Zacharie 2
1 Je levai les yeux et je regardai, et voici, il y avait un homme tenant dans la main un cordeau pour mesurer.
Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
2 Je dis: Où vas-tu? Et il me dit: Je vais mesurer Jérusalem, pour voir de quelle largeur et de quelle longueur elle doit être.
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 Et voici, l’ange qui parlait avec moi s’avança, et un autre ange vint à sa rencontre.
Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
4 Il lui dit: Cours, parle à ce jeune homme, et dis: Jérusalem sera une ville ouverte, à cause de la multitude d’hommes et de bêtes qui seront au milieu d’elle;
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 je serai pour elle, dit l’Éternel, une muraille de feu tout autour, et je serai sa 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 Fuyez, fuyez du pays du septentrion! Dit l’Éternel. Car je vous ai dispersés aux quatre vents des cieux, Dit l’Éternel.
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 Sauve-toi, Sion, Toi qui habites chez la fille de Babylone!
You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
8 Car ainsi parle l’Éternel des armées: Après cela, viendra la gloire! Il m’a envoyé vers les nations qui vous ont dépouillés; Car celui qui vous touche touche la prunelle de son œil.
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 Voici, je lève ma main contre elles, Et elles seront la proie de ceux qui leur étaient asservis. 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 Pousse des cris d’allégresse et réjouis-toi, Fille de Sion! Car voici, je viens, et j’habiterai au milieu de toi, Dit l’Éternel.
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 Beaucoup de nations s’attacheront à l’Éternel en ce jour-là, Et deviendront mon peuple; J’habiterai au milieu de toi, Et tu sauras que l’Éternel des armées m’a envoyé vers toi.
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 possédera Juda comme sa part Dans la terre sainte, Et il choisira encore 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 Que toute chair fasse silence 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].
