Zechariah 5
1 I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
Et je me retournai, et je levai les yeux, et je regardai; et voilà une faux volante.
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.”
Et l'ange me dit: Que vois-tu? Et je dis: Je vois une faux volante, longue de vingt coudées, et large de dix.
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.
Et il me dit: C'est la malédiction qui se promène sur toute la surface de la terre; car de ce côté-ci tout larron sera puni de mort, et de ce côté-là tout parjure sera puni.
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.’”
Et Je la ferai cheminer, dit le Seigneur tout-puissant; et elle entrera dans la maison du voleur et dans la maison de celui qui jure en vain Mon Nom, et elle demeurera au milieu de sa maison, et elle en consumera le bois et les pierres.
5 Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”
Et l'ange qui parlait avec moi sortit, et il me dit: Lève les yeux, et regarde ce qui s'avance.
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? Et il reprit: C'est la mesure qui s'avance; et il ajouta: C'est leur iniquité qui couvre 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!
Et voilà qu'un talent de plomb s'élevait, et voilà qu'une femme était assise au milieu de la mesure.
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].
Et l'ange dit: Celle-ci est le péché; et il fit tomber la femme au fond de la mesure, et il fit tomber la masse de plomb dans sa bouche.
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.
Et je levai les yeux, et je regardai, et voilà deux femmes qui s'avançaient, et le vent soufflait dans leurs ailes, et elles avaient les ailes de la huppe, et elles enlevaient la mesure entre la terre et le ciel.
10 I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
Et je dis à l'ange qui parlait avec moi: Où emportent-elles la mesure?
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].”
Et il répondit: Elles vont lui bâtir une demeure en la terre de Babylone, et préparer pour cela une place; elles la mettront sur sa base.
