Zacarías 2
1 Después levanté mis ojos y miré, y ahí estaba un varón con un cordel de medir en su mano.
Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.
2 Y le pregunté: ¿A dónde vas? Y me respondió: A medir Jerusalén, para ver cuál es su anchura y su longitud.
I asked him, “Where are you going?” He replied, “[I am going] to measure Jerusalem, to determine how wide it is and how long it is.”
3 Cuando salía el ángel que hablaba conmigo, otro ángel le salió al encuentro,
Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
4 y le dijo: Corre, habla a ese joven, y dile: Jerusalén será habitada sin muros a causa de la multitud de personas y de ganado que habrá en ella.
That other angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man that [some day] there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, with the result that there will be too many to live inside the city walls; many will [live outside] the walls.
5 Yo le seré muro de fuego alrededor, y mi gloria estará dentro de ella, dice Yavé.
And Yahweh says that he [himself] will be [like] [MET] a wall of fire around [the city], and he will be there with his glory.”
6 ¡Eh, eh! Huyan de la tierra del norte, dice Yavé. Pues los esparcí por los cuatro puntos del cielo, dice Yavé.
Yahweh declares [to the people who were exiled to Babylonia], “Run! Flee from Babylonia [MTY], the country east [of Israel], and flee in all directions from the places where I caused you to be scattered!
7 ¡Escapa, oh Sion, tú que vives con la hija de Babilonia!
You people [who previously lived in] Jerusalem and who [now] live in Babylon, flee from there!
8 Porque Yavé de las huestes dice: Tras la gloria me enviará a las naciones que los despojaron, porque el que los toca, toca la niña de mi ojo.
The [armies of the] nations that [attacked you and] took away your valuable possessions have attacked those who are very precious to the Commander of the armies of angels [IDM]. So he says this about me: ‘After I have honored him and sent him to [rebuke] the nations,
9 Por tanto, miren: Yo levanto mi mano contra ellos, y serán despojo para los que fueron sus esclavos. Y sabrán que Yavé de las huestes me envió.
[it is as though] I will strike them with my fist, with the result that those who were their slaves will [now] take back their possessions from those who caused them to become slaves.’ And when that happens, you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels is the one who sent me.”
10 ¡Canta y alégrate, hija de Sion, porque ciertamente vengo, y viviré en medio de ti! dice Yavé.
Yahweh says, “[You people of] Jerusalem [APO], shout and be happy, [because] I will be coming [to you] and I will live among you!”
11 Aquel día se unirán a Yavé muchas naciones y serán mi pueblo. Viviré en medio de ti, y conocerán que Yavé de las huestes me envió a ti.
At that time, [people of] many nations will be united to Yahweh and will become his people. He will live among [all of] you; and you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels [is the one who] sent me to you.
12 Yavé poseerá a Judá como su heredad en la tierra santa, y escogerá a Jerusalén.
[The people of] Judah will be a very special part of his sacred country, and Jerusalem will again be the city that he has chosen.
13 ¡Calle todo mortal ante Yavé, porque Él despertó en su santa morada!
Everyone, [everywhere, ] should be silent in the presence of Yahweh, because he [again] will come [down] from the sacred place where he lives in heaven [to do great things for us].
