en_tn/luk/01/30.md

## found favor with God ##

AT:"God has decided to give you his grace” or “God is being gracious to you" or “God is showing you his kindness”

## will be called the Son of the Most High ##

AT: "people will call him the Son of the Most High One" or "people will acknowledge that he is the Son of God Most High" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## give him the throne of his father, David ##

AT:  "give him authority to rule as king like his ancestor David did" The throne represents the king's authority to rule. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## his father ##

The Bible often uses the word "fathers" to refer to ancestors and uses the word "sons" to refer to descendants. The word "his" refers to Mary's son.