Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
Je levai les yeux et regardai, et il se présenta un homme qui avait 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.”
Je demandai "Où vas-tu?" II me répondit: "Je vais mesurer Jérusalem pour voir quelle est sa largeur et quelle est sa longueur."
3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
Alors l’ange qui conversait avec moi se disposait à sortir lorsqu’un autre ange s’en vint 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.
Il lui dit: "Cours et parle à ce jeune homme en ces termes: Jérusalem sera habitée à l’état de ville ouverte en raison de la multitude d’hommes et de bêtes qui s’y trouveront.
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 lui serai, dit l’Eternel, une muraille de feu tout autour, et je serai un sujet de 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 Nord, dit l’Eternel, car comme aux quatre vents du ciel, je vous ai dispersés, dit l’Eternel.
7 You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
Holà! Sion, sauve-toi, toi qui demeures avec la fille de Babel!
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,
Oui, ainsi parle l’Eternel-Cebaot, à la poursuite de l’honneur il m’a envoyé vers les peuples qui vous pillèrent, car quiconque vous touche, touche à la prunelle de ses yeux.
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.”
Oui, voici, je vais diriger ma main contre eux, en sorte qu’ils deviennent la proie de ceux qui les servaient: vous reconnaîtrez alors que l’Eternel-Cebaot 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!”
Exulte et réjouis-toi, fille de Sion! Car voici, j’arrive pour résider au milieu de toi, dit l’Eternel.
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.
Nombre de nations se rallieront à l’Eternel, ce jour-là, et elles deviendront mon peuple; je résiderai au milieu de toi, et tu reconnaîtras que c’est l’Eternel-Cebaot qui 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.
L’Eternel rentrera en possession de Juda, son domaine sur la terre Sainte, et fera de nouveau choix de 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 créature fasse silence devant l’Eternel, lorsqu’il surgira de sa demeure sainte!
