Zechariah 5
1 And I turn back, and lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a flying scroll.
| وَعُدْتُ وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَإذَا بِي أُشَاهِدُ دَرْجاً طَائِراً. | ١ |
2 And he says to me, “What are you seeing?” And I say, “I am seeing a flying scroll, its length [is] twenty by the cubit, and its breadth [is] ten by the cubit.”
| فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلاكُ: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «أَرَى دَرْجاً طَائِراً، طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهُ عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)». | ٢ |
3 And he says to me, “This [is] the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for everyone who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, has been declared innocent, and everyone who has sworn, on the other side, according to it, has been declared innocent.”
| 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». | ٣ |
4 “I have brought it out,” a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “and it has come into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who has sworn in My Name with a falsehood, and it has remained in the midst of his house, and has consumed it, both its wood and its stones.”
| وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «إِنِّي أَصُبُّ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَةَ عَلَى بَيْتِ كُلِّ سَارِقٍ أَوْ حَالِفٍ بِاسْمِي زُوراً، فَتَحُلُّ فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِهِ وَتُبِيدُهُ مَعَ خَشَبِهِ وَحَجَرِهِ». | ٤ |
5 And the messenger who is speaking with me goes forth and says to me, “Now lift up your eyes, and [do you] see what this [is] that is coming forth?”
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي الْمَلاكُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «ارْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّيْءِ الْمُقْبِلِ». | ٥ |
6 And I say, “What [is] it?” And he says, “This—the ephah that is coming forth.” And he says, “This [is] their aspect in all the land.
| فَسَأَلْتُ: «مَا هَذَا؟» فَأَجَابَ: «إِنَّهُ مِكْيَالٌ، وَهُوَ رَمْزُ إِثْمِهِمْ فِي الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا». | ٦ |
7 And behold, a disc of lead lifted up; and this [is] a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.”
| وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رُفِعَ الْغِطَاءُ الرَّصَاصِيُّ مِنْ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ، وَإذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ جَالِسَةٍ فِي دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ. | ٧ |
8 And he says, “This [is] the wicked woman.” And he casts her into the midst of the ephah, and casts the weight of lead on its mouth.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ رَمْزُ الشَّرِّ»، وَأَلْقَى بِها إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ، وَأَلْقَى الْغِطَاءَ الثَّقِيلَ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ. | ٨ |
9 And I lift up my eyes, and see, and behold, two women are coming forth, and wind [is] in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.
| ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَرَأَيْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مُقْبِلَتَيْنِ لَهُمَا أَجْنِحَةٌ كَأَجْنِحَةِ اللَّقْلَقِ، مَحْمُولَتَيْنِ عَلَى أَمْوَاجِ الرِّيحِ، فَرَفَعَتَا الْمِكْيَالَ وَحَلَّقَتَا بِهِ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ. | ٩ |
10 And I say to the messenger who is speaking with me, “To where [are] they causing the ephah to go?”
| فَسَأَلْتُ الْمَلاكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «إِلَى أَيْنَ مَضَتَا بِالْمِكْيَالِ؟» | ١٠ |
11 And he says to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar.” And it has been prepared and has been placed there on its base.
| فَأَجَابَنِي: «إِلَى أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ لِتُشَيِّدَا لَهُ هَيْكَلاً حَتَّى إِذَا تَمَّ بِنَاؤُهُ يَسْتَقِرُّ الْمِكْيَالُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَاعِدَتِهِ». | ١١ |
