| א וָאָשׁוּב, וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֶרְאֶה; וְהִנֵּה, מְגִלָּה עָפָה. | 1 Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a flying roll. |
| ב וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, מָה אַתָּה רֹאֶה; וָאֹמַר, אֲנִי רֹאֶה מְגִלָּה עָפָה--אָרְכָּהּ עֶשְׂרִים בָּאַמָּה, וְרָחְבָּהּ עֶשֶׂר בָּאַמָּה. | 2 And he said unto me: 'What seest thou?' And I answered: 'I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.' |
| ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי--זֹאת הָאָלָה, הַיּוֹצֵאת עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ: כִּי כָל-הַגֹּנֵב, מִזֶּה כָּמוֹהָ נִקָּה, וְכָל-הַנִּשְׁבָּע, מִזֶּה כָּמוֹהָ נִקָּה. | 3 Then said he unto me: 'This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land; for every one that stealeth shall be swept away on the one side like it; and every one that sweareth shall be swept away on the other side like it. |
| ד הוֹצֵאתִיהָ, נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, וּבָאָה אֶל-בֵּית הַגַּנָּב, וְאֶל-בֵּית הַנִּשְׁבָּע בִּשְׁמִי לַשָּׁקֶר; וְלָנֶה בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ, וְכִלַּתּוּ וְאֶת-עֵצָיו וְאֶת-אֲבָנָיו. | 4 I cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.' |
| ה וַיֵּצֵא, הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי--שָׂא נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה, מָה הַיּוֹצֵאת הַזֹּאת. | 5 Then the angel that spoke with me went forth, and said unto me: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.' |
| ו וָאֹמַר, מַה-הִיא; וַיֹּאמֶר, זֹאת הָאֵיפָה הַיּוֹצֵאת, וַיֹּאמֶר, זֹאת עֵינָם בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ. | 6 And I said: 'What is it?' And he said: 'This is the measure that goeth forth.' He said moreover: 'This is their eye in all the land-- |
| ז וְהִנֵּה כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת, נִשֵּׂאת; וְזֹאת אִשָּׁה אַחַת, יוֹשֶׁבֶת בְּתוֹךְ הָאֵיפָה. | 7 and, behold, there was lifted up a round piece of lead--and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the measure.' |
| ח וַיֹּאמֶר זֹאת הָרִשְׁעָה, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֹתָהּ אֶל-תּוֹךְ הָאֵיפָה; וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת-אֶבֶן הָעוֹפֶרֶת, אֶל-פִּיהָ. {ס} | 8 And he said: 'This is Wickedness.' And he cast her down into the midst of the measure, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. {S} |
| ט וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא, וְהִנֵּה שְׁתַּיִם נָשִׁים יוֹצְאוֹת וְרוּחַ בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם, וְלָהֵנָּה כְנָפַיִם, כְּכַנְפֵי הַחֲסִידָה; וַתִּשֶּׂאנָה, אֶת-הָאֵיפָה, בֵּין הָאָרֶץ, וּבֵין הַשָּׁמָיִם. | 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the heaven. |
| י וָאֹמַר, אֶל-הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי: אָנָה הֵמָּה מוֹלִכוֹת, אֶת-הָאֵיפָה. | 10 Then said I to the angel that spoke with me: 'Whither do these bear the measure?' |
| יא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, לִבְנוֹת-לָה בַיִת בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁנְעָר; וְהוּכַן וְהֻנִּיחָה שָּׁם, עַל-מְכֻנָתָהּ. {ס} | 11 And he said unto me: 'To build her a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place. {S} |