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 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.
2 Juu yake kuna maserafi; kila moja lina mabwa sita; mawili yamefunika uso wake, na mawili yamefunika miguu yake, na mawili ya kurukia.
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.
3 Kila mmoja anaitana na mwenzake nakusema, ''Mtakakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu. ni Yahwe wa majeshi! Dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.''
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.'
4 Misingi ya vizingiti imeshtuka kwa sauti ya mtu aliye nje, na njumba imejaa moshi.
And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of 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.''
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.'
6 Ndipo mmoja wa maserafi akaruka juu yangu; mkononi mwake akiwa amebeba makaa ya mawe yanayong'aa, ameyachukuwa kwa koleo mathebauni.
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, )
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.''
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.'
8 Nilisikia sauti ya Bwana ikisema, Nimtume nani; nani ataenda kwa niaba yetu?'' Ndipo nikasema, Niko hapa; nitume mimi.''
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.'
9 Akasema nenda na uwambie watu, ' mnasikiliza lakini hamelewi; anaona lakini hamuangalii. '
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.
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.
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.'
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,
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,
12 na mpaka pale Yahwe atakapo wapeleka watu mbali, na upweke wa nchi ni mkubwa.
And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land.
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.''
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!'
