Isaiæ 6
1 In anno, quo mortuus est rex Ozias, vidi Dominum sedentem super solium excelsum et elevatum: et ea, quæ sub ipso erant, replebant templum:
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated in majesty on a high throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
2 Seraphim stabant super illud: sex alæ uni, et sex alæ alteri: duabus velabant faciem eius, et duabus velabant pedes eius, et duabus volabant.
Seraphim stood above him, and each of them had six wings: They used two wings to cover their faces, two to cover their feet, and two to fly.
3 Et clamabant alter ad alterum, et dicebant: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus exercituum, plena est omnis terra gloria eius.
They were calling out to one another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; his glory fills the whole earth.
4 Et commota sunt superliminaria cardinum a voce clamantis, et domus repleta est fumo.
The sound of their shouts made the doorposts and doorsteps shake, and the Temple was filled with smoke.
5 Et dixi: Væ mihi, quia tacui, quia vir pollutus labiis ego sum, et in medio populi polluta labia habentis ego habito, et Regem Dominum exercituum vidi oculis meis.
I cried out, “I'm doomed! I'm going to die because I'm a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, for I've seen the King, the Lord Almighty!”
6 Et volavit ad me unus de Seraphim, et in manu eius calculus, quem forcipe tulerat de altari.
Then one of the seraphim flew over to me. He was holding a glowing coal that he had picked up with tongs from the altar.
7 Et tetigit os meum, et dixit: Ecce, tetigit hoc labia tua, et auferetur iniquitas tua, et peccatum tuum mundabitur.
He touched me on my mouth with it and told me, “Look! This has touched your lips, so now your guilt is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”
8 Et audivi vocem Domini dicentis: Quem mittam? Et quis ibit nobis? Et dixi: Ecce ego, mitte me.
Then I heard the Lord asking, “Who shall I send? Who will go and speak for us?” So I said, “I'm here! Please send me!”
9 Et dixit: Vade, et dices populo huic: Audite audientes, et nolite intelligere: et videte visionem, et nolite cognoscere.
He replied, “Go and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but never understanding. Keep on seeing, but never comprehending.’
10 Excæca cor populi huius, et aures eius aggrava: et oculos eius claude: ne forte videat oculis suis, et auribus suis audiat, et corde suo intelligat, et convertatur, et sanem eum.
Make the minds of this people insensitive; make their ears deaf and shut their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, and repent and be healed.”
11 Et dixi: Usquequo Domine? Et dixit: Donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta.
Then I asked, “How long will this last, Lord?” He replied, “Until towns are ruined and empty, houses are abandoned, and the land is devastated and destroyed;
12 Et longe faciet Dominus homines, et multiplicabitur quæ derelicta fuerat in medio terræ.
until the Lord sends the people far away and the country is totally deserted.
13 Et adhuc in ea decimatio, et convertetur, et erit in ostensionem sicut terebinthus, et sicut quercus, quæ expandit ramos suos: semen sanctum erit id, quod steterit in ea.
Even though a tenth of the population remains in the land, it will be destroyed again. But in the same way as the terebinth and oak trees leave stumps when they're cut down, so the holy seed will remain as stump.”
