Zacharie 2
1 J'élevai encore mes yeux, et regardai; et voilà un homme qui avait à la main un cordeau à mesurer,
Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
2 Auquel je dis: Où vas-tu? Et il me répondit: Je vais 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 Et voici, l'Ange qui parlait avec moi sortit, et un autre Ange sortit au-devant de lui;
Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
4 Et lui dit: Cours, et parle à ce jeune homme-là, en disant: Jérusalem sera habitée sans murailles, 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 Mais je lui serai, dit l'Eternel, une muraille de feu tout autour, et je serai pour 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 Ha! Fuyez, fuyez hors du pays de l'Aquilon, dit l'Eternel: car je vous ai dispersés vers les quatre vents des cieux, dit l'Eternel.
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 Ha! Sion qui demeures avec la fille de Babylone, sauve-toi.
You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
8 Car ainsi a dit l'Eternel des armées, lequel après la gloire m'a envoyé vers les nations qui vous ont pillés, que 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 Car voici, je vais lever ma main sur eux, et ils seront en proie à leurs serviteurs, et vous connaîtrez que l'Eternel 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 Réjouis-toi avec chant de triomphe, et t'égaye, fille de Sion; car voici, je viens, et j'habiterai au milieu de toi, dit l'Eternel.
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 Et plusieurs nations se joindront à l’Eternel en ce jour-là, et deviendront mon peuple; et j'habiterai au milieu de toi; et tu sauras que l'Eternel 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 Et l'Eternel héritera Juda pour son partage en la terre de sa sainteté, 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 se taise, devant la face de l'Eternel, car il s'est réveillé de la demeure de sa sainteté.
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].
