1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.6.1 his…: or, the skirts thereof 2Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.6.3 one…: Heb. this cried to this6.3 the whole…: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth 4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.6.4 door: Heb. thresholds
5¶ Then said I, 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.6.5 undone: Heb. cut off 6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:6.6 having…: Heb. and in his hand a live coal 7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.6.7 laid…: Heb. caused it to touch 8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.6.8 Here…: Heb. behold me
9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.6.9 indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Heb. in hearing, etc 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,6.11 utterly…: Heb. desolate with desolation 12And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.6.13 and it…: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused6.13 substance: or, stock, or, stem
የኢሳይያስ ተልእኮ
1ንጉሥ ዖዝያን በሞተበት ዓመት እግዚአብሔርን ከፍ ባለና በከበረ ዙፋን ላይ ተቀምጦ አየሁት፤ የልብሱም ዘርፍ ቤተ መቅደሱን ሞልቶት ነበር። 2ሱራፌልም ከእርሱ በላይ ቆመው ነበር፤ እያንዳንዳቸውም ስድስት ክንፍ ነበራቸው። በሁለት ክንፍ ፊታቸውን ይሸፍኑ ነበር፤ በሁለት ክንፍ እግራቸውን ይሸፍኑ ነበር፤ በሁለቱም ክንፍ ይበርሩ ነበር፤ 3እርስ በርሳቸው በመቀባበልም፣
“ቅዱስ፣ ቅዱስ፣ ቅዱስ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር፤
ምድር ሁሉ በክብሩ ተሞልታለች”
ይሉ ነበር። 4ከድምፃቸው ጩኸት የተነሣ የመድረኩ መሠረት ተናወጠ፤ ቤተ መቅደሱም በጢስ ተሞላ።
5እኔም፣ “ከንፈሮቼ የረከሱብኝ ሰው ነኝ፤ የምኖረውም ከንፈሮቹ በረከሱበት ሕዝብ መካከል ነው፤ ዐይኖቼም ንጉሡን፣ የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔርን አይተዋልና ጠፍቻለሁ፣ ወዮልኝ!” አልሁ።
6ከዚያም ከሱራፌል አንዱ፣ ከመሠዊያው ላይ የእሳት ፍም በጕጠት ወስዶ፣ ወደ እኔ እየበረረ መጣ። 7አፌንም በእሳቱ ነክቶ፣ “እነሆ፤ ይህ ከንፈሮችህን ነክቷል፤ በደልህ ተወግዶልሃል፤ ኀጢአትህም ተሰርዮልሃል” አለኝ።
8ከዚያም የጌታ ድምፅ፣ “ማንን እልካለሁ? ማንስ ይሄድልናል?” ሲል ሰማሁት።
እኔም፣ “እነሆኝ፤ እኔን ላከኝ” አልሁ።
9እርሱም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “ወደዚህ ሕዝብ ሂድ፤
“ ‘መስማትን ትሰማላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን አታስተውሉም፤
ማየትንም ታያላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን ልብ አትሉም’ ብለህ ንገራቸው።
10የዚህን ሕዝብ ልብ አደንድን፤
ጆሯቸውን ድፈን፤
ዐይኖቻቸውንም ክደን፤
ይህ ካልሆነማ፣
በዐይናቸው አይተው፣ በጆሯቸው ሰምተው፣
በልባቸውም አስተውለው
በመመለስ ይፈወሳሉ።”
11እኔም፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ ይህ የሚሆነው እስከ መቼ ነው?” አልሁት፤
እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አለኝ፤
“ከተሞች እስኪፈራርሱና
የሚኖሩባቸው እስኪያጡ፣
ቤቶችም ወና እስኪሆኑና
ምድርም ፈጽሞ ባድማ እስክትሆን ድረስ፤
12እግዚአብሔርም ሰዎችን እስከሚያርቅ፣
ምድሪቱም ጨርሶ ባዶ እስክትሆን፣
13ከዐሥር አንድ ሰው እንኳ በምድሪቱ ቢቀር፣
እርሱም ደግሞ ይጠፋል፤
ነገር ግን የኮምበልና የባሉጥ ዛፍ በተቈረጠ
ጊዜ ጕቶ እንደሚቀር፣
ቅዱሱም ዘር እንዲሁ በምድሪቱ ጕቶ ሆኖ ይቀራል።”
