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Og ég hóf upp augu mín og sá, hvar fjögur horn voru.

Þá spurði ég engilinn, sem við mig talaði: "Hvað merkja þessi?" Hann svaraði mér: "Þetta eru hornin, sem tvístrað hafa Júda, Ísrael og Jerúsalem."

Því næst lét Drottinn mig sjá fjóra smiði,

og er ég spurði: "Hvað ætla þessir að gjöra?" svaraði hann á þessa leið: "Þetta eru hornin, sem tvístruðu Júda svo, að enginn bar höfuð hátt, en þessir eru komnir til þess að skelfa þau, til þess að varpa niður hornum þeirra þjóða, er hófu horn gegn Júdalandi til þess að tvístra því."

Og ég hóf upp augu mín og sá, hvar maður var. Hann hélt á mæliþræði í hendi sér.

Þá spurði ég: "Hvert ætlar þú?" Hann svaraði mér: "Að mæla Jerúsalem til þess að sjá, hve löng og hve breið hún er."

Þá gekk engillinn, er við mig talaði, allt í einu fram, og annar engill gekk fram á móti honum.

Við hann sagði hann: "Hlaup þú og tala þú svo til þessa unga manns: ,Jerúsalem skal liggja opin og ógirt sökum þess fjölda manna og skepna, sem í henni verða,

og ég sjálfur skal vera eins og eldveggur kringum hana _ segir Drottinn _ og ég skal sýna mig dýrlegan í henni."`

10 Upp, upp, flýið úr norðurlandinu _ segir Drottinn _ því að ég hefi tvístrað yður í allar áttir _ segir Drottinn.

11 Upp, forðið yður til Síonar, þér sem búið í Babýlon!

12 Svo segir Drottinn allsherjar, hinn vegsamlegi, sem hefir sent mig til þjóðanna sem rændu yður: Hver sá er snertir yður, snertir augastein minn.

13 Því sjá, ég mun veifa hendi minni yfir þeim, og þá skulu þeir verða þrælum sínum að herfangi, og þér skuluð viðurkenna, að Drottinn allsherjar hefir sent mig.

14 Fagna þú og gleð þig, dóttirin Síon! Því sjá, ég kem og vil búa mitt í þér _ segir Drottinn.

15 Á þeim degi munu margar þjóðir ganga Drottni á hönd og verða hans lýður og búa mitt á meðal þín, og þú munt viðurkenna, að Drottinn allsherjar hefir sent mig til þín.

16 Þá mun Drottinn taka Júda til eignar sem arfleifð sína í hinu heilaga landi og enn útvelja Jerúsalem.

17 Allt hold veri hljótt fyrir Drottni! Því að hann er risinn upp frá sínum heilaga bústað.

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.”

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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.

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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:

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.

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.

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

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.

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.