‹him› and fear fell_on on him
The two phrases Zechariah was troubled and fear fell on him mean similar things. Luke is using them together to emphasize how afraid Zechariah was. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “When he saw him, Zechariah became very afraid”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἰδών
/having/_seen_‹him›
The implication is that Zechariah was afraid because the angel appeared glorious and powerful. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. (Luke has just said that Zechariah was righteous and blameless, so it would be good not to leave your readers with the impression that he had done something wrong and was afraid that the angel was going to punish him for it.) Alternate translation: “when he saw how glorious and powerful the angel was”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
φόβος ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ’ αὐτόν
fear fell_on on him
Luke is using the expression fell upon to speak of fear as if it attacked and overcame Zechariah. Alternate translation: “this made him very afraid”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
φόβος ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ’ αὐτόν
fear fell_on on him
Luke describes Zechariah’s fear as if it were something that could actively attack and overpower him. Alternate translation: “this made him very afraid”
1:12-13 Zechariah was shaken and overwhelmed with fear: Fear and awe are common reactions when someone sees an angel or experiences the presence of God (Judg 6:22-23; 13:22; Isa 6:5). The person is often reassured by a saying such as Don’t be afraid.
• you are to name him John: John means “the Lord has shown favor.” This favor came to Elizabeth and Zechariah through their son and to the Israelite nation through the Messiah, whose coming John would announce.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.