Zechariah 5

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then I raised my eyes again and saw a scroll flying.	1 And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying.
2 "What do you see?" he asked me. I answered, "I see a scroll flying; it is twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide."	2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a book flying. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width is ten cubits.”
3 Then he said to me: "This is the curse which is to go forth over the whole earth; in accordance with it shall every thief be swept away, and in accordance with it shall every perjurer be expelled from here.	3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner.”
4 I will send it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall come into the house of the thief, or into the house of him who perjures himself with my name; it shall lodge within his house, consuming it, timber and stones."	4 I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.
5 Then the angel who spoke with me came forward and said to me, "Raise your eyes and see what this is that comes forth."	5 And the angel had departed, who was speaking with me. And he said to me, “Lift up your eyes, and see what this is, that goes forth.”
6 "What is it?" I asked. And he answered, "This is a bushel container coming. This is their guilt in all the land."	6 And I said, “What, then, is it?” And he said, “This is a container going forth.” And he said, “This is their eye in all the earth.”
7 Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the bushel.	7 And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container.
8 "This is Wickedness," he said; and he thrust her inside the bushel, pushing the leaden cover into the opening.	8 And he said, “This is impiety.” And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.
9 Then I raised my eyes and saw two women coming forth with a wind ruffling their wings, for they had wings like the wings of a stork. As they lifted up the bushel into the air,	9 And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, two women were departing, and a spirit was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite, and they lifted up the container between earth and heaven.
10 I said to the angel who spoke with me, "Where are they taking the bushel?"	10 And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the container?”
11 He replied, "To build a temple for it in the land of Shinar; when the temple is ready, they will deposit it there in its place."	11 And he said to me, “To a house that may be built for it in the land of Shinar, and so that it may be established and set there upon its own base.”