Zechariah 2

1 I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

我又舉目觀看，望見有一個人手裏拿著繩墨│。

2 Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."

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。」

3 Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

正當那與我談話的使者出來時，另一位使者出來迎上他，

4 and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

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!

5 For I,' says the LORD, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

至於我，我要作她四周的火牆，──上主的斷語──作他中間的榮耀!」

6 Come. Come. Flee from the land of the north,' says the LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the LORD.

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。

7 'Come, Zion. Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.'

住在巴比倫的熙雍，快快逃避，

8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of my eye.

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：

9 For, look, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me.

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。

10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, look, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says the LORD.

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。

11 Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

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。

12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

上主必在聖地內佔據猶大作的產業，衪仍要揀選耶路撒冷。

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation."

凡有血肉的，在上主面前應肅靜! 因為衪已由衪的聖所起身。