1 A nd I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.

I looked up again and saw a flying book.

2 A nd he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'

And 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.”

3 A nd he saith unto me, `This the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.

Then 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.

4 ` I have brought it out -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts -- and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.'

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

5 A nd the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what this that is coming forth?'

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

6 A nd I say, `What it?' And he saith, `This -- the ephah that is coming forth.' And he saith, `This their aspect in all the land.

And 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.”

7 A nd lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.'

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

8 A nd he saith, `This the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

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

9 A nd I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

Then 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.

10 A nd I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, `Whither they causing the ephah to go?'

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

11 A nd he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

He 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.”