Zechariah 2
Below each verse in the original comes an approximate reading, in italics, for anyone who wants to pronounce the text aloud. It is not academic transliteration: it does not mark stress or settle the cases that depend on grammatical analysis, and the four-letter Name is read “Yahweh”, by the founder’s decision — the Hebrew pointing instructs saying “Adonai”, and Portuguese Bibles render it “SENHOR”.
The numbering differs in this chapter. The original has a different number of verses from the Portuguese — this happens in 134 of the 1,189 chapters, mostly in the Psalms, because the Hebrew superscription (“A psalm of David”) is counted as verse 1. That is why the two texts appear separately, each with its own numbering, instead of paired: pairing here would put a verse next to the wrong one.
1Voltei a levantar meus olhos, e olhei, e eis um homem que tinha em sua mão uma corda de medir.
2E eu perguntei: Para onde vais? E ele me respondeu: Vou medir a Jerusalém, para ver quanta é sua largura e quanto é o seu comprimento.
3E eis que o anjo que falava comigo saiu, e outro anjo veio ao seu encontro,
4E disse-lhe: Corre, fala a este rapaz, dizendo: Jerusalém será habitada sem muros por causa da multidão de pessoas e de animais que estarão no meio dela.
5E eu, diz o SENHOR, serei seu muro de fogo ao redor, e serei [sua] glória no meio dela.
6Ei! Ei! Fugi agora da terra do norte, diz o SENHOR, Porque eu vos espalhei pelos quatro ventos dos céu, diz o SENHOR.
7Ei Sião! Escapa-te tu, que habitas com a filha da Babilônia.
8Porque assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Foi por causa da glória que ele me enviou às nações que vos despojaram; porque quem vos toca, toca a menina de seu olho.
9Pois eis que levantarei minha mão contra eles, e serão saqueados por seus [próprios] servos, e sabereis que o SENHOR dos exércitos me enviou.
10Canta e alegra-te, ó filha de Sião; porque eis que venho, e habitarei no meio de ti, diz o SENHOR.
11E naquele dia muitas nações se ajuntarão ao SENHOR, e serão meu povo, e habitarei no meio de ti; e saberás que o SENHOR dos exércitos me enviou a ti.
12E o SENHOR herdará a Judá como sua propriedade na terra santa, e novamente escolherá a Jerusalém.
13Calem-se todos diante do SENHOR, porque ele se levantou de sua santa morada.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
1וָאֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת־עֵינַ֖י וָאֵ֑רֶא וְהִנֵּ֖ה אַרְבַּ֥ע קְרָנֽוֹת׃vaesa et-enay vaere vehineh arba keranot
2וָאֹמַ֗ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י אֵ֤לֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר זֵר֣וּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִירוּשָׁלָֽם׃ סvaomar el-hamalach hadover bi mah-eleh vayomer elay eleh hakranot asher zeru et-yehudah et-yisrael virushalam
3וַיַּרְאֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חָרָשִֽׁים׃vayareni Yahweh arbaah charashim
4וָאֹמַ֕ר מָ֛ה אֵ֥לֶּה בָאִ֖ים לַֽעֲשׂ֑וֹת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאמֹ֗ר אֵ֣לֶּה הַקְּרָנ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁר־זֵ֣רוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּפִי־אִישׁ֙ לֹא־נָשָׂ֣א רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ לְהַחֲרִ֣יד אֹתָ֔ם לְיַדּ֞וֹת אֶת־קַרְנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֗ם הַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים קֶ֛רֶן אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָ֖ה לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ סvaomar mah eleh vaim laasot vayomer lemor eleh hakranot asher-zeru et-yehudah kefi-ish lo-nasa rosho vayavou eleh lehacharid otam leyadot et-karnot hagoyim hanosim keren el-erets yehudah lezarotah
5וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛י וָאֵ֖רֶא וְהִנֵּה־אִ֑ישׁ וּבְיָד֖וֹ חֶ֥בֶל מִדָּֽה׃vaesa enay vaere vehineh-ish uvyado chevel midah
6וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְא֥וֹת כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ׃vaomar anah atah holech vayomer elay lamod et-yerushalim lirot kamah-rachbah vechamah arkah
7וְהִנֵּ֗ה הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י יֹצֵ֑א וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ אַחֵ֔ר יֹצֵ֖א לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃vehineh hamalach hadover bi yotse umalach acher yotse likrato
8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔ו רֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מֵרֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃vayomer elav ruts daber el-hanaar halaz lemor perazot teshev yerushalim merov adam uvhemah betochah
9וַאֲנִ֤י אֶֽהְיֶה־לָּהּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה ח֥וֹמַת אֵ֖שׁ סָבִ֑יב וּלְכָב֖וֹד אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ פvaani ehyeh-lah neum-Yahweh chomat esh saviv ulchavod ehyeh vetochah
10ה֣וֹי ה֗וֹי וְנֻ֛סוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע רוּח֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם פֵּרַ֥שְׂתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃hoy hoy venusu meerets tsafon neum-Yahweh ki kearba ruchot hashamayim perasti etchem neum-Yahweh
11ה֥וֹי צִיּ֖וֹן הִמָּלְטִ֑י יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־בָּבֶֽל׃ סhoy tsion himalti yoshevet bat-bavel
12כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ אַחַ֣ר כָּב֔וֹד שְׁלָחַ֕נִי אֶל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣ים אֶתְכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י הַנֹּגֵ֣עַ בָּכֶ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ בְּבָבַ֥ת עֵינֽוֹ׃ki choh amar Yahweh tsevaot achar kavod shelachani el-hagoyim hashollim etchem ki hanogea bachem nogea bevavat eno
13כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֨י מֵנִ֤יף אֶת־יָדִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל לְעַבְדֵיהֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃ סki hinni menif et-yadi alehem vehayu shalal leavdehem vidatem ki-Yahweh tsevaot shelachani
14רָנִּ֥י וְשִׂמְחִ֖י בַּת־צִיּ֑וֹן כִּ֧י הִנְנִי־בָ֛א וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י בְתוֹכֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃rani vesimchi bat-tsion ki hinni-va veshachanti vetochech neum-Yahweh
15וְנִלְווּ֩ גוֹיִ֨ם רַבִּ֤ים אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֖י לְעָ֑ם וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וְיָדַ֕עַתְּ כִּי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֵלָֽיִךְ׃venilvu goyim rabim el-Yahweh bayom hahu vehayu li leam veshachanti vetochech veyadaat ki-Yahweh tsevaot shelachani elayich
16וְנָחַ֨ל יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ חֶלְק֔וֹ עַ֖ל אַדְמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃venachal Yahweh et-yehudah chelko al admat hakodesh uvachar od birushalim
17הַ֥ס כָּל־בָּשָׂ֖ר מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֥י נֵע֖וֹר מִמְּע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ סhas kal-basar mipne Yahweh ki neor mimon kadsho
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