1 Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, A roll going through the air; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.

3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.

5 And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.

6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

7 And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

8 And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

9 And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

10 And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?

11 And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

1 Levantei novamente os olhos e vi um rolo que voava no ar.

2 Que estás a ver?, o anjo perguntou-me.Um rolo a deslocar-se no ar!, respondi: Parece ter uns dez metros de comprimento e cinco de largura.

3 E ele disse-me: Este rolo contém as palavras de Deus, amaldiçoando a Terra inteira, e afirmando que todos os que roubam e mentem já foram julgados e sentenciados à morte.

4 'Envio esta maldição à casa de todo o que rouba e de todo o que jura falsamente pelo meu nome

5 O anjo deixou-me por um momento, voltando depois para me dizer: Repara nisso que se está a deslocar no ar!

6 O que é? perguntei.É uma vasilha que se usa para medir grão , que está cheia com o pecado que prevalece por toda a parte.

7 De repente uma pesada tampa de chumbo, que cobria o recipiente, foi tirada e pude ver uma mulher lá dentro.

8 Representa a maldade, disse ele. E empurrou-a para dentro do recipiente, tornando a pôr em cima a tampa.

9 Depois vi duas mulheres voando na nossa direcção, com asas semelhantes às de uma cegonha. Pegaram naquela vasilha e levaram-na com elas pelos ares.

10 Para onde levaram elas a vasilha? perguntei ao anjo.

11 Para Babilónia replicou-me, onde vão construir-lhe um templo. Quando o templo estiver pronto, porão a vasilha no seu lugar próprio.