Isaiah, 6

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.

1. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; the train of his robe filled the Temple.

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.

2. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: two to cover the face, two to cover the feet, and two to fly with.

3. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.

3. They were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. All the earth is filled with his Glory!"

4. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

4. At the sound of their voices the foundations of the threshold shook and the Temple was filled with smoke.

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.

5. I said, "Poor me! I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips living among a people of unclean lips, and yet I have seen the King, Yahweh Sabaoth."

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:

6. Then one of the seraphs flew to me; in his hands was a live coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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.

7. He touched my mouth with it and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin is forgiven."

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.

8. Then I heard the voice of the Lord, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" I answered, "Here I am. Send me!"

9. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

9. He said, "Go and tell this people: 'Much as you hear, you will not understand; much as you see, you do not perceive.'

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.

10. Let their hearts be hardened, make their ears deaf and their eyes blind; what a misfortune for them, should they hear and see! Yet if they understood and came back to me I would heal them."

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,

11. Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?" And he answered, "Until towns have been laid waste and left without inhabitant; until the houses are deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,

12. And the LORD have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

12. until Yahweh has sent away the people and the fields are left deserted.

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.

13. Even though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned. Yet there a stump will remain like that of a fallen oak; this stump is a holy seed."