Isaiah 6
1 In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.
Nyakati zile za kifo cha mfalme Uzzia, nilimuona Bwana akiketi katika kiti cha cha enzi; alikuw juu na mahali palipo inuka, na pindo la vazi lake limejaa hekaluni.
2 Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight.
Juu yake kuna maserafi; kila moja lina mabwa sita; mawili yamefunika uso wake, na mawili yamefunika miguu yake, na mawili ya kurukia.
3 And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.
Kila mmoja anaitana na mwenzake nakusema, ''Mtakakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu. ni Yahwe wa majeshi! Dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.''
4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.
Misingi ya vizingiti imeshtuka kwa sauti ya mtu aliye nje, na njumba imejaa moshi.
5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
Ndipo nikasema,'' Ole wangu'' ninastahili adhabu maan mimi ni mtu mwenye midomo michafu, na ninaishi na watu wenye midomo michafu, maana macho yangu yamemuona Mfalme, Yahwe, Yahwe wa majeshi.''
6 Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon.
Ndipo mmoja wa maserafi akaruka juu yangu; mkononi mwake akiwa amebeba makaa ya mawe yanayong'aa, ameyachukuwa kwa koleo mathebauni.
7 And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.
Akaugusa mdomo wangu kwa makaa ya mawe na akasema, ''Ona, makaa ya mawe yameshika midomo yako; maovu yako yameondolewa, na dhambi zako zimelipiwa kwa hili.''
8 And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
Nilisikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, Nimtume nani; nani ataenda kwa niaba yetu?'' Ndipo nikasema, Niko hapa; nitume mimi.''
9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.
Akasema nenda na uwambie watu, ' mnasikiliza lakini hamelewi; anaona lakini hamuangalii. '
10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
Nenda ufanye mioyo ya watu hawa kuwa migumu, na masikio yao kuwa mazito, na macho yao kuwa vipofu. Hivyo basi wanaweza kuona kwa macho yao, kusikia kwa masikioa yao, na kuelewa kwa mioyo yao wakajeuka na kuponjwa.
11 Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,
Ndipo nikasema, ''Bwana, mda gani?'' Akanijibu, mpaka mji itakapopata ajali na kuharibiwa na pasipo wakazi, na nyumba hazina watu, na nchi imeanguka katika ukiwa mtupu,
12 And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.
na mpaka pale Yahwe atakapo wapeleka watu mbali, na upweke wa nchi ni mkubwa.
13 And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).
Hata kama makumi ya watu watabaki kwenye nchi, itaharibiwa kwa mara nyingine kama mwaloni uliokatwa chini na shina lake likabaki, mbegu takatifu kwenye kisiki chake.''
