زَكَريّا 5

١ 1 وَعُدْتُ وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَإذَا بِي أُشَاهِدُ دَرْجاً طَائِراً.

Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying scroll.

٢ 2 فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلاكُ: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «أَرَى دَرْجاً طَائِراً، طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهُ عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)».

And he said to me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ اللَّعْنَةُ الْمُنْصَبَّةُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا. كُلُّ مَنْ يَسْرِقُ يُسْتَأْصَلُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِيهَا، وَكُلُّ حَالِفِ زُورٍ يُعَاقَبُ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ فِيهَا».

Then said he to me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

٤ 4 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «إِنِّي أَصُبُّ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَةَ عَلَى بَيْتِ كُلِّ سَارِقٍ أَوْ حَالِفٍ بِاسْمِي زُوراً، فَتَحُلُّ فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِهِ وَتُبِيدُهُ مَعَ خَشَبِهِ وَحَجَرِهِ».

I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي الْمَلاكُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «ارْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّيْءِ الْمُقْبِلِ».

Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thy eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

٦ 6 فَسَأَلْتُ: «مَا هَذَا؟» فَأَجَابَ: «إِنَّهُ مِكْيَالٌ، وَهُوَ رَمْزُ إِثْمِهِمْ فِي الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا».

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

٧ 7 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رُفِعَ الْغِطَاءُ الرَّصَاصِيُّ مِنْ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ، وَإذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ جَالِسَةٍ فِي دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ.

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ رَمْزُ الشَّرِّ»، وَأَلْقَى بِها إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ، وَأَلْقَى الْغِطَاءَ الثَّقِيلَ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ.

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

٩ 9 ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَرَأَيْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مُقْبِلَتَيْنِ لَهُمَا أَجْنِحَةٌ كَأَجْنِحَةِ اللَّقْلَقِ، مَحْمُولَتَيْنِ عَلَى أَمْوَاجِ الرِّيحِ، فَرَفَعَتَا الْمِكْيَالَ وَحَلَّقَتَا بِهِ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ.

Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

١٠ 10 فَسَأَلْتُ الْمَلاكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «إِلَى أَيْنَ مَضَتَا بِالْمِكْيَالِ؟»

Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Where do these bear the ephah?

١١ 11 فَأَجَابَنِي: «إِلَى أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ لِتُشَيِّدَا لَهُ هَيْكَلاً حَتَّى إِذَا تَمَّ بِنَاؤُهُ يَسْتَقِرُّ الْمِكْيَالُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَاعِدَتِهِ».

And he said to me, To build for it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.