Zacharie 5
1 Et je me retournai, et je levai mes yeux; et je vis, et voilà un volume volant.
I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying [through the air].
2 Et L’ange me dit: Que vois-tu? Et je répondis: Je vois un volume volant: sa longueur est de vingt coudées, et sa largeur de dix.
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 sort sur la face de toute la terre; parce que tout voleur, selon qu’il est écrit dans ce volume, sera jugé; et quiconque jure faussement sera jugé pareillement d’après ce volume.
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 le ferai sortir, dit le Seigneur des armées; et il viendra à la maison du voleur et à la maison de celui qui jure faussement en mon nom; et il demeurera au milieu de sa maison, et la consumera ainsi que ses bois et ses 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 en moi sortit, et me dit: Lève tes yeux, et vois qu’est-ce qui sort.
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 répondit: C’est une amphore qui sort. Et il ajouta: C’est leur œil sur 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 voilà que l’on portait un talent de plomb, et qu’une femme était assise au milieu de l’amphore.
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 l’impiété; et il la renversa au milieu de l’amphore, et il posa une masse 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 voilà deux femmes sortant, et un vent soufflait dans leurs ailes, et elles avaient des ailes comme des ailes de milan; et elles élevèrent l’amphore 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 Et je dis à l’ange qui parlait en moi: Où ces femmes portent-elles l’amphore?
I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?”
11 Et il me répondit: C’est afin qu’on lui bâtisse une maison dans la terre de Sennaar, et qu’elle soit établie, et quelle soit 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].”
