Isaiah's Vision and Call
1 In 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.
Katika mwaka ule aliokufa mfalme Uzia nalimwona Bwana ameketi katika kiti cha enzi, kilicho juu sana na kuinuliwa sana, na pindo za vazi lake zikalijaza hekalu.
2 Above 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.
Juu yake walisimama maserafi; kila mmoja alikuwa na mabawa sita; kwa mawili alifunika uso wake, na kwa mawili alifunika miguu yake, na kwa mawili aliruka.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Wakaitana, kila mmoja na mwenzake, wakisema, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, ni Bwana wa majeshi; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Na misingi ya vizingiti ikatikisika kwa sababu ya sauti yake aliyelia, nayo nyumba ikajaa moshi.
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.
Ndipo niliposema, Ole wangu! Kwa maana nimepotea; kwa sababu mimi ni mtu mwenye midomo michafu, nami ninakaa kati ya watu wenye midomo michafu; na macho yangu yamemwona Mfalme, Bwana wa majeshi.
6 Then 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:
Kisha mmoja wa maserafi wale akaruka akanikaribia; naye alikuwa na kaa la moto mkononi mwake, ambalo alikuwa amelitwaa kwa makoleo toka juu ya madhabahu;
7 and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
akanigusa kinywa changu kwa kaa hilo, akaniambia, Tazama, hili limekugusa midomo yako, na uovu wako umeondolewa, na dhambi yako imefunikwa.
8 Also 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.
Kisha nikaisikia sauti ya Bwana, akisema, Nimtume nani, naye ni nani atakayekwenda kwa ajili yetu? Ndipo niliposema, Mimi hapa, nitume mimi.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Naye akaniambia, Enenda, ukawaambie watu hawa, Fulizeni kusikia, lakini msifahamu; fulizeni kutazama, lakini msione.
10 Make 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.
Uunoneshe moyo wa watu hawa, ukayatie uzito masikio yao, ukayafumbe macho yao; wasije wakaona kwa macho yao, na kusikia kwa masikio yao, na kufahamu kwa mioyo yao, na kurejea na kuponywa.
11 Then 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,
Ndipo nilipouliza, Ee Bwana, hata lini? Naye akanijibu, Hata miji itakapokuwa ukiwa, haina wenyeji, na nyumba zitakapokuwa hazina watu, na nchi hii itakapokuwa ganjo kabisa;
12 and the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
hata Bwana atakapowahamisha watu waende mbali sana, na mahame yatakapokuwa mengi ndani ya nchi.
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.
Na ijapokuwa imebaki sehemu moja katika sehemu kumi ndani yake, italiwa hii nayo; kama mvinje na kama mwaloni, ambao shina lake limebaki, ingawa imekatwa; kadhalika mbegu takatifu ndiyo shina lake.
