Zechariah 5
1 I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
Je levai de nouveau les yeux et regardai, et je vis 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.”
Et il me dit: Que vois-tu? Et je dis: Je vois un rouleau qui vole, dont la longueur est de vingt coudées et la 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.
Et il me dit: C'est la malédiction qui se répand sur toute la face du pays; car selon elle tout voleur sera exterminé d'ici, et selon elle tout faiseur de faux serment sera exterminé d'ici.
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 la répandrai, dit l'Éternel des armées; et elle entrera dans la maison du voleur, et dans la maison de celui qui jure faussement par mon nom; et elle logera au milieu de leur maison, et la consumera avec son bois 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 me parlait s'avança dehors, et me dit: Lève les yeux, et regarde ce qui sort 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? Il répondit: C'est un épha qui paraît. Il dit encore: C'est l'aspect qu'ils présentent dans tout le pays.
7 Then [the angel] lifted the basket’s cover, [which was made] of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket!
Et je vis une masse de plomb soulevée, et il y avait là une femme assise au milieu de l'épha.
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 il dit: C'est là l'iniquité! Et il la rejeta au milieu de l'épha, 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.
Et, levant les yeux, je regardai, et je vis paraître deux femmes; et le vent soufflait dans leurs ailes; elles avaient des ailes comme les ailes de la cigogne, et elles enlevèrent l'épha entre la terre et les cieux.
10 I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
Et je dis à l'ange qui me parlait: Où emportent-elles l'épha?
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 me dit: C'est pour lui bâtir une maison au pays de Shinear; et quand elle sera préparée, il sera posé là sur sa base.
