Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
Et je levai les yeux et regardai, et voici un homme ayant dans sa 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: Prendre la mesure de Jérusalem, voir quelle en sera la largeur, et quelle en sera la longueur.
3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
Et voici, l'ange qui parlait avec moi s'avança, et un autre ange s'avança au-devant de lui.
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 dit à celui-ci: Cours! et parle ainsi à ce jeune homme-là: Jérusalem sera habitée comme ville ouverte, tant il y aura d'hommes et de bestiaux en son sein;
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, dit l'Éternel, un mur de feu qui l'entoure, et je serai une 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!
Sus! sus! fuyez du pays du nord, dit l'Éternel, car je vous ai disséminés aux quatre vents des Cieux, dit l'Éternel.
7 You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
Sus, ô Sion! sauve-toi, toi qui habites chez 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,
Car ainsi parle l'Éternel des armées: C'est après la gloire qu'il m'a envoyé chez les peuples qui vous ont dépouillés (car qui vous touche, touche à 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.”
En effet voici, je brandis ma main sur eux et ils seront la proie de ceux qui leur furent asservis, et vous saurez que l'Éternel 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!”
Sois dans la joie et l'allégresse, fille de Sion! car voici, je viens et j'habiterai dans ton sein, dit l'Éternel.
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.
Et beaucoup de peuples s'attacheront à l'Éternel en ce jour-là, et deviendront mon peuple, et j'habiterai dans ton sein et tu sauras que l'Éternel des armées m'a envoyé auprès de 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.
Et l'Éternel possédera Juda comme son lot dans la terre sainte, et fera encore 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].
Silence, vous tous qui êtes chair, en présence de l'Éternel! car II se lève de sa demeure sainte.
