Zechariah 2

2 ¹Den I look up, I see one man wey hold measuring rope for im hand. ²I ask am, “Where you dey go?” E tell me, “I dey go measure Jerusalem, make I see how e wide reach and how e long reach.”

³Di angel wey dey talk with me comot, and anoda angel come out to meet am, ⁴e tell am say, “Run, go tell dis young man: ‘Jerusalem go settle like open land wey no get wall, becos plenty people and animal go full inside am.’

⁵Me myself go be wall of fire wey go surround am, na so our Papa talk, and I go be di glory wey dey inside am.’”

⁶“Come! Come! Run comot for di land for north, na so our Papa talk, becos I scatter una like di four wind of heaven, na so our Papa talk. ⁷Come, Zion! Escape, una wey dey live with di pikin-woman of Babylon.

⁸Na dis one di Papa of heaven army talk—afta im glory don send me go fight di nations wey rob una: whoever touch una, don touch di apple of im eye:

⁹Becos see, I go wave my hand ontop dem, and dem go turn to booty for di people wey bin serve dem. Den una go know say di Papa of heaven army na im send me.

¹⁰Sing and make merry, pikin-woman of Zion! Becos see, I dey come live among una, na so our Papa talk.

¹¹“Plenty nations go join our Papa for dat day and become my pikin dem. I go live among una, and una go know say di Papa of heaven army na im send me come una. ¹²And our Papa go take Judah as im own portion for inside di holy land, and e go choose Jerusalem again.

¹³Make everybody wey get flesh keep quiet for front of our Papa, becos e don rise up comot for im holy place wey e dey stay.”