Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
またわたしが目をあげて見ていると、見よ、ひとりの人が、測りなわを手に持っているので、
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.”
「あなたはどこへ行くのですか」と尋ねると、その人はわたしに言った、「エルサレムを測って、その広さと、長さを見ようとするのです」。
3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
すると見よ、わたしと語る天の使が出て行くと、またひとりの天の使が出てきて、これに出会って、
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.
言った、「走って行って、あの若い人に言いなさい、『エルサレムはその中に、人と家畜が多くなるので、城壁のない村里のように、人の住む所となるでしょう。
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.”
主は仰せられます、わたしはその周囲で火の城壁となり、その中で栄光となる』と」。
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!
主は仰せられる、さあ、北の地から逃げて来なさい。わたしはあなたがたを、天の四方の風のように散らしたからである。
7 You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
さあ、バビロンの娘と共にいる者よ、シオンにのがれなさい。
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,
あなたがたにさわる者は、彼の目の玉にさわるのであるから、あなたがたを捕えていった国々の民に、その栄光にしたがって、わたしをつかわされた万軍の主は、こう仰せられる、
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.”
「見よ、わたしは彼らの上に手を振る。彼らは自分に仕えた者のとりことなる。その時あなたがたは万軍の主が、わたしをつかわされたことを知る。
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!”
主は言われる、シオンの娘よ、喜び歌え。わたしが来て、あなたの中に住むからである。
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.
その日には、多くの国民が主に連なって、わたしの民となる。わたしはあなたの中に住む。
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.
あなたは万軍の主が、わたしをあなたにつかわされたことを知る。主は聖地で、ユダを自分の分として取り、エルサレムを再び選ばれるであろう」。
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].
すべて肉なる者よ、主の前に静まれ。主はその聖なるすみかから立ちあがられたからである。
