Zaccharias Propheta 2

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

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

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

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

3 Et ecce angelus qui loquebatur in me egrediebatur, et angelus alius egrediebatur in occursum ejus:

And behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went forth to meet him,

4 et dixit ad eum: Curre, loquere ad puerum istum, dicens: Absque muro habitabitur Jerusalem, præ multitudine hominum et jumentorum in medio ejus.

and said to him, Run, speak to that young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls On account of the multitude of men and of cattle within her.

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

And I will be to her, saith Jehovah, A wall of fire round about, And glory will I be within her.

6 O, o, fugite de terra aquilonis, dicit Dominus, quoniam in quatuor ventos cæli dispersi vos, dicit Dominus.

Ho! ho! flee ye out of the land of the North, saith Jehovah; For toward the four winds of heaven have I scattered you abroad, saith Jehovah.

7 O Sion! fuge, quæ habitas apud filiam Babylonis:

Ho, Zion, escape, Thou that dwellest 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 saith Jehovah of hosts: For glory hath he sent me to the nations which plundered you; (For he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his 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 will shake my hand over them, And they shall be a spoil to those that served them; And ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.

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

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For, behold, I will come, And I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah;

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 shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, And shall be my people; And I will dwell in the midst of thee; And thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me to thee.

12 Et possidebit Dominus Judam partem suam in terra sanctificata, et eliget adhuc Jerusalem.

And Jehovah will possess Judah as his portion in the holy land, And will again choose Jerusalem.

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

Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah! For he riseth up from his holy habitation.