Zechariah 2

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

And Y reiside myn iyen, and siy, and lo! a man, and lo! in his hoond a litil coorde of meteris.

2 “Where are you going?” I asked him. “I'm going to Jerusalem to measure its width and length,” he replied.

And Y seide, Whidir goist thou? And he seide to me, That Y mete Jerusalem, and Judee; hou myche is the breede therof, and hou myche is the lengthe therof.

3 The angel I was talking to came forward and another angel came to meet him

And lo! the aungel that spak in me, wente out, and another aungel wente out in to the metyng of hym, and seide to hym,

4 and told him, “Run, and tell the young man that Jerusalem will have so many people and farm animals that it will be too big to have walls.”

Renne thou, speke to this child, and seie thou, Jerusalem shal be enhabitid with out wal, for the multitude of men and of beestis in the myddil therof.

5 The Lord declares, I myself will be a wall of fire all around the city, and I will be the glory inside it.

And Y schal be to it, seith the Lord, a wal of fier in cumpas; and Y schal be in glorie in myddil therof.

6 Run! Run! Run away from the northern land, says the Lord, because I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven.

A! A! A! fle ye fro the lond of the north, seith the Lord, for in foure wyndis of heuene Y scateride you, seith the Lord.

7 Run away, people of Zion! All of you who live in Babylon must escape.

A! thou Sion, fle, that dwellist at the douyter of Babiloyne.

8 For this is what the Lord Almighty said: Afterwards the glorious Lord sent me against the nations that plundered you—for those who touch you touch the apple of his eye.

For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, After glorie he sente me to hethene men, whiche robbiden you; for he that schal touche you, schal touche the apple of myn iye.

9 I will raise my hand against them and their former slaves will plunder them. Then you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me.

For lo! Y reise myn hond on hem, and thei schulen be preyes to these that seruyden hem; and ye schulen knowe, that the Lord of oostis sente me.

10 Sing in celebration, people of Zion, for I am coming to live with you, declares the Lord.

Douyter of Sion, herie thou, and be glad; for lo! Y come, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee, seith the Lord.

11 Many nations will become believers in Lord on that day, and they shall be my people. I will live among you, and you will know the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

And many folkis schulen be applied to the Lord in that dai, and thei schulen be to me in to puple, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee; and thou schalt wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to thee.

12 The people of Judah will be the Lord's special people in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem as his special city.

And the Lord schal welde Juda in to his part, in the loud halewid, and schal cheese yit Jerusalem.

13 Be silent before the Lord, everyone, for he has risen from the holy place where he lives.

Ech fleisch be stil fro the face of the Lord, for he roos of his hooli dwelling place.