Zaccharias Propheta 2

1 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce vir, et in manu eius funiculus mensorum.

And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.

2 Et dixi: Quo tu vadis? Et dixit ad me: Ut metiar Ierusalem, et videam quanta sit latitudo eius, et quanta longitudo eius.

And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be.”

3 Et ecce angelus, qui loquebatur in me, egrediebatur, et angelus alius egrediebatur in occursum eius.

And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him.

4 Et dixit ad eum: Curre, loquere ad puerum istum, dicens: Absque muro habitabitur Ierusalem præ multitudine hominum, et iumentorum in medio eius.

And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst.

5 Et ego ero ei, ait Dominus, murus ignis in circuitu: et in gloria ero in medio eius.

And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst.

6 O, o fugite de terra Aquilonis, dicit Dominus: quoniam in quattuor ventos cæli dispersi vos, dicit Dominus.

O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

7 O Sion, fuge quæ habitas apud filiam Babylonis:

O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

8 quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Post gloriam misit me ad Gentes, quæ spoliaverunt vos: qui enim tetigerit vos, tangit pupillam oculi mei:

For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye.

9 quia ecce ego levo manum meam super eos, et erunt prædæ his, qui serviebant sibi: et cognoscetis quia Dominus exercituum misit me.

For behold, I lift up my hand over them, and they will be a prey to those who had served them. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

10 Lauda, et lætare filia Sion: quia ecce ego venio, et habitabo in medio tui, ait Dominus.

Sing praise and rejoice, daughter of Zion. For behold, I approach, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord.

11 Et applicabuntur gentes multæ ad Dominum in die illa, et erunt mihi in populum, et habitabo in medio tui: et scies quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad te.

And many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

12 Et possidebit Dominus Iudam partem suam in terra sanctificata: et eliget adhuc Ierusalem.

And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem.

13 Sileat omnis caro a facie Domini: quia consurrexit de habitaculo sancto suo.

Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord: for he has arisen from his holy dwelling place.