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Yn y flwyddyn y bu farw y brenin Usseia, y gwelais hefyd yr Arglwydd yn eistedd ar eisteddfa uchel a dyrchafedig, a’i odre yn llenwi y deml. Y seraffiaid oedd yn sefyll oddi ar hynny: chwech adain ydoedd i bob un: â dwy y cuddiai ei wyneb, ac â dwy y cuddiai ei draed, ac â dwy yr ehedai. A llefodd y naill wrth y llall, ac a ddywedodd, Sanct, Sanct, Sanct, yw Arglwydd y lluoedd, yr holl ddaear sydd lawn o’i ogoniant ef. A physt y rhiniogau a symudasant gan lef yr hwn oedd yn llefain, a’r tŷ a lanwyd gan fwg.

Yna y dywedais, Gwae fi! canys darfu amdanaf: oherwydd gŵr halogedig ei wefusau ydwyf fi, ac ymysg pobl halogedig o wefusau yr ydwyf yn trigo: canys fy llygaid a welsant y brenin, Arglwydd y lluoedd. Yna yr ehedodd ataf un o’r seraffiaid, ac yn ei law farworyn a gymerasai efe oddi ar yr allor mewn gefel: Ac a’i rhoes i gyffwrdd â’m genau, ac a ddywedodd, Wele, cyffyrddodd hwn â’th wefusau, ac ymadawodd dy anwiredd, a glanhawyd dy bechod. Clywais hefyd lef yr Arglwydd yn dywedyd, Pwy a anfonaf? a phwy a â drosom ni? Yna y dywedais, Wele fi, anfon fi.

Ac efe a ddywedodd, Dos, a dywed wrth y bobl hyn, Gan glywed clywch, ond na ddeellwch; a chan weled gwelwch, ond na wybyddwch. 10 Brasâ galon y bobl hyn, a thrymha eu clustiau, a chae eu llygaid; rhag iddynt weled â’u llygaid, a chlywed â’u clustiau, a deall â’u calon, a dychwelyd, a’u meddyginiaethu. 11 Yna y dywedais, Pa hyd, Arglwydd? Ac efe a atebodd, Hyd oni anrheithier y dinasoedd heb drigiannydd, a’r tai heb ddyn, a gwneuthur y wlad yn gwbl anghyfannedd, 12 Ac i’r Arglwydd bellhau dynion, a bod ymadawiad mawr yng nghanol y wlad.

13 Ac eto bydd ynddi ddegwm, a hi a ddychwel, ac a borir; fel y llwyfen a’r dderwen, y rhai wrth fwrw eu dail y mae sylwedd ynddynt: felly yr had sanctaidd fydd ei sylwedd hi.

Isaiah’s Commission

In the year that King Uzziah(A) died,(B) I saw the Lord,(C) high and exalted,(D) seated on a throne;(E) and the train of his robe(F) filled the temple. Above him were seraphim,(G) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,(H) and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy(I), holy is the Lord Almighty;(J)
    the whole earth(K) is full of his glory.”(L)

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(M)

“Woe(N) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(O) For I am a man of unclean lips,(P) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(Q) and my eyes have seen(R) the King,(S) the Lord Almighty.”(T)

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal(U) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;(V) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.(W)

Then I heard the voice(X) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(Y) And who will go for us?(Z)

And I said, “Here am I.(AA) Send me!”

He said, “Go(AB) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(AC)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(AD)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.[a](AE)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,(AF)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(AG)

11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(AH)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(AI)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(AJ)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(AK)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(AL)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.(AM)
13 And though a tenth remains(AN) in the land,
    it will again be laid waste.(AO)
But as the terebinth and oak
    leave stumps(AP) when they are cut down,
    so the holy(AQ) seed will be the stump in the land.”(AR)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes