Zechariah 5
1 I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
Puis, je me repris à lever les yeux et je regardai: c’était un rouleau qui volait.
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.”
Il me dit: "Que vois-tu?" Je répondis: "Je vois un rouleau qui vole; sa longueur est de vingt coudées et sa largeur de dix coudées."
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.
Il me dit: "C’Est là la malédiction qui se répand sur la face de tout ce pays; car quiconque dérobe sera rejeté d’ici comme elle l’annonce, et quiconque se parjure sera rejeté d’ici comme elle l’annonce.
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.’”
Je lui ai donné libre cours, dit l’Eternel-Cebaot, pour qu’elle entre dans la maison du larron et dans la maison de celui qui jure faussement par mon nom: elle élira domicile au milieu de sa maison et la ruinera avec sa charpente et ses pierres."
5 Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”
Puis l’ange qui conversait avec moi sortit et me dit: "Lève donc les yeux et regarde ce qui apparaît-là."
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.”
Et je dis: "Qu’est-ce?" II répondit: "C’Est l’êpha qui apparaît." Et il ajouta: "C’Est vers elle que se portent les regards sur toute la terre."
7 Then [the angel] lifted the basket’s cover, [which was made] of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket!
Or, voici qu’un bloc de plomb était soulevé et qu’on voyait une femme assise dans l’êpha.
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].
Il dit: "C’Est là la Méchanceté!" Il la repoussa au fond de l’êpha et rejeta la masse de plomb sur l’ouverture.
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.
Je levai les yeux et je vis sortir deux femmes, les ailes gonflées par le vent. Elles avaient, en effet, des ailes pareilles aux ailes de la cigogne, et elles transportèrent l’êpha entre ciel et terre.
10 I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
Je dis à l’ange, qui conversait avec moi: "Où transportent-elles l’êpha?"
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].”
Il me répondit: " Elles vont pour lui bâtir une demeure dans le pays de Sennaar, et quand celle-ci sera solidement établie, elle y sera déposée à demeure fixe."
