< Zechariah 5 >
1 I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
and to return: again and to lift: look eye my and to see: see and behold scroll to fly
2 The angel asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll that is [huge], (10 yards/9 meters) long and (5 yards/4.5 meters) wide.”
and to say to(wards) me what? you(m. s.) to see: see and to say I to see: see scroll to fly length her twenty in/on/with cubit and width her ten in/on/with cubit
3 Then he said to me, “On this scroll is written the [words that Yahweh is speaking to] curse the entire country. On [one side of] the scroll it is written that every thief will be banished. On [the other side] it is written that everyone who tells a lie when he is solemnly promising to tell the truth will also be banished from the country.
and to say to(wards) me this [the] oath [the] to come out: speak upon face: surface all [the] land: country/planet for all [the] to steal from this like her to clear and all [the] to swear from this like her to clear
4 The Commander of the armies of angels says, ‘I will send [copies of] this scroll to the places where thieves live and to the houses of those who use my name when they solemnly promise to tell the truth. [The copies of] this scroll will stay in their houses, until those houses and all their wood and stones are destroyed.’”
to come out: send her utterance LORD Hosts and to come (in): come to(wards) house: home [the] thief and to(wards) house: home [the] to swear in/on/with name my to/for deception and to lodge in/on/with midst house: home his and to end: destroy him and [obj] tree: wood his and [obj] stone his
5 Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”
and to come out: come [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me and to say to(wards) me to lift: raise please eye your and to see: see what? [the] to come out: come [the] this
6 I asked him, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a big basket [for measuring grain]. But it represents the sins that everyone in this nation has committed.”
and to say what? he/she/it and to say this [the] ephah [the] to come out: come and to say this eye: sin their in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet
7 Then [the angel] lifted the basket’s cover, [which was made] of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket!
and behold talent lead to lift: raise and this woman one to dwell in/on/with midst [the] ephah
8 The angel said, “She represents the wicked things [that people do].” Then the angel pushed her back into the basket and closed the very heavy lid [again].
and to say this [the] wickedness and to throw [obj] her to(wards) midst [the] ephah and to throw [obj] stone: weight [the] lead to(wards) lip: opening her
9 Then I looked up and saw two women in front of me. They [were flying toward us], with their wings spread out in the wind. Their wings were [large], like [SIM] storks’ wings. They lifted the big basket up into the sky.
and to lift: look eye my and to see: see and behold two woman to come out: come and spirit: breath in/on/with wing their and to/for them wing like/as wing [the] stork and to lift: look [obj] [the] ephah between [the] land: country/planet and between [the] heaven
10 I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
and to say to(wards) [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me where? they(masc.) to go: take [obj] [the] ephah
11 He replied, “[They are taking it] to Babylonia to build a temple for it. When the temple is finished, they will set the basket there on a pedestal [for people to worship it].”
and to say to(wards) me to/for to build to/for her house: home in/on/with land: country/planet Shinar and to establish: prepare and to rest there upon base her