Zechariah 2
1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
Опет подигох очи своје и видех, и гле, човек, и у руци му уже мерачко.
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.”
И рекох: Куда идеш? А он ми рече: Да измерим Јерусалим да видим колика му је ширина и колика му је дужина.
3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
И гле, анђео који говораше са мном изађе, и други анђео изађе му на сусрет.
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.
И рече му: Трчи. Говори оном младићу и реци: Јерусалимљани ће се населити по селима ради мноштва људи и стоке што ће бити у њему.
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.”
И ја ћу му, говори Господ, бити зид огњен унаоколо и бићу за славу усред њега.
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!
Еј, еј, бежите из земље северне, говори Господ, јер вас разасух у четири ветра небеска, говори Господ.
7 You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
Еј Сионе, који седиш код кћери вавилонске, избави се.
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,
Јер овако вели Господ над војскама: За славом посла ме к народима, који вас опленише; јер ко тиче у вас, тиче у зеницу ока Његовог.
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.”
Јер ево, ја ћу махнути руком својом на њих, и биће плен слугама својим, и познаћете да ме је послао Господ над војскама.
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!”
Певај и весели се, кћери сионска, јер ево ја идем и наставаћу усред тебе, говори Господ.
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.
И многи ће се народи прилепити ка Господу у тај дан, и биће ми народ, и ја ћу наставати усред тебе, и познаћеш да ме је послао к теби Господ над војскама.
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.
И Господ ће наследити Јуду, свој део, у земљи светој, и опет ће изабрати Јерусалим.
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].
Нека ћути свако тело пред Господом, јер уста из светог стана свог.
