1 ف ِي سَنَةِ وَفاةِ المَلِكُ عُزِّيّا، رَأيتُ الرَّبَّ جالِساً عَلَى عَرشٍ عالٍ، وَأطرافُ ثَوبِهِ تَملأُ الهَيكَلَ.

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

2 و َكانَتِ مَلائِكَةُ السِّيرافِيمِ فَوقَهُ. وَلِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها سِتَّةُ أجنِحَةٍ: بِاثْنَينِ يُغَطِّي وَجهَهُ، وَبِاثْنَينِ يُغَطِّي رِجلَيهِ، وَبِاثْنَينِ يَطِيرُ.

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

3 و َكانَتِ المَلائِكَةُ يُنادِي أحَدُها الآخَرَ: «قُدُّوسٌ، قُدُّوسٌ، قُدُّوسٌ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. مَجدُهُ يَملأُ كُلَّ الأرْضِ.»

One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”

4 ف َاهتَزَّتْ أساساتُ الأبوابِ بِسَبَبِ صَوتِ المُنادِي، وَامتَلأ الهَيكَلُ بِالدُّخانِ.

The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 ف َقُلْتُ: «وَيلٌ لِي لأنَّنِي سَأهلِكُ، فَأنا لَستُ طاهِرَ الشَّفَتَينِ، وَأنا أسكُنُ وَسَطَ شَعبٍ غَيرِ طاهِرِ الشِّفاهِ. وَمَعَ هَذا رَأتْ عَينَيَّ المَلِكَ، الإلَهَ القَدِيرَ.»

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

6 ف َطارَ إلَيَّ واحِدٌ مِنَ السِّيرافِيمِ وَبِيَدِهِ جَمرَةُ نارٍ أخَذَها بِمِلقَطٍ مِنْ عَنِ المَذبَحِ،

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

7 و َلَمَسَ بِها فَمِي، وَقالَ: «ها قَدْ مَسَّتْ هَذِهِ الجَمرَةُ شَفَتَيكَ، فَأُزِيلَ عَنكَ إثمُكَ، وَمُحِيَتْ خَطِيَّتُكَ.»

He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”

8 و َسَمِعْتُ صَوتَ الرَّبِّ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ أُرسِلُ؟ مَنْ سَيَذهَبُ لِيُعلِنَ رِسالَتَنا؟» فَقُلْتُ: «ها أنا، أرسِلْنِي.»

I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

9 ث ُمَّ قالَ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِهَذا الشَّعبِ: ‹اسْمَعُوا لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَفهَمُوا، وَانْظُروا لَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَفهَمُوا!›

He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand; and you see indeed, but don’t perceive.’

10 ا جعَلْ ذِهنَ هَذا الشَّعبِ عاجِزاً عَنِ الفَهمِ، وَأغلِقْ آذانَهُمْ. أُغلِقُ عُيُونَهُمْ، فَلا يَقدِرُونَ أنْ يُلاحِظُوا بِعُيُونِهِمْ، وَلا أنْ يَسْمَعُوا بِآذانِهِمْ، وَلا أنْ يَفهَمُوا بِعُقُولِهِمْ، لِكَيلا يَرجِعُوا إلَيَّ فَأُشْفِيْهِمْ.»

Make the heart of this people fat. 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 turn again, and be healed.”

11 ف َقُلْتُ: «إلَى مَتَى يا رَبُّ أعلِنُ هَذا؟» فَقالَ: «إلَى أنْ تُدَمَّرَ المُدُنُ، وَلا يَبقَى فِيها ساكِنٌ. وَإلَى أنْ تُصبِحَ البُيُوتُ بِلا ساكِنٍ، وَتُخرَبَ الأرْضُ وَتُصبِحَ فارِغَةً.»

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land becomes utterly waste,

12 س َيُرسِلُ اللهُ الشَّعبَ إلَى أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، فَتَخلُو مُعظَمُ الأرْضِ.

And Yahweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land.

13 و َمَعَ أنَّهُ يَبقَى فِي الأرْضِ عُشْرُ العُشبِ، إلّا أنَّها سَتُحرَقُ ثانِيَةً. وَتَكُونُ مِثلَ شَجَرَةِ البُطمَةِ وَالبَلُّوطِ الَّتِي إنْ قُطِعَتْ يُترَكُ لَها جَذْعٌ، وَجَذْعُها زَرعٌ مُقَدَّسٌ يَنبُتُ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.”