1 I looked up again and saw a flying book.

وَرَفَعْتُ عَينَيَّ ثانِيَةً، فَرَأيتُ مَخطُوطَةَ كِتابٍ تَطِيرُ.

2 A nd the angel said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a flying book, as long as ten long steps and as wide as five long steps.”

فَقالَ لِيَ المَلاكُ: «ماذا تَرَى؟» فَقُلْتُ: «أرَى مَخطُوطَةَ كِتابٍ تَطيرُ فِي الهَواءِ، طُولُها عشْرُونَ ذِراعاً، وَعَرضُها عَشْرَةُ أذْرُعٍ.

3 T hen he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over all the land. Everyone who steals will be cut off by what is written on one side. And everyone who swears will be cut off by what is written on the other side.

فَقالَ لِي: «اللَّعنَةُ المُعلَنَةُ ضِدَّ كُلِّ الأرْضِ مَكْتُوبَةٌ عَلَى هَذِهِ المَخطُوطَةِ! لَعنَةٌ ضِدُّ اللُّصُوصِ عَلَى وَجهُها الأّوَّلُ، وَضِدُّ الحالِفينَ بِاسمِي كَذِباً عَلَى وَجهِها الثّانِي.

4 I will send it out,” says the Lord of All, “and it will go into the house of the robber and the house of the one who makes false promises using My name. It will spend the night in that house and destroy it, both its wood and stones.” Zechariah Sees a Woman in a Basket

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹أرسَلْتُ هَذا العِقابَ لِيَدخُلَ بَيتَ اللِّصِّ وَالحالِفِ بِاسْمِي كَذِباً. سَيَسْكُنُ العِقابُ فِي بَيتِهِ وَيُدَمِّرُهُ تَدمِيراً، بِخَشَبِهِ وَحِجارَتِهِ.›» السَّلَّةُ وَالمَرأة

5 T hen the angel who was speaking with me came out and said to me, “Look up and see what this is that is going out.”

ثُمَّ خَرَجَ المَلاكُ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي وَقالَ لِيَ: «ارفَعْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ ما هَذا الآتِي نَحوَنا.»

6 A nd I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the large basket going out.” And he said, “This is the sin of all the people in all the land.”

فَقُلْتُ: «ما هُوَ؟» فَقالَ: «هَذا إناءٌ لِلْكَيلِ. إنَّهُ لِكَيلِ ذَنُوبِ الأرْضِ كُلِّها.»

7 T hen the lead cover was lifted up, and there was a woman sitting in the large basket.

ثُمَّ رُفِعَ غِطاءُ الإناءِ المُستَدِيرُ المَصنُوعُ مِنَ الرَّصاصِ، فَرأيْتُ امْرأةً جالِسَةً فِي وَسَطِ الإناءِ!

8 T he angel said, “This is Sin!” And he threw her back into the basket and threw the lead weight on its opening.

وَقالَ المَلاكُ: «هَذا نِتاجُ الشَّرَّ.» ثُمَّ دَفَعَها ثانِيَةً إلَى داخِلِ الإناءِ، وَوَضَعَ غِطاءَ الرَّصاصِ عَلَى فُتْحَةِ الإناءِ.

9 T hen I looked up and saw two women coming out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the large basket between earth and heaven.

ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ إلَى الأعلَى وَرَأيتُ امرَأتَينِ مُقبِلَتَينِ لَهُما أجنِحَةٌ كَأجنِحَةِ لَقلَقٍ مَفرُودَةٍ لِلطَّيَرانِ. فَرَفَعَتا الإناءَ فِي الهَواءِ.

10 I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

فَقُلْتُ لِلمَلاكِ الَّذِي كانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي: «إلَى أينَ تَأخُذُ المَرأتانِ الإناءَ؟»

11 H e said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar. When it is ready, it will be put in its place.”

فَقالَ لِي: «إنَّهُما ذاهِبَتانِ لِبِناءِ بَيتٍ لِلإناءَ فِي أرْضِ شِنعارَ. وَحِينَ يُصبِحُ البَيتُ جاهِزاً، سَيُوضَعُ الإناءُ عَلَى قاعِدَتِهِ.»