以賽亞書 6
1 當烏西雅王崩的那年，我見主坐在高高的寶座上。他的衣裳垂下，遮滿聖殿。
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated in majesty on a high throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
2 其上有撒拉弗侍立，各有六個翅膀：用兩個翅膀遮臉，兩個翅膀遮腳，兩個翅膀飛翔；
Seraphim stood above him, and each of them had six wings: They used two wings to cover their faces, two to cover their feet, and two to fly.
3 彼此呼喊說： 聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！萬軍之耶和華； 他的榮光充滿全地！
They were calling out to one another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; his glory fills the whole earth.
4 因呼喊者的聲音，門檻的根基震動，殿充滿了煙雲。
The sound of their shouts made the doorposts and doorsteps shake, and the Temple was filled with smoke.
5 那時我說：「禍哉！我滅亡了！因為我是嘴唇不潔的人，又住在嘴唇不潔的民中，又因我眼見大君王－萬軍之耶和華。」
I cried out, “I'm doomed! I'm going to die because I'm a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, for I've seen the King, the Lord Almighty!”
6 有一撒拉弗飛到我跟前，手裏拿着紅炭，是用火剪從壇上取下來的，
Then one of the seraphim flew over to me. He was holding a glowing coal that he had picked up with tongs from the altar.
7 將炭沾我的口，說：「看哪，這炭沾了你的嘴，你的罪孽便除掉，你的罪惡就赦免了。」
He touched me on my mouth with it and told me, “Look! This has touched your lips, so now your guilt is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”
8 我又聽見主的聲音說：「我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯為我們去呢？」我說：「我在這裏，請差遣我！」
Then I heard the Lord asking, “Who shall I send? Who will go and speak for us?” So I said, “I'm here! Please send me!”
9 他說：「你去告訴這百姓說： 你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白； 看是要看見，卻不曉得。
He replied, “Go and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but never understanding. Keep on seeing, but never comprehending.’
10 要使這百姓心蒙脂油， 耳朵發沉， 眼睛昏迷； 恐怕眼睛看見， 耳朵聽見， 心裏明白， 回轉過來，便得醫治。」
Make the minds of this people insensitive; make their ears deaf and shut their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, and repent and be healed.”
11 我就說：「主啊，這到幾時為止呢？」他說： 直到城邑荒涼，無人居住， 房屋空閒無人，地土極其荒涼。
Then I asked, “How long will this last, Lord?” He replied, “Until towns are ruined and empty, houses are abandoned, and the land is devastated and destroyed;
12 並且耶和華將人遷到遠方， 在這境內撇下的地土很多。
until the Lord sends the people far away and the country is totally deserted.
13 境內剩下的人若還有十分之一， 也必被吞滅， 像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐， 樹墩子卻仍存留。 這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。
Even though a tenth of the population remains in the land, it will be destroyed again. But in the same way as the terebinth and oak trees leave stumps when they're cut down, so the holy seed will remain as stump.”
