Zaccharias Propheta 2

1 et levavi oculos meos et vidi et ecce vir et in manu eius funiculus mensorum

Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

2 et dixi quo tu vadis et dixit ad me ut metiar Hierusalem et videam quanta sit latitudo eius et quanta longitudo eius

I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He replied, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and length.’

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

Then the messenger who talked with me stepped forward, and another messenger went out to meet him,

4 et dixit ad eum curre loquere ad puerum istum dicens absque muro habitabitur Hierusalem prae multitudine hominum et iumentorum in medio eius

and said to him, ‘Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

5 et ego ero ei ait Dominus murus ignis in circuitu et in gloria ero in medio eius

For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

6 o o fugite de terra aquilonis dicit Dominus quoniam in quattuor ventos caeli dispersi vos dicit Dominus

Up! Away! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, says the Lord.

7 o Sion fuge quae habitas apud filiam Babylonis

Up, escape to Zion, you who live in Babylon.

8 quia haec dicit Dominus exercituum post gloriam misit me ad gentes quae spoliaverunt vos qui enim tetigerit vos tangit pupillam oculi eius

This is what the Lord of hosts says to the nations which plundered you: Whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye.

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

I will raise my hand against them. They will be plunder for their own slaves; and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

10 lauda et laetare filia Sion quia ecce ego venio et habitabo in medio tui ait Dominus

‘Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! I am coming, I will live among you, says the Lord.

11 et adplicabuntur gentes multae ad Dominum in die illa et erunt mihi in populum et habitabo in medio tui et scies quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad te

Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day, and will be his people, and he will live among you. 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 Hierusalem

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land. He will again choose Jerusalem.

13 sileat omnis caro a facie Domini quia consurrexit de habitaculo sancto suo

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the Lord, because he is coming from his holy dwelling.’