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Në vitin e vdekjes së mbretit Uziah, unë pashë Zotin të ulur mbi një fron të ngritur dhe të lartë, dhe cepat e mantelit të tij mbushnin tempullin.

Mbi të ishin serafinët; secili prej tyre kishte gjashtë krahë: me dy mbulonte fytyrën, me dy të tjerë këmbët dhe me dy fluturonte.

Njeri i bërtiste tjetrit dhe i thoshte: "I Shenjtë, i shenjtë, i shenjtë është Zoti i ushtrive. Tërë toka është plot me lavdinë e tij".

Shtalkat e portës u tronditën nga zëri i atij që bërtiste, ndërsa tempulli po mbushej me tym.

Atëherë unë thashë: "I mjeri unë! Unë jam i humbur, sepse jam një njeri me buzë të papastra dhe banoj në mes të një populli me buzë të papastra; megjithatë sytë e mi kanë parë Mbretin, Zotin e ushtrive".

Atëherë një nga serafinët fluturoi drejt meje, duke mbajtur në dorë një urë zjarri, që kishte marrë me mashë nga altari.

Me të ai preku gojën time dhe tha: "Ja, kjo preku buzët e tua, paudhësia jote hiqet dhe mëkati yt shlyhet".

Pastaj dëgjova zërin e Zotit që thoshte: "Kë të dërgoj dhe kush do të shkojë për ne?". Unë u përgjigja: "Ja ku jam, dërgomë mua!".

Atëherë ai tha: "Shko dhe i thuaj këtij populli: Dëgjoni, pra, por pa kuptuar, shikoni, pra, por pa dalluar.

10 Bëje të pandieshme zemrën e këtij populli, ngurtëso veshët e tij dhe mbyll sytë e tij që të mos shikojë me sytë e tij, të mos dëgjojë me veshët e tij dhe të mos kuptojë me zemrën e tij, dhe kështudo të kthehet dhe të jet shëruar".

11 Unë thashë: "Deri kur, o Zot?". Ai u përgjigj: "Deri sa qytetet të shkatërrohen dhe të jenë pa banorë, shtëpitë të mos kenë njeri dhe vendi të jetë i shkretuar dhe i pikëlluar,

12 dhe deri sa Zoti të ketë larguar njerëzinë dhe të jetë një braktisje e madhe në mes të vendit.

13 Do të mbetet akoma një e dhjeta e popullsisë, por edhe kjo do të shkatërrohet; por ashtu si bafrës dhe lisit, kur priten u mbetet cungu, kështu një brez i shenjtë do të jetë trungu i tij".

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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:

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.

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.

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

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.

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,

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

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.