زَكَريَّا 5

١ 1 فَعُدْتُ وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِدَرْجٍ طَائِرٍ.

Then I turned and lifted my eyes, and I saw, behold, a flying scroll!

٢ 2 فَقَالَ لِي: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» فَقُلْتُ: «إِنِّي أَرَى دَرْجًا طَائِرًا، طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَعَرْضُهُ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ».

The angel said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱللَّعْنَةُ ٱلْخَارِجَةُ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ. لِأَنَّ كُلَّ سَارِقٍ يُبَادُ مِنْ هُنَا بِحَسَبِهَا، وَكُلَّ حَالِفٍ يُبَادُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ بِحَسَبِهَا.

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land. For every thief will be cut off according to what it says on the one side, and everyone who swears a false oath will be cut off according to what it says on the other side.

٤ 4 إِنِّي أُخْرِجُهَا، يَقُولُ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ، فَتَدْخُلُ بَيْتَ ٱلسَّارِقِ وَبَيْتَ ٱلْحَالِفِ بِٱسْمِي زُورًا، وَتَبِيتُ فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِهِ وَتُفْنِيهِ مَعَ خَشَبِهِ وَحِجَارَتِهِ».

“I will send it out—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—so it will enter into the house of the thief and into the house of the one that swears falsely by my name. It will remain in his house and consume its timber and stones.”

٥ 5 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ٱلْمَلَاكُ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي وَقَالَ لِي: «ٱرْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَٱنْظُرْ مَا هَذَا ٱلْخَارِجُ».

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Raise your eyes and see what is coming!”

٦ 6 فَقُلْتُ: «مَا هُوَ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْإِيفَةُ ٱلْخَارِجَةُ». وَقَالَ: «هَذِهِ عَيْنُهُمْ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is a basket containing an ephah that is coming. This is their iniquity in the whole land.”

٧ 7 وَإِذَا بِوَزْنَةِ رَصَاصٍ رُفِعَتْ. وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ جَالِسَةٌ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْإِيفَةِ.

Then a lead covering was lifted off the basket and there was a woman under it sitting in it!

٨ 8 فَقَالَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلشَّرُّ». فَطَرَحَهَا إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْإِيفَةِ، وَطَرَحَ ثِقْلَ ٱلرَّصَاصِ عَلَى فَمِهَا.

The angel said, “This is Wickedness!” He threw her back inside the basket, and he threw the lead cover over its opening.

٩ 9 وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا بِٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ خَرَجَتَا وَٱلرِّيحُ فِي أَجْنِحَتِهِمَا، وَلَهُمَا أَجْنِحَةٌ كَأَجْنِحَةِ ٱللَّقْلَقِ، فَرَفَعَتَا ٱلْإِيفَةَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَاءِ.

I lifted my eyes and saw two women coming toward me, and wind was in their wings—for they had wings like a stork's wings. They lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

١٠ 10 فَقُلْتُ لِلْمَلَاكِ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «إِلَى أَيْنَ هُمَا ذَاهِبَتَانِ بِٱلْإِيفَةِ؟»

So I said to the angel who was talking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

١١ 11 فَقَالَ لِي: «لِتَبْنِيَا لَهَا بَيْتًا فِي أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ. وَإِذَا تَهَيَّأَ تَقِرُّ هُنَاكَ عَلَى قَاعِدَتِهَا».

He said to me, “To build a temple in the land of Shinar for it, so that when the temple is ready, the basket will be set there on its prepared base.”