| 1 Levanté los ojos de nuevo y vi un libro volando. | 1 And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying. |
| 2 Me preguntó: —¿Qué ves? Le respondí: —Veo un libro volando de unos diez metros de largo y unos cinco de ancho. | 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 Me dijo: —Es la maldición que se extiende sobre toda la tierra: según ella, todo ladrón está libre de culpa y, según ella, todo el que jura en falso está libre de culpa. | 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 La envío —oráculo del Señor del universo— para que entre en casa del ladrón y en casa del que jura en falso. Y pasará la noche en su casa y acabará con vigas y muros. | 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 Salió el mensajero que me hablaba y me dijo: —Levanta los ojos y mira lo que aparece. | 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 Pregunté: —¿Qué es eso? Me respondió: — Lo que sale es un recipiente. Y añadió: Es la perversidad de toda la tierra. | 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 Entonces se levantó una tapadera de plomo y había una mujer sentada en el recipiente. | 7 And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container. |
| 8 Me dijo: «Es la maldad». La empujó dentro del recipiente y puso la tapadera de plomo. | 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 Levanté los ojos y vi salir dos mujeres con el viento en sus alas, alas como de cigüeña; y alzaron el recipiente entre cielo y tierra. | 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 Pregunté al mensajero que hablaba conmigo: —¿Adónde llevan el recipiente? | 10 And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the container?” |
| 11 Respondió el mensajero que hablaba conmigo: —Le van a construir una casa en la tierra de Sinear. Allí la pondrán y allí estará, en su pedestal. | 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.” |
