Zacarias, 5

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

1. Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!

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 do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth 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. Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for every one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to it, and every one who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to 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 send it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."

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

5. Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes, and see what this is that goes 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?" He said, "This is the ephah that goes forth." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land."

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

7. And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the ephah!

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 thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight upon its mouth.

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. Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.

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

10. Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"

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

11. He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it; and when this is prepared, they will set the ephah down there on its base."