Isaya 6
1 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.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
2 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.
Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
3 Nao walikuwa wakiitana kila mmoja na mwenzake: “Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu ni Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.”
One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 Kwa sauti zao, miimo ya milango na vizingiti vilitikisika, nalo Hekalu likajaa moshi.
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 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.”
Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies!”
6 Ndipo mmoja wa wale maserafi akaruka kunijia akiwa na kaa la moto linalowaka mkononi mwake, ambalo alikuwa amelichukua kwa koleo kutoka madhabahuni.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
7 Akanigusa nalo kinywa changu na kusema, “Tazama, hili limegusa midomo yako, uovu wako umeondolewa, nayo dhambi yako imesamehewa.”
He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
8 Kisha nikasikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, “Nimtume nani? Ni nani atakayekwenda kwa ajili yetu?” Nami nikasema, “Mimi hapa. Nitume mimi!”
I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
9 Akasema, “Nenda ukawaambie watu hawa: “‘Mtaendelea daima kusikiliza, lakini kamwe hamtaelewa; mtaendelea daima kutazama, lakini kamwe hamtatambua.’
He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but do not understand. You see indeed, but do not perceive.’
10 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.”
Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”
11 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,
Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,
12 hadi Bwana atakapokuwa amekwisha kumpeleka kila mmoja mbali sana, na nchi itakapokuwa imeachwa kabisa.
and the LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land.
13 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.”
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.”
