Mosaico decorativo

1. No ano da morte do rei Ozias, eu vi o Senhor sentado num trono muito ele-vado; as franjas de seu manto enchiam o templo.*

1. In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.

2. Os serafins se mantinham junto dele. Cada um deles tinha seis asas; com um par de asas velavam a face; com outro cobriam os pés; e, com o terceiro, voavam.*

2. Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they hew.

3. Suas vozes se revezavam e diziam: “Santo, santo, santo é o Senhor Deus do universo! A terra inteira proclama a sua glória!”.

3. And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.

4. A este brado as portas estremeceram em seus gonzos e a casa encheu-se de fumo.

4. And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5. “Ai de mim” – gritava eu –. “Estou perdido porque sou um homem de lábios impuros, e habito com um povo (também) de lábios impuros e, entretanto, meus olhos viram o rei, o Senhor dos exércitos!”

5. And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

6. Porém, um dos serafins voou em minha direção; trazia na mão uma brasa viva, que tinha tomado do altar com uma tenaz.

6. And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.

7. Aplicou-a na minha boca e disse: “Tendo esta brasa tocado teus lábios, teu pecado foi tirado, e tua falta, apagada”.

7. And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.

8. Ouvi então a voz do Senhor que dizia: “Quem enviarei eu? E quem irá por nós?”. “Eis-me aqui” – disse eu –, “enviai-me.’’

8. And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.

9. “Vai, pois, dizer a esse povo” – disse ele: “Escutai, sem chegar a compreender, olhai, sem chegar a ver.

9. And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.

10. Obceca o coração desse povo, ensurdece-lhe os ouvidos, fecha-lhe os olhos, de modo que não veja nada com seus olhos, não ouça com seus ouvidos, não compreenda nada com seu espírito. E não se cure de novo”.*

10. Blind the heart of this people, 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 be converted and I heal them.

11. “Até quando, Senhor?” – disse eu. E ele respondeu: “Até que as cidades fiquem devastadas e sem habitantes, as casas, sem gente, e a terra, deserta;

11. And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.

12. até que o Senhor tenha banido os homens, e seja grande a solidão na terra.

12. And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.

13. Se restar um décimo da população, ele será lançado ao fogo, como o terebinto e o carvalho, cuja linhagem permanece quando são abatidos.” Sua linhagem é um germe santo.*

13. And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.


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