< Isaiah 6 >

1 In the year in which King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple.
烏齊雅王逝世那年,我看見吾主坐在崇高的御座上,他的衣邊拖曳滿殿。「
2 Around him stood seraphs; each one of them had six wings; with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.
色辣芬」侍立在他左右,各有六個翅膀:兩個蓋住臉,兩個蓋住腳,兩個用來飛翔。
3 And one called to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of hosts; The whole earth is full of his glory.
他們互相高呼說:「聖!聖!聖!萬軍的上主!他的光榮充滿大地!」
4 And the foundations of the thresholds were shaken with the voice of their cry. And the temple was filled with smoke.
由於呼喊的聲音,門限的基石也震撼了;殿宇內充滿了煙霧。
5 Then I said, Alas for me! I am undone! For I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among a people of unclean lips, and mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
我遂說:「我有禍了!我完了!因為我是個唇舌不潔的人,住在唇舌不潔的人民中間,竟親眼見了君王--萬軍的上主!」
6 Then flew one of the seraphs to me, having in his hands a glowing stone, which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.
當時有一個「色辣芬」飛到我面前,手中拿著鉗子,從祭壇上取了一塊火炭,
7 And he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this toucheth thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is expiated.
接觸我的口說:「你看,這炭接觸了你的口唇,你的邪惡已經消除,你的罪孽已獲赦免!」
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said: Behold, here am I; send me!
那時我聽見吾主的聲音說:「我將派遣誰呢﹖誰肯為我們去呢﹖」我回答說:「我在這裏,請派遣我 !」
9 And he said: Go, and say thou to this people, Hear ye, indeed, but understand not; See ye, indeed, but perceive not!
他說:「你去對這民族說:你們聽是聽,但不明白;看是看,卻不理解。
10 Make the heart of this people gross; Make their ears dull, and blind their eyes; That they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, Nor perceive with their hearts, and turn, and be healed.
你要使這民族的心遲鈍,使他們的耳朵沉重,使他們的眼睛迷矇,免得他們的眼睛看見,耳朵聽見,心裏覺悟而悔改,獲得痊癒。」
11 Then said I, How long, Lord? He said: Until the cities be laid waste, so that there be no inhabitant, And the houses, so that there be no man, And the land be left utterly desolate;
我追問說:「吾主!要到幾時呢﹖」他回答說:「直到城邑變成廢墟,沒有居民,房屋無人居住,田地變為荒蕪。」
12 Until Jehovah have removed the men far away, And there be great desolation in the land.
上主必將人民遷到遠方,本地區荒蕪異常。
13 And though there be a tenth part remaining in it, Even this shall again be destroyed; Yet as when the terebinth and the oak are cut down, Their stem remaineth alive, So shall a holy race be the stem of the nation.
境內雖只留下十分之一,還要遭受摧殘;就如松樹和樟樹在伐倒後,尚留有餘幹,聖善的苗裔將由這餘幹產生。

< Isaiah 6 >