< Esias 6 >

1 And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, [that] I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.
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。
2 And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered [their] face, and with two they covered [their] feet, and with two they flew.
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;
3 And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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!
4 And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.
因呼喊者的聲音,門檻的根基震動,殿充滿了煙雲。
5 And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
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。」
6 And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:
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,
7 and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, and will take away your iniquities, and will purge off your sins.
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。」
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, behold, I am [here], send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people,
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!」
9 You shall hear indeed, but you shall not understand; and you shall see indeed, but you shall not perceive.
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。
10 For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
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。」
11 And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.
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。
12 And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied.
並且耶和華將人遷到遠方, 在這境內撇下的地土很多。
13 And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.
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。

< Esias 6 >