The Benedictus — Canticle of Zechariah

Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,
quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ,
et eréxit cornu salútis nobis
in domo David púeri sui,
sicut locútus est per os sanctórum,
qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum eius,
salútem ex inimícis nostris,
et de manu ómnium qui odérunt nos;
ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris,
et memorári testaménti sui sancti,
iusiurándum quod iurávit ad Abraham patrem nostrum,
datúrum se nobis,
ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum nostrórum liberáti,
serviámus illi
in sanctitáte et iustítia coram ipso,
ómnibus diébus nostris.
Et tu, puer, prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis:
præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini paráre vias eius,
ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi eius
in remissiónem peccatórum eórum,
per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri,
in quibus visitávit nos óriens ex alto,
illumináre his qui in ténebris et in umbra mortis sedent,
ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people,
and hath raised up an horn of salvation to us,
in the house of David his servant,
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets,
who are from the beginning:
salvation from our enemies,
and from the hand of all that hate us;
to perform mercy to our fathers,
and to remember his holy testament,
the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
that he would grant to us,
that being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
we may serve him without fear,
in holiness and justice before him,
all our days.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest:
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
to give knowledge of salvation to his people,
unto the remission of their sins,
through the bowels of the mercy of our God,
in which the Orient from on high hath visited us,
to enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to direct our feet into the way of peace.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.