Zacharie 5
1 Et de nouveau je levai mes yeux, et je vis; et voici un rouleau qui volait.
I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
2 Et il me dit: Que vois-tu? Et je dis: Je vois un rouleau qui vole, long de 20 coudées, et large de dix coudées.
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.”
3 Et il me dit: C’est ici la malédiction qui sort sur la face de toute la terre; car tout voleur sera détruit, selon ce [qui est écrit], d’une part; et chacun qui jure sera détruit, selon ce [qui est écrit], de l’autre part.
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.
4 Je la fais sortir, 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 sa maison et la consumera avec le bois et les pierres.
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.’”
5 Et l’ange qui parlait avec moi sortit et me dit: Lève tes yeux et regarde: Qu’est-ce qui sort là?
Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!”
6 Et je dis: Qu’est-ce? Et il dit: C’est l’épha qui sort. Et il dit: C’est ici leur aspect dans toute la terre.
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.”
7 Et voici, un disque de plomb fut soulevé: et il y avait là une femme assise au milieu de l’épha.
Then [the angel] lifted the basket’s cover, [which was made] of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket!
8 Et il dit: C’est la méchanceté. Et il la jeta au milieu de l’épha, et il jeta le poids de plomb sur l’ouverture.
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].
9 Et je levai mes yeux, et je vis; et voici, deux femmes sortirent, et le vent était dans leurs ailes, et elles avaient des ailes comme des ailes de cigogne, et elles soulevèrent l’épha entre la terre et les cieux.
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.
10 Et je dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Où celles-ci emportent-elles l’épha?
I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
11 Et il me dit: Pour lui bâtir une maison dans le pays de Shinhar; et là elle sera fixée et posée sur sa base.
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].”
