撒迦利亞書 2

1 我又舉目觀看，見一人手拿準繩。

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

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。」

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

3 與我說話的天使去的時候，又有一位天使迎着他來，

Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger 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 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 耶和華說：我要作耶路撒冷四圍的火城，並要作其中的榮耀。」

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

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。

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 與巴比倫人同住的錫安民哪，應當逃脫。

Up, escape to Zion, you who live in 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。

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。

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 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 and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, 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。

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 耶和華必收回猶大作他聖地的分，也必再揀選耶路撒冷。

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。

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