Zechariah 5

1 I looked again and saw a flying scroll.

And Y was conuertid, and reiside myn iyen, and siy, and lo! a book fleynge.

2 “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied. “It's thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”

And he seide to me, What seest thou? And Y seide, Lo! Y se a book fleynge; the lengthe therof was of twenti cubitis, and the breede therof of ten cubitis.

3 He told me, “This is the curse that is going out to all the world. Anyone who steals will be purged from society, according to one side of the scroll. Anyone who swears lies under oath will be purged from society, according to the other side of the scroll.”

And he seide to me, This is the curs, that goith on the face of al erthe; for ech theef schal be demed, as it is writun there; and ech man swerynge, schal be demyd of this also.

4 “I have sent the curse out and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of the one who swears lies in my name, declares the Lord Almighty. The curse will remain in that house, and will destroy it, both the timbers and the stones.”

Y schal lede out it, seith the Lord of oostis, and it schal come to the hous of a theef, and to the hous of hym that swerith falsli in my name; and it schal dwelle in myddil of hys hous, and schal waaste hym, and hise trees, and hise stoonys.

5 Then the angel I had been talking to came over to me and said, “Look. What do you see moving away?”

And the aungel wente out, that spak in me, and seide to me, Reyse thin iyen, and se, what this thing is, that goith out.

6 “What is it?” I asked. “What you see moving away is a barrel full of the sins of everyone in the country,” he replied.

And Y seide, What is it? And he seide, This is a pot goyng out. And he seide, This is the iye of hem in al erthe.

7 Then the lead lid was lifted from the barrel and there was a woman sitting inside.

And lo! a talent of leed was borun; and lo! a womman sittynge in myddil of the pot.

8 “She represents wickedness,” he said, and pushed her back inside, forcing the lead lid shut.

And he seide, This is vnpite, ether vnfeithfulnesse. And he castide doun hir in myddil of the pot, and sente a gobet of leed in to the mouth therof.

9 I looked once more and saw two women flying towards me. Their wings looked like those of a stork. They picked up the barrel and flew away, high into the sky.

And Y reiside myn iyen, and siy, and lo! twei wymmen goynge out, and a spirit in wyngis of hem; and thei hadden wyngis as wyngis of a kite, and reisiden the pot bitwixe heuene and erthe.

10 “Where are they taking it?” I asked the angel I was talking to.

And Y seide to the aungel that spak in me, Whidur beren these the pot?

11 “They're taking it to the land of Babylon to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the barrel will be placed at its base.”

And he seide to me, That an hous be bildid therto in the lond of Sennaar, and be stablischid, and set there on his foundement.