Sakarja 2
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Mannen med mätsnöret
2 När jag lyfte blicken fick jag se en man som hade ett mätsnöre i handen. 2 ”Vart är du på väg?” frågade jag honom.
Han svarade: ”Till Jerusalem, för att mäta dess bredd och längd.”
3 Då gick ängeln som talade med mig iväg, och en annan ängel kom emot honom 4 och sa: ”Skynda dig och säg till den unge mannen där: ’Jerusalem ska bli en stad utan murar, på grund av det stora antalet människor och djur där. 5 Jag själv, säger Herren, ska vara en eldsmur omkring staden, och jag ska vara dess härlighet därinne.’
Herrens kallelse
6 Kom, kom! Fly från landet i norr, säger Herren, för jag har skingrat er i alla väderstreck, säger Herren.
7 Kom, Sion! Fly, du som bor hos dotter Babylon!” 8 För så säger härskarornas Herre: ”Efter sin härlighet har han sänt mig[a] om folken som plundrat er: –Den som rör vid er rör vid min[b] ögonsten–. 9 Ja, jag ska lyfta min hand mot dem, och de ska bli ett byte för sina slavar. Då ska ni inse att härskarornas Herre har sänt mig.
10 Ropa och var glad, dotter Sion! Jag kommer för att bo hos dig, säger Herren. 11 Vid den tiden ska många folk sluta sig till Herren och bli mitt folk. Jag ska bo hos dig. Då ska du inse att härskarornas Herre har sänt mig till dig. 12 Herren ska ärva Juda som sin del av den heliga marken och än en gång utvälja Jerusalem. 13 Var stilla inför Herren, hela mänskligheten, för han har rest sig från sin heliga boning.”
Zechariah 2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 2
Vision of the Four Horns and the Workers.[a] 1 I looked up and beheld four horns. 2 I inquired of the angel who was conversing with me what these were. He answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
3 Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths. And I said, “What are these coming to do?” 4 He replied, “Those horns scattered Judah so completely that no one dared to raise his head. However, those blacksmiths have come to terrify them and to strike down the horns of the nations that raised their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”
The New Jerusalem.[b] 5 Following this, I raised my eyes and observed a man with a measuring line in his hand. 6 When I asked him, “Where are you going?” he replied, “To measure Jerusalem, to discover what is its width and what is its length.”
7 When the angel who was talking to me walked away, another angel came out to meet him 8 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will remain without walls because of the great multitude of men and animals dwelling there. 9 But I will be a wall of fire all around it, says the Lord. And I will be the glory within it.”
10 Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,
says the Lord.
For I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,
says the Lord.
11 Away, away! Escape to Zion,
you who presently live in daughter Babylon.
12 For thus said the Lord of hosts
after he sent me forth,
in regard to the nations that plundered you:
Whoever touches you
touches the apple of my eye.
13 Behold, I will wave my hand over them,
and they will be plunder
for those they have enslaved.
Thus you will know
that the Lord of hosts has sent me.
14 Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion.
For I am coming to dwell in your midst,
says the Lord.
15 On that day
many nations will be converted to the Lord.
Yes, they will become his people,
and he will dwell among you.
Then you will know that the Lord of hosts
has sent me to you.
16 The Lord will claim Judah
as his portion in the holy land,
and once again he will choose Jerusalem.
17 Let all people be silent
in the presence of the Lord.
For he has roused himself
from his holy dwelling.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:1 Measuring the city signifies that it will be rebuilt.
- Zechariah 2:5 The prophet urges the exiles to rejoin their brothers and sisters in Palestine, because God has for the first time returned to his temple (see Ezek 43:1-12).
Zechariah 2
King James Version
2 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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