1 Tornei a levantar os olhos e vi, e eis um rolo voante. 2 Perguntou-me o anjo: Que vês? Eu respondi: vejo um rolo voante, que tem vinte côvados de comprimento e dez de largura. 3 Então, me disse: Esta é a maldição que sai pela face de toda a terra, porque qualquer que furtar será expulso segundo a maldição, e qualquer que jurar falsamente será expulso também segundo a mesma. 4 Fá-la-ei sair, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, e a farei entrar na casa do ladrão e na casa do que jurar falsamente pelo meu nome; nela, pernoitará e consumirá a sua madeira e as suas pedras.

5 Saiu o anjo que falava comigo e me disse: Levanta, agora, os olhos e vê que é isto que sai. 6 Eu perguntei: que é isto? Ele me respondeu: É um efa que sai. Disse ainda: Isto é a iniquidade em toda a terra. 7 Eis que foi levantada a tampa de chumbo, e uma mulher estava sentada dentro do efa. 8 Prosseguiu o anjo: Isto é a impiedade. E a lançou para o fundo do efa, sobre cuja boca pôs o peso de chumbo. 9 Levantei os olhos e vi, e eis que saíram duas mulheres; havia vento em suas asas, que eram como de cegonha; e levantaram o efa entre a terra e o céu. 10 Então, perguntei ao anjo que falava comigo: para onde levam elas o efa? 11 Respondeu-me: Para edificarem àquela mulher uma casa na terra de Sinar, e, estando esta acabada, ela será posta ali em seu próprio lugar.

1 Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll. 2 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. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it. 4 I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

5 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. 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land 7 (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah. 8 And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and 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 her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

1 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.

2 He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide. ""

3 And he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.

4 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 by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.'"

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

6 I asked, "What is it?" He replied, "It is a basket." And he added, "This is the iniquity "of the people throughout the land."

7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!

8 He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.

9 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, 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 "to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place."