Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
Je levai les yeux et je vis: Et voici un homme ayant à la main un cordeau à mesurer.
2 I asked him, “Where are you going?” He replied, “[I am going] to measure Jerusalem, to determine how wide it is and how long it is.”
Et je dis: « Où vas-tu? « Et il me dit: « Je vais mesurer Jérusalem pour voir quelle en doit être la largeur et quelle en doit être la longueur. »
3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
Et voici que parut l’ange qui parlait avec moi; et un autre ange apparut, allant à sa rencontre;
4 That other angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man that [some day] there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, with the result that there will be too many to live inside the city walls; many will [live outside] the walls.
et il lui dit: « Cours! Parle à ce jeune homme en ces termes: C’est comme une ville ouverte que sera habitée Jérusalem, tant il y aura en son sein d’hommes et de bêtes.
5 And Yahweh says that he [himself] will be [like] [MET] a wall of fire around [the city], and he will be there with his glory.”
Et moi, je serai pour elle, – oracle de Yahweh, – une muraille de feu à l’entour, et je serai en gloire au milieu d’elle.
6 Yahweh declares [to the people who were exiled to Babylonia], “Run! Flee from Babylonia [MTY], the country east [of Israel], and flee in all directions from the places where I caused you to be scattered!
Holà! Holà! Fuyez du pays du septentrion, – oracle de Yahweh, car je vous ai dispersés aux quatre vents du ciel, – oracle de Yahweh.
7 You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
Holà! Sion, sauve-toi, toi qui habites chez la fille de Babylone!
8 The [armies of the] nations that [attacked you and] took away your valuable possessions have attacked those who are very precious to the Commander of the armies of angels [IDM]. So he says this about me: ‘After I have honored him and sent him to [rebuke] the nations,
Car ainsi parle Yahweh des armées: Pour sa gloire il m’a envoyé vers les nations qui vous ont pillés; car qui vous touche touche la prunelle de son œil.
9 [it is as though] I will strike them with my fist, with the result that those who were their slaves will [now] take back their possessions from those who caused them to become slaves.’ And when that happens, you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels is the one who sent me.”
Car voici que j’agite ma main sur elles, et elles seront un butin pour ceux qui leur sont asservis; et vous saurez que Yahweh des armées m’a envoyé.
10 Yahweh says, “[You people of] Jerusalem [APO], shout and be happy, [because] I will be coming [to you] and I will live among you!”
Pousse des cris de joie et sois dans l’allégresse, fille de Sion; car voici que je viens et j’habiterai au milieu de toi, – oracle de Yahweh.
11 At that time, [people of] many nations will be united to Yahweh and will become his people. He will live among [all of] you; and you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels [is the one who] sent me to you.
Beaucoup de nations s’attacheront à Yahweh en ce jour-là, et elles seront mon peuple; et j’habiterai au milieu de toi, et tu sauras que Yahweh des armées m’a envoyé vers toi.
12 [The people of] Judah will be a very special part of his sacred country, and Jerusalem will again be the city that he has chosen.
Yahweh possédera Juda comme sa portion sur la terre sainte, et il choisira encore Jérusalem.
13 Everyone, [everywhere, ] should be silent in the presence of Yahweh, because he [again] will come [down] from the sacred place where he lives in heaven [to do great things for us].
Que toute chair fasse silence devant Yahweh, car il s’est élevé de sa sainte demeure.
