Zakarias 5

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

Then again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.

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

He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width 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 he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land, for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

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 cause it to go out,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”

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 who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing.”

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

I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the efah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—

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

and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the efah basket.”

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

He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the efah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.

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 I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were two women; and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the efah basket between earth and the sky.

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

Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the efah basket?”

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.«

He said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”