Zakarias 5

1 Derpaa løftede jeg mine Øjne og skuede, og se, der var en flyvende Bogrulle.

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

2 Og han spurgte mig: »Hvad ser du?« Jeg svarede: »Jeg ser en flyvende Bogrulle, som er tyve Alen lang og ti Alen bred.«

And he said to me, What see you? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3 Da sagde han til mig: »Det er Forbandelsen, som udgaar over hele Landet; thi alle, som stjæler, er nu længe nok gaaet fri, og alle, som sværger, er nu længe nok gaaet fri.

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

4 Jeg lader den udgaa, lyder det fra Hærskarers HERRE, for at den skal komme i Tyvens Hus og dens Hus, som sværger falsk ved mit Navn, og sætte sig fast i deres Huse og tilintetgøre dem med Tømmer og Sten.«

I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the middle of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

5 Derpaa traadte Engelen, som talte med mig, frem og sagde til mig: »Løft dine Øjne og se, hvad det er, som kommer der!«

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

6 Jeg spurgte: »Hvad er det?« Og han svarede: »Det er Efaen, som kommer.« Og han vedblev: »Det er deres Brøde i hele Landet.«

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

7 Og se, et Blylaag løftedes, og se, i Efaen sad en Kvinde.

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

8 Og han sagde: »Det er Gudløsheden!« Saa stødte han hende ned i Efaen og slog Blylaaget i over Aabningen.

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the middle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof.

9 Og jeg løftede mine Øjne og skuede, og se, to Kvinder kom baaret af Vinden, og deres Vinger var som Storkevinger; og de løftede Efaen op mellem Himmel og Jord.

Then lifted I 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.

10 Saa spurgte jeg Engelen, som talte med mig: »Hvor bærer de Efaen hen?«

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

11 Han svarede: »Hen at bygge hende et Hus i Sinears Land, og naar det er rejst, sætter de hende der, hvor hendes Sted er.«

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