¹准绳的异象

¹I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

²我问他：“你到哪里去？”他对我说：“我要去量度耶路撒冷，看看有多宽，有多长。”

²Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.”

³那与我说话的天使离去的时候，另有一位天使迎着他来，

³Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

⁴对他说：“你快跑去告诉那年轻人：‘耶路撒冷必有人居住，像没有城墙规限的田野，因为城中的人和牲畜很多。

⁴and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

⁵耶和华说：我要作耶路撒冷四围的火墙和城中的荣耀。’”

⁵For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

⁶呼召人民回归故土“嗨！嗨！你们要从北方之地逃走（这是耶和华的宣告），因为我过去曾把你们分散在天的四方。”这是耶和华的宣告。

⁶Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

⁷耶和华说：“嗨！与巴比伦的居民同住的锡安的人民哪！逃跑吧！”

⁷‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

⁸万军之耶和华这样说，得了荣耀之后，他差遣我去攻击那些劫掠你们的列国，因为凡触摸你们的，就是触摸他眼中的瞳人。

⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

⁹看哪！我要向他们挥动我的手，他们就必成了自己奴仆的掠物。这样，你们就知道万军之耶和华差遣了我。

⁹For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me.

¹⁰“锡安的居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）哪！你们要欢呼快乐，因为我要来住在你们中间。”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹⁰Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,’ says Yahweh.

¹¹到那日，许多国家要归附耶和华，作他的（“他的”原文作“我的”）子民，他要（“他要”原文作“我要”）住在你们中间。你们就知道万军之耶和华差遣了我到你们那里去。

¹¹Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

¹²耶和华必再得着犹大作他在圣地的业分，他必再拣选耶路撒冷。

¹²Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

¹³全人类都当在耶和华面前肃静，因为他从自己圣洁的居所被激动起来了。

¹³Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”