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

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

¶ Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

Visiones del rollo y del efa

Alcé de nuevo mis ojos y miré un rollo que volaba(A). Y el ángel me dijo: «¿Qué ves?». Y respondí(B): «Veo un rollo que vuela; su longitud es de 20 codos (9 metros) y su anchura de 10 codos (4.5 metros)». Entonces me dijo: «Esta es la maldición que sale sobre la superficie de toda la tierra(C). Ciertamente todo el que roba será destruido según lo escrito(D) en un lado, y todo el que jura será destruido según lo escrito 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)».

Entonces el ángel que hablaba conmigo(J) salió y me dijo: «Alza ahora tus ojos y mira qué es esto que sale». Y pregunté: «¿Qué es?». «Esto es el efa (una cesta de 22 litros) que sale», dijo él. Y añadió: «Esta es la iniquidad de ellos en toda la tierra(K). Entonces una tapa de plomo fue levantada, y había una mujer sentada dentro del efa[a]». Entonces dijo: «Esta es la Maldad(L)». Y la arrojó al interior del efa[b] y arrojó la tapa de plomo sobre su abertura. Luego alcé los ojos y miré dos mujeres que salían con el viento en sus alas. Tenían alas como alas de cigüeña, y alzaron el efa[c] entre la tierra y el cielo(M). 10 Dije entonces al ángel que hablaba conmigo: «¿Adónde llevan el Efa[d]?». 11 Y él me respondió: «A la tierra de Sinar(N) para edificarle un templo; y cuando esté preparado, será asentado allí sobre su base».

Footnotes

  1. 5:7 O de la cesta.
  2. 5:8 O de la cesta.
  3. 5:9 O la cesta.
  4. 5:10 O la cesta.