| 1 Levantando os olhos, olhei e vi um rolo manuscrito que voava. | 1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! |
| 2 (O anjo) disse-me: “Que vês?”. “Um rolo que voa” – respondi – “o qual tem vinte côvados de comprimento por dez de largura.” | 2 And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits." |
| 3 Ele disse-me: “Isto é a Maldição que se espalha sobre toda a terra. Todo ladrão será expulso por ela, e todo perjuro será lançado fora por ela. | 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for every one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to it, and every one who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to it. |
| 4 Eu a deixarei espalhar-se por toda a parte – oráculo do Senhor – e ela forçará a casa do ladrão e a do perjuro; ela se alojará na casa de cada um deles e a aniquilará com a sua madeira e as suas pedras”. | 4 I will send it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones." |
| 5 O anjo porta-voz aproximou-se e disse-me: “Levanta os teus olhos e vê o que vem lá!”. | 5 Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth." |
| 6 Eu disse: “O que é?”. Ele respondeu: “É um efá que aparece” – e acrescentou –: “É a iniquidade deles por toda a terra”. | 6 And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah that goes forth." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land." |
| 7 Eis que foi levantada a tampa de chumbo, e vi uma mulher instalada no efá. | 7 And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the ephah! |
| 8 “Esta mulher” – disse ele – “é a Iniquidade!” Prendeu-a no efá e tapou a boca do efá com o disco de chumbo. | 8 And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight upon its mouth. |
| 9 Então, levantei os olhos e olhei: apareceram duas mulheres, e o vento soprava em suas asas. Tinham asas como de cegonha e levantaram o efá entre o céu e a terra. | 9 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven. |
| 10 Perguntei então ao porta-voz: “Aonde vão elas com o efá?”. | 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?" |
| 11 Ele respondeu-me: “Vão construir-lhe uma casa na terra de Senaar, estabelecê-la ali e fixá-la no seu lugar”. | 11 He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it; and when this is prepared, they will set the ephah down there on its base." |
