撒迦利亞書 2

1 我又舉目觀看，望見有一個人手裏拿著繩墨│。

Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 我問他說：「你往哪裏去﹖」他回答我說：「我要去測量耶路撒冷，看她有多寬多長。」

I said, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.”

3 正當那與我談話的使者出來時，另一位使者出來迎上他，

Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,

4 他他說：「你跑去告訴那青年人說：耶路撒冷將成為無邊際的區域，因為其中的人畜太多了!

and said to him, “Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

5 至於我，我要作她四周的火牆，──上主的斷語──作他中間的榮耀!」

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 快! 快! 你們快從北地逃跑──上主的斷語，因為我要從天下四方聚集你們──上主的斷語。

Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.

7 住在巴比倫的熙雍，快快逃避，

Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.

8 因為那為顯示自己的光榮，派遺我來的萬軍的上主，對那些劫掠你們的異民──因為凡觸動你們的，就是觸勫衪的眼珠──這樣說：

This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.

9 看，我只要在你們身上一揮勫我的手，他們便要成為自己奴隸的掠物；如此，你們便知道：是萬軍的上主派遺了我。

I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

10 熙雍女子，歡呼喜樂吧! 因為我要來住在你們中間──上主的斷語。

“Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.

11 在那一天，有許多民族要歸依上主，要成為衪的百姓，並住在你們中間；這樣你們便知道：是萬軍的上主派遺了我到你們這裏來。

Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. You will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

12 上主必在聖地內佔據猶大作的產業，衪仍要揀選耶路撒冷。

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.

13 凡有血肉的，在上主面前應肅靜! 因為衪已由衪的聖所起身。

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.”