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Visiones del rollo y del efa

Alcé de nuevo mis ojos y miré, y he aquí un rollo que volaba(A). Y me dijo el ángel: ¿Qué ves? Y respondí(B): Veo un rollo que vuela; su longitud es de veinte codos[a] y su anchura de diez codos. Entonces me dijo: Esta es la maldición que sale sobre la faz de toda la tierra(C); ciertamente todo el que roba será destruido según lo escrito[b](D) en un lado, y todo el que jura será destruido según lo escrito[c] en el otro lado(E). La haré salir —declara el Señor de los ejércitos(F)— y entrará en casa del ladrón(G) y en casa del que jura por mi nombre en falso(H); y pasará la noche dentro de su casa y la consumirá junto con sus maderas y sus piedras(I).

Salió el ángel que hablaba conmigo(J), y me dijo: Alza ahora tus ojos y mira qué es esto que sale. Y dije: ¿Qué es? Y él dijo: Esto es el efa[d] que sale. Y añadió: Esta es la iniquidad[e] de ellos en toda la tierra(K). Y he aquí, una tapa de plomo fue levantada, y había[f] una mujer sentada dentro del efa. Entonces dijo: Esta es la Maldad(L). Y la arrojó al interior del efa y arrojó la tapa[g] de plomo sobre su abertura[h]. Luego alcé los ojos y miré, y he aquí dos mujeres salían con el viento en sus alas; y tenían alas como alas de cigüeña, y alzaron el efa entre la tierra y el cielo(M). 10 Dije entonces al ángel que hablaba conmigo: ¿Adónde llevan el efa? 11 Y me respondió: A la tierra de Sinar(N) para edificarle un templo[i]; y cuando esté preparado, será asentado allí sobre su base.

Footnotes

  1. Zacarías 5:2 Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.
  2. Zacarías 5:3 Lit., según ella
  3. Zacarías 5:3 Lit., según ella
  4. Zacarías 5:6 Un efa equivale aprox. a 22 litros
  5. Zacarías 5:6 Así en un ms. y algunas versiones antiguas; en el T.M., el ojo
  6. Zacarías 5:7 Lit., y esto
  7. Zacarías 5:8 Lit., piedra
  8. Zacarías 5:8 Lit., boca
  9. Zacarías 5:11 Lit., una casa

Vision of the Flying Scroll

Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying (A)scroll.

And he said to me, “What do you see?”

So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”

Then he said to me, “This is the (B)curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”

“I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts;
“It shall enter the house of the (C)thief
And the house of (D)the one who swears falsely by My name.
It shall remain in the midst of his house
And consume (E)it, with its timber and stones.”

Vision of the Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a [a]basket that is going forth.”

He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead [b]cover over its mouth. Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a (F)stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

10 So I said to the (G)angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

11 And he said to me, “To (H)build a house for it in (I)the land of [c]Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Heb. ephah, a measuring container, and so elsewhere
  2. Zechariah 5:8 Lit. stone
  3. Zechariah 5:11 Babylon

The Flying Scroll

I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.(A)

He asked me, “What do you see?”(B)

I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]

And he said to me, “This is the curse(C) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(D) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(E) will be banished. The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(F) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(G)’”

The Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.(H)” And he added, “This is the iniquity[b] of the people throughout the land.”

Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.(I)

Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,(J) and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

11 He replied, “To the country of Babylonia[c](K) to build a house(L) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”(M)

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide
  2. Zechariah 5:6 Or appearance
  3. Zechariah 5:11 Hebrew Shinar