Zechariah 2

1 I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Ponovno sem povzdignil svoje oči in pogledal in glej, mož z merilno vrvico v svoji roki.

2 Then said I, Where go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Potem sem rekel: »Kam greš?« Rekel mi je: »Da izmerim Jeruzalem, da vidim kakšna je njegova širina in kakšna je njegova dolžina.«

3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Glej, angel, ki je govoril z menoj, je šel naprej in drug angel je odšel ven, da ga sreča

4 And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

ter mu rekel: »Teci, govori temu mladeniču, rekoč: › [Prestolnica] Jeruzalem bo naseljena kakor mesta brez zidov, zaradi množice ljudi in živine v njej.‹

5 For I, says the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her.

Kajti jaz, « govori Gospod, »ji bom ognjen zid vsenaokrog in bom slava v njeni sredi.

6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD.

Hej, hej, pridite in pobegnite iz severne dežele, « govori Gospod, »kajti razkropil sem vas naokrog kakor štiri vetrove neba, « govori Gospod.

7 Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

»Osvobodi se, oh Sion, ki prebivaš z babilonsko hčerjo.«

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Kajti tako govori Gospod nad bojevniki: »Za slavo me je poslal k narodom, ki so vas plenili. Kajti kdor se dotakne vas, se dotakne punčice njegovega očesa.

9 For, behold, I will shake my hand on them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

Kajti glej, svojo roko bom stresel nad njimi in postali bodo plen svojim služabnikom in vedeli boste, da me je poslal Gospod nad bojevniki.

10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will dwell in the middle of you, says the LORD.

Prepevaj in razveseljuj se, oh hči sionska, kajti glej, prihajam in prebival bom v tvoji sredi, « govori Gospod.

11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

»Na tisti dan bodo številni narodi pridruženi h Gospodu in bodo moje ljudstvo in jaz bom prebival v tvoji sredi in vedela boš, da me je Gospod nad bojevniki poslal k tebi.

12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Gospod bo podedoval Juda in njegov delež v sveti deželi in ponovno bo izbral Jeruzalem.

13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

Molči, oh vse meso, pred Gospodom, kajti vzdignjen je iz svojega svetega prebivališča.«