Zechariah 5

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

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

2 He said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty-nine feet six inches, and its breadth fourteen feet nine inches."

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 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.

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 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 midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber 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 Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."

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 the ephah basket that is appearing." And he said moreover, "This is their iniquity throughout 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 look, a lead cover was raised up, and there was a woman sitting in the basket.

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

8 And he said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he placed the lead cover over its mouth.

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

9 Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and look, 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 ephah basket between earth and the sky.

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 Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the ephah basket?"

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

11 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."

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