A Man With a Measuring Line
In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17. 1Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”
3While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him 4and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. 5And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’
6“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.
7“Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!” 8For 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— 9I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.2:8,9 Or says after… eye: 9 “I… plunder them.” Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
10“Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord. 11“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. 12The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. 13Be still before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”
准绳
1我又举目观看，见有人拿着准绳。 2于是我问：“你要去哪里？”他回答说：“去丈量耶路撒冷，看看有多宽多长。” 3此前与我说话的天使离去时，另一位天使迎着他走来， 4对他说：“快跑去告诉那青年，‘耶路撒冷必像没有城墙限制的村庄，因为里面的人和牲畜太多了。 5耶和华说，我要成为一堵火墙环绕耶路撒冷，作城中的荣耀。’
6“耶和华说，‘快快逃离北方之地吧！因为我曾把你们分散到天下四方，这是耶和华说的。 7住在巴比伦城的人啊，快逃到锡安吧！’” 8万军之耶和华为了彰显祂的荣耀，差遣我去那些掳掠你们的国家，因为谁动你们，就是动祂的瞳仁。祂说： 9“看啊，我要出手攻击他们，使他们被自己的奴隶掳掠。那时你们便知道是万军之耶和华差遣了我。”
10耶和华说：“少女锡安啊，高声欢唱吧！因为我要来住在你里面。” 11到那天，许多国家都要归向耶和华，做祂的子民。祂要住在你们当中。那时你们便知道，是万军之耶和华差遣我到你们这里来的。 12耶和华必拥有犹大作祂圣地的产业，祂必再次拣选耶路撒冷。 13世人都当在耶和华面前肃静，因为祂要从圣所起身行动。
