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OET (OET-LV) And it_became on the the eighth day, they_came to_circumcise the little_child, and they_were_calling it Zaⱪarias after the name of_the father of_him.
OET (OET-RV) When the baby boy was eight days old, it was the time to circumcise him, and the relatives at the ceremony started calling him Zacharias after the name of his father,
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
καὶ ἐγένετο
and ˱it˲_became
Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ
on the day ¬the eighth
This expression refers to the eighth day of the baby’s life, reckoning the day he was born as the first day. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this expression according to the way your own culture reckons time. Alternate translation: “when the baby was one week old”
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ
on the day ¬the eighth
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: “on day 8”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἦλθον περιτεμεῖν τὸ παιδίον
˱they˲_came /to/_circumcise the little_child
In this culture, family and friends often came to celebrate with the family when a baby was circumcised. This ceremony showed that the baby was a member of the community that was in a special relationship with God. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the family and friends of Zechariah and Elizabeth came for the baby’s circumcision ceremony, when he would be acknowledged as a member of the Israelite community”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐκάλουν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, Ζαχαρίαν
˱they˲_/were/_calling it after the name ˱of˲_the father ˱of˲_him Zacharias
As in 1:13 and 1:31, to call the name of a child is an idiom meaning to give a child a name. Alternate translation: “they were going to give him the same name as his father, Zechariah”
1:59 God commanded every Israelite male to be circumcised when eight days old (Gen 17:9-14; Lev 12:3). Circumcision signified the child’s incorporation into the covenant community of Israel.
• They wanted to name him Zechariah: It was common to name a child after a relative. The family and friends were surprised because John was not the name of any of his relatives.
OET (OET-LV) And it_became on the the eighth day, they_came to_circumcise the little_child, and they_were_calling it Zaⱪarias after the name of_the father of_him.
OET (OET-RV) When the baby boy was eight days old, it was the time to circumcise him, and the relatives at the ceremony started calling him Zacharias after the name of his father,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.