Zaccharias Propheta 2

1 et levavi oculos meos et vidi et ecce vir et in manu eius 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 Hierusalem et videam quanta sit latitudo eius et quanta longitudo eius

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 eius

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 Hierusalem prae multitudine hominum et iumentorum in medio eius

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 eius

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 quattuor ventos caeli 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 quae habitas apud filiam Babylonis

Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with the daughter of Babylon!'”

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

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 praedae 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 laetare 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 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

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 Iudam partem suam in terra sanctificata et eliget adhuc Hierusalem

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!