< Yesaia 6 >
1 Afe a ɔhene Usia wuiɛ mu no, mehunuu Awurade sɛ ɔte ahennwa a, ɛkorɔn na wapagya so na nʼatadeɛ mmuano ayɛ asɔrefie hɔ ma.
In the year that king Uzziah died, I also saw Jehovah sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
2 Na serafim a wɔn mu biara wɔ ntaban nsia wɔ nʼAtifi. Wɔde ntaban no mmienu kata wɔn anim, na wɔde mmienu nso kata wɔn nan ho ɛnna wɔde mmienu nso tu.
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 Na obiara team kyerɛ ne yɔnko sɛ, “Kronkron! Kronkron! Kronkron ne Asafo Awurade; Nʼanimuonyam ahyɛ asase nyinaa so ma!”
One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory."
4 Wɔn nne nnyegyeeɛ maa apono ne aboboano wosooɛ, na wisie yɛɛ asɔrefie hɔ ma.
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Meteam kaa sɛ, “Me nnue! Memfata! Meyɛ onipa a mʼano ho nteɛ, na mete nnipa a wɔn ano ho nteɛ mu, Ɔhene, Otumfoɔ Awurade na mʼani ahunu no yi.”
Then I said, "Woe is me. For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts."
6 Na serafim no mu baako a ɔkura gyasramma, a ɔde daban kɔfa firii afɔrebukyia no so tu baa me nkyɛn.
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 Ɔde yei kaa mʼano kaa sɛ, “Hwɛ, yei aka wʼanofafa, wɔayi wʼafɔdie na wɔatua wo bɔne so ka.”
He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Look, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sins forgiven."
8 Afei, metee Awurade nne a ɛrebisa sɛ, “Hwan na mensoma no? Na hwan na ɔbɛkɔ ama yɛn?” Na mekaa sɛ, “Me nie. Soma me!”
I heard Jehovah's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me."
9 Na ɔkaa sɛ, “Kɔka kyerɛ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi sɛ, “‘Ɔte deɛ mobɛte, nanso morente aseɛ; Ɔhwɛ deɛ mobɛhwɛ, nanso morenhunu.’
And he said, "Go, and tell this people, 'In hearing you hear, but do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not perceive.'
10 Ɛfiri sɛ mo, moapirim mo akoma; moasi mo aso, akatakata mo ani. Ɛnyɛ saa a, anka mo ani bɛhunu adeɛ, na mo akoma ate asɛm ase, na moanu mo ho asane aba me nkyɛn, na masa mo yadeɛ.”
The heart of this people has grown dull, and their ears sluggish, and they have closed their eyes, otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn back, and I would heal them."
11 Na mekaa sɛ, “Ɛnkɔsi da bɛn, Ao Awurade?” Na ɔbuaa sɛ, “Ɛnkɔsi sɛ nkuropɔn no bɛyɛ nkurofon a nnipa ntete soɔ, ɛnkɔsi sɛ afie no bɛyɛ afituo na mfuo no asɛe ayɛ pasaa,
Then I said, "Jehovah, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land becomes utterly waste,
12 ɛnkɔsi sɛ, Awurade bɛpamo obiara akɔ akyirikyiri na asase no ada mpan.
and Jehovah has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 Mpo, sɛ nkyɛmu edu mu baako ka asase no so a, wɔbɛsɛe no bio. Nso sɛdeɛ dupɔn anaa odum gya dunsini ɛberɛ a wɔatwa ato fam no, saa ara na aba kronkron no bɛyɛ dunsini wɔ asase no so.”
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled. The holy seed is its stock."