Zaccharias Propheta 2

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

Next I lifted up my eyes and saw 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.

I said, “Where are you going?” So he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to determine its width and length.”

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

Then the angel who had talked with me went away and another angel went out 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.

The second angel said to him, “Run and speak to that young man; say, 'Jerusalem will sit in the open country because of the multitudes of men and beasts within her.

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

For I—this is Yahweh's declaration—will become for her a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.

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

Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north—this is Yahweh's declaration— for I have scattered you like the four winds of the skies!—This is Yahweh's declaration.

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

Up! Escape to Zion, you who live 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 after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said,

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

“I myself will shake my hand over them, and they will be plunder for their slaves.” Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me.

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

“Sing for joy, daughter of Zion, for I myself am about to come and encamp among you!—this is Yahweh's declaration.”

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.

Then great nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day. He says, “Then you will become my people; for I will encamp in the midst of you,” and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

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

For Yahweh will inherit Judah as his rightful possession in the holy land and will once again choose Jerusalem for himself.

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

Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh, for he has been roused from out of his holy place!