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丈量繩的異象

我舉目觀看,看哪,有一人手拿丈量的繩。 我問:「你到哪裏去?」他對我說:「要去丈量耶路撒冷,看有多寬多長。」 看哪,與我說話的天使出去[a],另有一位天使迎着他來, 對他說:「你跑去告訴這個年輕人說,耶路撒冷必有人居住,如同無城牆的鄉村,因為其中的人和牲畜很多。 耶和華說:『我要作耶路撒冷四圍火的城牆,並要作城中的榮耀。』」

呼喚被擄者歸回

耶和華說:「來,來!你們要從北方之地逃回;因我曾把你們分散到天的四方[b]。這是耶和華說的。」 來!住巴比倫[c]錫安百姓啊,逃吧! 萬軍之耶和華在顯出榮耀之後,差遣我到擄掠你們的列國那裏,他如此說:「碰你們的就是碰他自己[d]眼中的瞳人。 看哪,我要揮手攻擊他們,他們就必作自己奴僕的擄物。」你們就知道萬軍之耶和華差遣了我。 10 耶和華說:「錫安[e]哪,應當歡樂歌唱,因為,看哪,我要來,要住在你中間。 11 在那日,必有許多國家歸附耶和華,作我的子民。我要住[f]在你中間。」你就知道萬軍之耶和華差遣我到你那裏去。 12 耶和華必收回猶大,作為他聖地的產業,他必再度揀選耶路撒冷 13 凡血肉之軀都當在耶和華面前靜默無聲,因為他從他的聖所奮起了。

Footnotes

  1. 2.3 「出去」:七十士譯本是「站着」。
  2. 2.6 「到天的四方」:原文是「猶如天的四風」。
  3. 2.7 「巴比倫」:原文直譯「巴比倫女子」。
  4. 2.8 「他自己」:原文另譯「我」。
  5. 2.10 「錫安」:原文直譯「錫安女子」。
  6. 2.11 「我要住」:原文另譯「他要住」;七十士譯本是「他們要住」。

A Man With a Measuring Line

[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”(A)

While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls(B) because of the great number(C) of people and animals in it.(D) And I myself will be a wall(E) of fire(F) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(G) within.’(H)

“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered(I) you to the four winds of heaven,”(J) declares the Lord.(K)

“Come, Zion! Escape,(L) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”(M) For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(N) I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[b](O) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(P)

10 “Shout(Q) and be glad, Daughter Zion.(R) For I am coming,(S) and I will live among you,”(T) declares the Lord.(U) 11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(V) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(W) 12 The Lord will inherit(X) Judah(Y) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose(Z) Jerusalem. 13 Be still(AA) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(AB)

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.
  2. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: “I … plunder them.”

Vision of the Measuring Line

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, (B)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: (C)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be (D)a wall of fire all around her, (E)and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

“Up, up! Flee (F)from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have (G)spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. “Up, Zion! (H)Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (I)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye. For surely I will (J)shake My hand against them, and they shall become [b]spoil for their servants. Then (K)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

10 (L)“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I (M)will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord. 11 (N)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord (O)in that day, and they shall become (P)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then (Q)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 And the Lord will (R)take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. 13 (S)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused (T)from His holy habitation!”

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil
  2. Zechariah 2:9 booty or plunder