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U Yeedhiddii Ishacyaah

Sannaddii Boqor Cusiyaah dhintay ayaan arkay Rabbiga oo ku fadhiya carshi sare oo dheer, oo faraqii dharkiisa ayaa macbudkii buuxiyey. Oo meel isaga ka sarraysayna waxaa taagnaa seraafiim, oo midkood kastaaba wuxuu lahaa lix baal, laba wejigiisuu ku deday, labana cagihiisuu ku deday, labana wuu ku duulay. Oo midba wuxuu u qaylinayay midka kale, oo waxay lahaayeen, Quduus, quduus, quduus waxaa ah Rabbiga ciidammada, oo dhulka oo dhanna waxaa ka buuxda ammaantiisa. Oo aasaaska iridda ayaa la gariiray kii qayliyey codkiisii, oo gurigiina waxaa ka buuxsamay qiiq. Markaasaan idhi, Anaa hoogay! Waayo, waan lumay, maxaa yeelay, waxaan ahay nin aan bushimihiisu daahirsanayn, oo weliba waxaan dhex degganahay dad aan bushimahoodu daahirsanayn, waayo, indhahaygu waxay arkeen Boqorka ah Rabbiga ciidammada. Markaasaa seraafiimtii midkood xaggayga u soo duulay isagoo gacanta ku sida dhuxul nool, oo uu birqaab kaga soo qaaday meeshii allabariga, oo intuu dhuxushii afkayga taabsiiyey ayuu igu yidhi, Bal eeg, tanu waxay taabatay bushimahaaga, oo xumaantaadii waa lagaa qaaday, oo dembigaagiina waa lagaa kafaaragguday. Oo weliba waxaan maqlay codkii Rabbiga oo leh, Yaan diraa? Yaase noo tegaya? Markaasaan idhi, Waa i kane aniga i dir. Oo wuxuu igu yidhi, Tag, oo dadkan waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Wax sii maqla, mana garan doontaan, oo wax sii arka, idiinmana dhaadhici doonto. 10 Dadkan qalbigooda ka dhig mid qallafsan, dhegahoodana kuwa dhib wax ku maqla, indhahoodana kuwa xidhan, si aanay indhaha wax ugu arkin, oo aanay dhegaha wax ugu maqlin, oo aanay qalbiga wax ugu garan, oo aanay u soo noqon, oo aanay u bogsan. 11 Markaasaan idhi, Sayidow, waa ilaa goorma? Oo isna wuxuu iigu jawaabay, Waa ilaa magaalooyinku baabba'aan oo wax deggan laga waayo, oo guryuhuna ay noqdaan cidla, oo dalkuna uu dhammaantiis wada baabba'o, 12 oo Rabbigu dadka ka fogeeyo, oo ay dhulka ku bataan meelo badan oo laga tegey. 13 Oo haddii dhexdiisa toban meelood meel ku hadho way baabbi'i doontaa, oo sida geedo marka la gooyo jiridu u hadho ayaa farcanka quduuska ahu dadka jirid u yahay.

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