< 撒迦利亞書 2 >
And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
2 我說:「你往哪裏去?」他對我說:「要去量耶路撒冷,看有多寬多長。」
And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be.”
3 與我說話的天使去的時候,又有一位天使迎着他來,
And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.
4 對他說:「你跑去告訴那少年人說,耶路撒冷必有人居住,好像無城牆的鄉村,因為人民和牲畜甚多。
And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.
5 耶和華說:我要作耶路撒冷四圍的火城,並要作其中的榮耀。」
And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst.
6 耶和華說:「我從前分散你們在天的四方,現在你們要從北方之地逃回。這是耶和華說的。
O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.
O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
8 萬軍之耶和華說,在顯出榮耀之後,差遣我去懲罰那擄掠你們的列國,摸你們的就是摸他眼中的瞳人。
For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.
9 看哪,我要向他們掄手,他們就必作服事他們之人的擄物,你們便知道萬軍之耶和華差遣我了。
For behold, I lift up my hand over them, and they will be a prey to those who had served them. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
10 錫安城啊,應當歡樂歌唱,因為我來要住在你中間。這是耶和華說的。」
Sing praise and rejoice, daughter of Zion. For behold, I approach, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.
11 那時,必有許多國歸附耶和華,作他的子民。他要住在你中間,你就知道萬軍之耶和華差遣我到你那裏去了。
And many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
12 耶和華必收回猶大作他聖地的分,也必再揀選耶路撒冷。
And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem.
13 凡有血氣的都當在耶和華面前靜默無聲;因為他興起,從聖所出來了。
Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord: for he has arisen from his holy dwelling place.