Isaiah 6
1 In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
Katika mwaka ule Mfalme Uzia alikufa, nilimwona Bwana ameketi katika kiti cha enzi, kilicho juu na kilichotukuzwa sana, nalo pindo la joho lake likajaza Hekalu.
2 Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.
Juu yake walikuwepo maserafi, kila mmoja alikuwa na mabawa sita: Kwa mabawa mawili walifunika nyuso zao, kwa mengine mawili walifunika miguu yao, na kwa mawili walikuwa wakiruka.
3 And one called to the other and said, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!
Nao walikuwa wakiitana kila mmoja na mwenzake: “Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu ni Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Kwa sauti zao, miimo ya milango na vizingiti vilitikisika, nalo Hekalu likajaa moshi.
5 And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
Ndipo nikalia, “Ole wangu! Nimeangamia! Kwa kuwa mimi ni mtu mwenye midomo michafu, nami ninaishi katikati ya watu wenye midomo michafu, nayo macho yangu yamemwona Mfalme, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote.”
6 And one of the seraphim flew unto me, and he had in his hand a glowing coal, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
Ndipo mmoja wa wale maserafi akaruka kunijia akiwa na kaa la moto linalowaka mkononi mwake, ambalo alikuwa amelichukua kwa koleo kutoka madhabahuni.
7 and he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.
Akanigusa nalo kinywa changu na kusema, “Tazama, hili limegusa midomo yako, uovu wako umeondolewa, nayo dhambi yako imesamehewa.”
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me.
Kisha nikasikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, “Nimtume nani? Ni nani atakayekwenda kwa ajili yetu?” Nami nikasema, “Mimi hapa. Nitume mimi!”
9 And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
Akasema, “Nenda ukawaambie watu hawa: “‘Mtaendelea daima kusikiliza, lakini kamwe hamtaelewa; mtaendelea daima kutazama, lakini kamwe hamtatambua.’
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
Fanya mioyo ya watu hawa kuwa migumu, fanya masikio yao yasisikie, na upofushe macho yao. Wasije wakaona kwa macho yao, na wakasikiliza kwa masikio yao, wakaelewa kwa mioyo yao, nao wakageuka, nikawaponywa.”
11 And I said, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be wasted, without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land become an utter desolation,
Ndipo nikasema, “Hadi lini, Ee Bwana?” Naye akanijibu: “Hadi miji iwe imeachwa magofu na bila wakazi, hadi nyumba zitakapobaki bila watu, na mashamba yatakapoharibiwa na kuangamizwa,
12 and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
hadi Bwana atakapokuwa amekwisha kumpeleka kila mmoja mbali sana, na nchi itakapokuwa imeachwa kabisa.
13 But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk [remaineth] after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof.
Hata kama sehemu ya kumi ya watu watabaki katika nchi, itaharibiwa tena. Lakini kama vile mvinje na mwaloni ibakizavyo visiki inapokatwa, ndivyo mbegu takatifu itakavyokuwa kisiki katika nchi.”
