Zechariah 5

1 And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying.

Je levai de nouveau les yeux et je regardai, et voici, il y avait un rouleau qui volait.

2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a book flying. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width is ten cubits.”

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.

3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner.”

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.

4 I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.

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.

5 And the angel had departed, who was speaking with me. And he said to me, “Lift up your eyes, and see what this is, that goes forth.”

L’ange qui parlait avec moi s’avança, et il me dit: Lève les yeux, et regarde ce qui sort là.

6 And I said, “What, then, is it?” And he said, “This is a container going forth.” And he said, “This is their eye in all the earth.”

Je répondis: Qu’est-ce? Et il dit: C’est l’épha qui sort. Il ajouta: C’est leur iniquité dans tout le pays.

7 And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container.

Et voici, une masse de plomb s’éleva, et il y avait une femme assise au milieu de l’épha.

8 And he said, “This is impiety.” And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.

Il dit: C’est l’iniquité. Et il la repoussa dans l’épha, et il jeta sur l’ouverture la masse de plomb.

9 And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, two women were departing, and a spirit was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite, and they lifted up the container between earth and heaven.

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.

10 And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the container?”

Je dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Où emportent-elles l’épha?

11 And he said to me, “To a house that may be built for it in the land of Shinar, and so that it may be established and set there upon its own base.”

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.