Zacharie 2
1 Je levai les yeux, et je vis, et voici, un homme qui tenait un cordeau à mesurer dans sa main.
Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
2 Alors je demandai: « Où vas-tu? » Il m'a dit: « Pour mesurer Jérusalem, pour voir quelle est sa largeur et quelle est sa longueur. »
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.”
3 Voici que l'ange qui m'a parlé sort, et un autre ange va à sa rencontre,
Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
4 et lui dit: « Cours, parle à ce jeune homme, en disant: 'Jérusalem sera habitée comme des villages sans murs, à cause de la multitude d'hommes et de bêtes qui s'y trouvent.
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.
5 Car moi, dit Yahvé, je serai pour elle une muraille de feu tout autour, et je serai la gloire au milieu d'elle.
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.”
6 Viens! Venez! Fuyez du pays du nord, dit Yahvé, car je vous ai dispersés comme les quatre vents du ciel, dit Yahvé.
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!
7 « Viens, Sion! Fuis, toi qui habites avec la fille de Babylone!
You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
8 Car Yahvé des armées dit: « C'est pour l'honneur qu'il m'a envoyé vers les nations qui t'ont pillée, car celui qui te touche touche la prunelle de ses yeux.
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,
9 Car voici, j'agiterai ma main sur elles, et elles seront un butin pour ceux qui les ont servies; et vous saurez que l'Éternel des armées m'a envoyé.
[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.”
10 Chante et réjouis-toi, fille de Sion! Car voici, je viens et j'habiterai au milieu de toi, dit Yahvé.
Yahweh says, “[You people of] Jerusalem [APO], shout and be happy, [because] I will be coming [to you] and I will live among you!”
11 En ce jour-là, des nations nombreuses se joindront à Yahvé et seront mon peuple; j'habiterai au milieu de vous, et vous saurez que Yahvé des armées m'a envoyé vers vous.
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.
12 L'Éternel fera de Juda sa part dans la terre sainte, et il choisira de nouveau Jérusalem.
[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.
13 Silence, toute chair, devant l'Éternel, car il s'est réveillé de sa demeure sainte! »
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].
