Zacarias, 5

1. Levantando os olhos, olhei e vi um rolo manuscrito que voava.

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

2. (O anjo) disse-me: “Que vês?”. “Um rolo que voa” – respondi – “o qual tem vinte côvados de comprimento por dez de largura.”

2. And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3. Ele disse-me: “Isto é a Maldição que se espalha sobre toda a terra. Todo ladrão será expulso por ela, e todo perjuro será lançado fora por ela.

3. And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.

4. Eu a deixarei espalhar-se por toda a parte – oráculo do Senhor – e ela forçará a casa do ladrão e a do perjuro; ela se alojará na casa de cada um deles e a aniquilará com a sua madeira e as suas pedras”.

4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to 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.

5. O anjo porta-voz aproximou-se e disse-me: “Levanta os teus olhos e vê o que vem lá!”.

5. And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

6. Eu disse: “O que é?”. Ele respondeu: “É um efá que aparece” – e acrescentou –: “É a iniquidade deles por toda a terra”.

6. And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

7. Eis que foi levantada a tampa de chumbo, e vi uma mulher instalada no efá.

7. And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

8. “Esta mulher” – disse ele – “é a Iniquidade!” Prendeu-a no efá e tapou a boca do efá com o disco de chumbo.

8. And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

9. Então, levantei os olhos e olhei: apareceram duas mulheres, e o vento soprava em suas asas. Tinham asas como de cegonha e levantaram o efá entre o céu e a terra.

9. And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.

10. Perguntei então ao porta-voz: “Aonde vão elas com o efá?”.

10. And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

11. Ele respondeu-me: “Vão construir-lhe uma casa na terra de Senaar, estabelecê-la ali e fixá-la no seu lugar”.*

11. And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.