Zacharie 5
1 Je levai de nouveau les yeux et je regardai, et voici, il y avait un rouleau qui volait.
I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
2 Il me dit: Que vois-tu? Je répondis: Je vois un rouleau qui vole; il a vingt coudées de longueur, et dix coudées de largeur.
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 la malédiction qui se répand sur tout le pays; car selon elle tout voleur sera chassé d’ici, et selon elle tout parjure sera chassé d’ici.
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 répands, dit l’Éternel des armées, afin qu’elle entre dans la maison du voleur et de celui qui jure faussement en mon nom, afin qu’elle y établisse sa demeure, et qu’elle la consume 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 L’ange qui parlait avec moi s’avança, et il me dit: Lève les yeux, et regarde 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 Je répondis: Qu’est-ce? Et il dit: C’est l’épha qui sort. Il ajouta: C’est leur iniquité dans tout le pays.
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, une masse de plomb s’éleva, et il y avait 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 Il dit: C’est l’iniquité. Et il la repoussa dans l’épha, et il jeta sur l’ouverture la masse de plomb.
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 Je levai les yeux et je regardai, et voici, deux femmes parurent. Le vent soufflait dans leurs ailes; elles avaient des ailes comme celles de la cigogne. Elles enlevèrent l’épha entre la terre et le ciel.
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 Je dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Où emportent-elles l’épha?
I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
11 Il me répondit: Elles vont lui bâtir une maison dans le pays de Schinear; et quand elle sera prête, il sera déposé là dans son lieu.
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].”
