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

¹[Fahitana faharoa: ny amin'ny tandroka efatra sy ny mpiasa efatra] Ary natopiko ny masoko, ka hitako fa, indreo, nisy tandroka efatra.

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.”

²Ary hoy izaho tamin'ilay anjely niresaka tamiko: Inona moa ireo? Dia hoy izy tamiko: Ireo no tandroka izay nampihahaka ny Joda sy ny Isiraely ary Jerosalema.

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

³Ary dia nanehoan'i Jehovah mpiasa efatra aho.

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.

⁴Dia hoy izaho: Avy hanao inona moa ireto? Ary Izy nanao hoe: Ireo no tandroka nampihahaka ny Joda, ka tsy nisy olona nanandrandra loha; fa ireto kosa dia avy hampahatahotra azy mba hampiongana ny tandroky ny firenena, dia izay nanandratra ny tandrony tamin'ny tanin'ny Joda hanely azy.

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.

⁵[Fahitana fahatelo: ny amin-dralehilahy nitondra famolaina] Dia natopiko ny masoko, ka hitako fa, indro, nisy lehilahy manana kofehy famolaina eny an-tànany.

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.

⁶Dia hoy izaho: Ho aiza moa ianao? Ary hoy izy tamiko: Handrefy an'i Jerosalema hizaha ny sakany sy ny lavany aho.

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

⁷Ary, indro, nivoaka ilay anjely niresaka tamiko, ary nisy anjely anankiray koa nivoaka hitsena azy

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.

⁸ka nanao taminy hoe: Mihazakazaha, ka milazà amin'io zatovo io hoe: Honenana toy ny tanana tsy mimanda Jerosalema noho ny hamaroan'ny olona sy ny biby fiompy ao aminy.

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.

⁹Fa Izaho, hoy Jehovah, ho manda afo manodidina azy ary ho voninahitra ao afovoany.

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

¹⁰He! he! mandosira avy any amin'ny tany avaratra, hoy Jehovah; fa aeliko ho toy ny rivotra efatry ny lanitra ianareo, hoy Jehovah.

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.

¹¹He! vonjeo ny tenanao, ry Ziona, izay monina ao Babylona zanakavavy.

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

¹²Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro: Hampiseho voninahitra no nanirahany ahy tany amin'ny firenena izay namabo anareo; fa izay mikasika anareo dia mikasika ny anakandriamasony. [Heb. aorian'ny]

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

¹³Fa, indro, hahinjitro eo amboniny ny tanako, ka hobaboin'ireo nanompo azy izy; dia ho fantatrareo fa Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, no naniraka ahy.

¹⁴Mihobia sy mifalia, ry Ziona zanakavavy, fa, indro, avy honina ao afovoanao Aho, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁵Ary firenena maro no hanaiky ho an'i Jehovah amin'izany andro izany ka ho oloko; ary hitoetra ao afovoanao aho, ka dia ho fantatrao fa Jehovah, Tompon'ny maro, no naniraka ahy ho aminao.

¹⁶Ary Jehovah hanana an'i Joda ho anjarany ao amin'ny tany masina ary mbola hifidy an'i Jerosalema indray.Mangina eo anatrehan'i Jehovah, ry nofo rehetra! fa nifoha avy ao amin'ny fitoerany masina Izy.

¹⁷Mangina eo anatrehan'i Jehovah, ry nofo rehetra! fa nifoha avy ao amin'ny fitoerany masina Izy.