Zechariah 2

1 I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

我又舉目觀看，望見有一個人手裏拿著繩墨│。

2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] its breadth, and what [is] its length.

我問他說：「你往哪裏去﹖」他回答我說：「我要去測量耶路撒冷，看她有多寬多長。」

3 And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

正當那與我談話的使者出來時，另一位使者出來迎上他，

4 And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it.

他他說：「你跑去告訴那青年人說：耶路撒冷將成為無邊際的區域，因為其中的人畜太多了!

5 For I, saith the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire on every side, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

至於我，我要作她四周的火牆，──上主的斷語──作他中間的榮耀!」

6 Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

快! 快! 你們快從北地逃跑──上主的斷語，因為我要從天下四方聚集你們──上主的斷語。

7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon.

住在巴比倫的熙雍，快快逃避，

8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.

因為那為顯示自己的光榮，派遺我來的萬軍的上主，對那些劫掠你們的異民──因為凡觸動你們的，就是觸勫衪的眼珠──這樣說：

9 For behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

看，我只要在你們身上一揮勫我的手，他們便要成為自己奴隸的掠物；如此，你們便知道：是萬軍的上主派遺了我。

10 Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

熙雍女子，歡呼喜樂吧! 因為我要來住在你們中間──上主的斷語。

11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to thee.

在那一天，有許多民族要歸依上主，要成為衪的百姓，並住在你們中間；這樣你們便知道：是萬軍的上主派遺了我到你們這裏來。

12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

上主必在聖地內佔據猶大作的產業，衪仍要揀選耶路撒冷。

13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

凡有血肉的，在上主面前應肅靜! 因為衪已由衪的聖所起身。