Zechariah 2

1 and to lift: look eye my and to see: see and behold man and in/on/with hand his cord measure

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

2 and to say where? you(m. s.) to go: went and to say to(wards) me to/for to measure [obj] Jerusalem to/for to see: see like/as what? width her and like/as what? length her

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

3 and behold [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me to come out: come and messenger: angel another to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet him

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

4 and to say (to(wards) him *Q(k)*) to run: run to speak: speak to(wards) [the] youth this to/for to say village to dwell Jerusalem from abundance man and animal in/on/with midst her

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.”

5 and I to be to/for her utterance LORD wall fire around and to/for glory to be in/on/with midst her

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

6 woe! woe! and to flee from land: country/planet north utterance LORD for like/as four spirit: breath [the] heaven to spread [obj] you utterance LORD

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

7 woe! Zion to escape to dwell daughter Babylon

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

8 for thus to say LORD Hosts after glory to send: depart me to(wards) [the] nation [the] to loot [obj] you for [the] to touch in/on/with you to touch in/on/with apple eye his

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.

9 for look! I to wave [obj] hand my upon them and to be spoil to/for servant/slave their and to know for LORD Hosts to send: depart me

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

10 to sing and to rejoice daughter Zion for look! I to come (in): come and to dwell in/on/with midst your utterance LORD

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

11 and to join nation many to(wards) LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to be to/for me to/for people and to dwell in/on/with midst your and to know for LORD Hosts to send: depart me to(wards) you

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.

12 and to inherit LORD [obj] Judah portion his upon land: soil [the] holiness and to choose still in/on/with Jerusalem

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.

13 to silence all flesh from face: before LORD for to rouse from habitation holiness his

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