Isaiah 6
1 In the year of the death of king Uzziah — I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling 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 Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two [each] covereth its face, and with two [each] covereth its feet, and with two [each] flieth.
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 this one hath called unto that, and hath said: 'Holy, Holy, Holy, [is] Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth [is] 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 posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke.
Kwa sauti zao, miimo ya milango na vizingiti vilitikisika, nalo Hekalu likajaa moshi.
5 And I say, 'Woe to me, for I have been silent, For a man — unclean of lips [am] I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
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 flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken [it] 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 striketh against my mouth, and saith: 'Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'
Akanigusa nalo kinywa changu na kusema, “Tazama, hili limegusa midomo yako, uovu wako umeondolewa, nayo dhambi yako imesamehewa.”
8 And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, '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 saith, 'Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye — to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye — to see, and ye do not know.
Akasema, “Nenda ukawaambie watu hawa: “‘Mtaendelea daima kusikiliza, lakini kamwe hamtaelewa; mtaendelea daima kutazama, lakini kamwe hamtatambua.’
10 Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'
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 say, 'Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, 'Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted — a 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 hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land.
hadi Bwana atakapokuwa amekwisha kumpeleka kila mmoja mbali sana, na nchi itakapokuwa imeachwa kabisa.
13 And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed [is] its substance!'
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.”
