2:1 我又举目观看，见一人手拿准绳。

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

 

2:2 我说，你往那里去。他对我说，要去量耶路撒冷，看有多宽多长。

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.

 

2:3 与我说话的天使去的时候，又有一位天使迎着他来，

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

 

2:4 对他说，你跑去告诉那少年人说，耶路撒冷必有人居住，好像无城墙的乡村，因为人民和牲畜甚多。

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:

 

2:5 耶和华说，我要作耶路撒冷四围的火城，并要作其中的荣耀。

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.

 

2:6 耶和华说，我从前分散你们在天的四方。（原文作犹如天的四风），现在你们要从北方之地逃回。这是耶和华说的。

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.

 

2:7 与巴比伦人同住的锡安民哪，应当逃脱。

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

 

2:8 万军之耶和华说，在显出荣耀之后，差遣我去惩罚那掳掠你们的列国。摸你们的，就是摸他眼中的瞳人。

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.

 

2:9 看哪，我（或作他）要向他们抡手，他们就必作服事他们之人的掳物，你们便知道万军之耶和华差遣我了。

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.

 

2:10 锡安城阿，应当欢乐歌唱，因为我来要住在你中间。这是耶和华说的。

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

 

2:11 那时，必有许多国归附耶和华，作他（原文作我）的子民。他（原文是我）要住在你中间，你就知道万军之耶和华差遣我到你那里去了。

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.

 

2:12 耶和华必收回犹大作他圣地的分，也必再拣选耶路撒冷。

And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

 

2:13 凡有血气的，都当在耶和华面前静默无声。因为他兴起，从圣所出来了。

Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.