Isaya 6
1 Nyakati zile za kifo cha mfalme Uzzia, nilimuona Bwana akiketi katika kiti cha cha enzi; alikuw juu na mahali palipo inuka, na pindo la vazi lake limejaa hekaluni.
In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne; he was high and elevated, and the hem of his robe filled the temple.
2 Juu yake kuna maserafi; kila moja lina mabwa sita; mawili yamefunika uso wake, na mawili yamefunika miguu yake, na mawili ya kurukia.
Above him were the seraphim; each one had six wings; with two each covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 Kila mmoja anaitana na mwenzake nakusema, ''Mtakakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu. ni Yahwe wa majeshi! Dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.''
Each one called to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 Misingi ya vizingiti imeshtuka kwa sauti ya mtu aliye nje, na njumba imejaa moshi.
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voices of those who were crying out, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Ndipo nikasema,'' Ole wangu'' ninastahili adhabu maan mimi ni mtu mwenye midomo michafu, na ninaishi na watu wenye midomo michafu, maana macho yangu yamemuona Mfalme, Yahwe, Yahwe wa majeshi.''
Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am doomed because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, because my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh, Yahweh of hosts!”
6 Ndipo mmoja wa maserafi akaruka juu yangu; mkononi mwake akiwa amebeba makaa ya mawe yanayong'aa, ameyachukuwa kwa koleo mathebauni.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me; he had a glowing coal in his hand, that he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
7 Akaugusa mdomo wangu kwa makaa ya mawe na akasema, ''Ona, makaa ya mawe yameshika midomo yako; maovu yako yameondolewa, na dhambi zako zimelipiwa kwa hili.''
He touched my mouth with it and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt has been taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
8 Nilisikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, Nimtume nani; nani ataenda kwa niaba yetu?'' Ndipo nikasema, Niko hapa; nitume mimi.''
I heard the voice of the Lord say, “Whom shall I send; who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am; send me.”
9 Akasema nenda na uwambie watu, ' mnasikiliza lakini hamelewi; anaona lakini hamuangalii. '
He said, “Go and tell this people, 'Listen, but do not understand; see, but do not perceive.'
10 Nenda ufanye mioyo ya watu hawa kuwa migumu, na masikio yao kuwa mazito, na macho yao kuwa vipofu. Hivyo basi wanaweza kuona kwa macho yao, kusikia kwa masikioa yao, na kuelewa kwa mioyo yao wakajeuka na kuponjwa.
Make the heart of this people insensitive, and their ears dull, and blind their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and then turn and be healed.”
11 Ndipo nikasema, ''Bwana, mda gani?'' Akanijibu, mpaka mji itakapopata ajali na kuharibiwa na pasipo wakazi, na nyumba hazina watu, na nchi imeanguka katika ukiwa mtupu,
Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities crash into ruins and are without inhabitants, and the houses are without people, and the land falls into a desolate waste,
12 na mpaka pale Yahwe atakapo wapeleka watu mbali, na upweke wa nchi ni mkubwa.
and until Yahweh has sent the people far away, and the solitude of the land is great.
13 Hata kama makumi ya watu watabaki kwenye nchi, itaharibiwa kwa mara nyingine kama mwaloni uliokatwa chini na shina lake likabaki, mbegu takatifu kwenye kisiki chake.''
Even if a tenth of the people remain in it, it will again be destroyed; as a terebinth or an oak is cut down and whose trunk remains, the holy seed is in its stump.”
