Zacarias 5

1 Then again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, "What do you see?"

I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits,*5:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. and its width ten cubits."

3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land, for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. 4 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."

5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing."

6 I said, "What is it?"

He said, "This is the ephah*5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel. basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land— 7 and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent*5:7 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds. was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah*5:7 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel basket." 8 He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.

9 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were 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 basket between earth and the sky. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the ephah basket?"

11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

Te Kitenga Tuaono: Te Pukapuka e Rere ana

1 Nā, ka maranga ake anō ōku kanohi, ā, ka kite, nā, ko tētahi pukapuka e rere ā-manu ana. 2 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Ko te aha tāu e kite nā?"

Anō rā ko ahau, "He pukapuka e rere ana tāku e kite nei; ko tōna roa e rua tekau whatīanga, ko tōna whānui kotahi tekau whatīanga."

3 Kātahi ia ka mea mai ki ahau: "Ko te kanga tēnei ka puta atu nei ki te mata o te whenua katoa; ko ngā tāngata katoa hoki e tāhae ana ka hātepea atu i tētahi taha, ka rite ki tā tēnei; ā, ko ngā tāngata katoa e oati teka ana, ka hātepea atu i tērā taha, ka rite ki tā tēnei. 4 ‘Māku anō e mea kia puta atu,’ e ai tā Ihowā o ngā mano, ‘ā, ka uru ki te whare o te tāhae, ki te whare hoki o te tangata i oatitia tekatia ai tōku ingoa; ā, ka noho ki roto ki tōna whare, ā pau noa ōna rākau me ōna kōhatu.’ "

Te Kitenga Tuawhitu: Te Wahine i roto i te Epa

5 Kātahi te anahera i kōrero rā ki ahau ka puta, ā, ka mea ki ahau, "Tēnā rā, e ara ōu kanohi, tirohia ko te aha tēnei ka puta nei."

6 Anō rā ko ahau, "He aha koia?"

Ā, ka kī mai ia, "Ko te epa tēnei e puta nei." I kī mai anō ia, "Ko tō rātou āhua tēnei i te whenua katoa."

7 Nā, ko tētahi taranata matā kua oti te hāpai ake; ā, he wahine tēnei e noho nei i roto i te epa. 8 Nā, ka kī ia, "Ko te Kino tēnei." Nā, makā iho ana ia e ia ki roto ki te epa; ā, makā ana e ia te poro matā ki runga ki te ngutu o taua epa.

9 Kātahi ka maranga ake ōku kanohi, ka kite, nā, ko ngā wāhine tokorua e puta mai ana, i roto hoki te hau i ō rāua parirau. Ko ō rāua parirau hoki koia anō kei o te tāka; ā, hāpainga ake ana e rāua te epa ki te takiwā o te whenua, o te rangi.

10 Kātahi ahau ka mea atu ki te anahera i kōrero rā ki ahau, "E maua ana e ēnei te epa ki hea?"

11 Ā, ka kī mai tērā ki ahau, "Hei hanga whare mōna ki te whenua o Hinara; ā, ka pūmau ki reira, ka whakatūria ki tōna tūranga."