Zechariah 5

1 Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

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

2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.

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

3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

Da sagde han til mig: "Det er Forbandelsen, som udgår over hele Landet; thi alle, som stjæler, er nu længe nok gået fri, og alle, som sværger, er nu længe nok gået fri.

4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.

Jeg lader den udgå, 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."

5 And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.

Derpå trådte Engelen, som talte med mig, frem og sagde til mig: "Løft dine Øjne og se, hvad det er, som kommer der!"

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

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

7 And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

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

8 And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

Og han sagde: "Det er Gudløsheden!" Så stødte han hende ned i Efaen og slog Blylåget i over Åbningen.

9 And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

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

10 And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?

Så spurgte jeg Engelen, som talte med mig: "Hvor bærer de Efaen hen?"

11 And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

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