A Vision of a Man Holding a Measuring Line
1Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line. 2“Where are you going?” I asked.
“To measure Jerusalem,” he answered. “I want to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3The angel who was talking with me was leaving. At that time, another angel came over to him. 4He said to him, “Run! Tell that young man Zechariah, ‘Jerusalem will be a city that does not have any walls around it. It will have huge numbers of people and animals in it. 5And I myself will be like a wall of fire around it,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will be the city’s glory.’
6“Israel, I have scattered you,” announces the Lord. “I have used the power of the four winds of heaven to do it. Come quickly! Run away from the land of the north,” announces the Lord.
7“Come, people of Zion! Escape, you who live in Babylon!” 8The Lord rules over all. His angel says to Israel, “The Glorious One has sent me to punish the nations that have robbed you of everything. That’s because anyone who hurts you hurts those the Lord loves and guards. 9So I will raise my powerful hand to strike down your enemies. Their own slaves will rob them of everything. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
10“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord. 11‘At that time many nations will join themselves to me. And they will become my people. I will live among you,’ says the Lord. Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. 12He will receive Judah as his share in the holy land. And he will choose Jerusalem again. 13All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”
Maono Ya Tatu: Mtu Mwenye Kamba Ya Kupimia
1Kisha nikatazama juu: pale mbele yangu alikuwepo mtu mwenye kamba ya kupimia mkononi mwake! 22:2 Eze 40:3; Zek 1:16; Ufu 21:15Nikamuuliza, “Unakwenda wapi?”
Akanijibu, “Kupima Yerusalemu, kupata urefu na upana wake.”
3Kisha malaika aliyekuwa akizungumza nami akaondoka, malaika mwingine akaja kukutana naye 42:4 Eze 38:11; Isa 49:20; Yer 30:19; 33:22; Zek 14:11; Eze 36:10na kumwambia: “Kimbia, umwambie yule kijana, ‘Yerusalemu utakuwa mji usio na kuta kwa sababu ya wingi wa watu na mifugo iliyomo. 52:5 Isa 10:17; 11:10; 24:23; 26:1; Eze 38:14; 42:20; Za 46:5; 85:9; 125:2; Ufu 21:23; Isa 4:5Mimi mwenyewe nitakuwa ukuta wa moto kuuzunguka,’ asema Bwana, ‘nami nitakuwa utukufu wake ndani yake.’
62:6 Za 44:11; Eze 17:21; 37:9; Mt 24:31; Mk 13:27; Kum 28:64“Njooni! Njooni! Kimbieni mtoke katika nchi ya kaskazini,” asema Bwana, “Kwa kuwa nimewatawanya kwenye pande nne za mbingu,” asema Bwana.
72:7 Isa 42:7; 48:20; Yer 3:18“Njoo, ee Sayuni! Kimbia, wewe ukaaye ndani ya Binti Babeli!” 82:8 Kum 32:10; 2The 1:6Kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote: “Baada ya yeye kuniheshimu na kunituma mimi dhidi ya mataifa yaliyokuteka nyara, kwa kuwa yeyote awagusaye ninyi, anaigusa mboni ya jicho lake, 92:9 Isa 14:2; 48:16; Yer 12:14; Hab 2:8; Zek 4:9; 6:15hakika nitauinua mkono wangu dhidi yao ili watumwa wao wawateke nyara. Ndipo mtakapojua ya kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma.
102:10 Sef 3:14; Isa 23:12; Kut 25:8; Hes 23:21; Law 26:12; Zek 8:3; 9:9; Ufu 21:3; 2Kor 6:16“Piga kelele na ufurahie, ee Binti Sayuni, kwa maana ninakuja, nami nitaishi miongoni mwenu,” asema Bwana. 112:11 Yer 23:7; Mik 4:2; Zek 8:8, 20-22; Isa 2:2-3; Kut 12:49; Eze 33:33“Mataifa mengi yataunganishwa na Bwana siku hiyo, nao watakuwa watu wangu. Nitaishi miongoni mwenu nanyi mtajua kwamba Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote amenituma kwenu. 122:12 Kut 34:9; Za 33:12; Yer 10:16; 40:5; Kum 12:5; Isa 14:1; Kum 32:9Bwana atairithi Yuda kama fungu lake katika nchi takatifu na atachagua tena Yerusalemu. 132:13 Kut 14:14; Isa 41:1; Kum 26:15; Za 46:10; Hab 2:20; Rum 3:19Tulieni mbele za Bwana, enyi watu wote, kwa sababu ameinuka kutoka makao yake matakatifu.”
