Isaiah 6

bishnat-mot hammelekh uzziyyahu va'ereh et-adonay yoshev al-kisse ram venissa veshulayw mele'im et-hahekhal

In the year that King Uzziah died, I beheld my Sovereign seated on a high and lofty throne; and the skirts of God’s robe filled the temple.

serafim omedim mimma'al lo shesh kenafayim shesh kenafayim le'ekhad bishtayim yekhasseh fanayw uvishtayim yekhasseh raglayw uvishtayim ye'ofef

Seraphs stood in attendance, each with six wings—two covering the face, two covering the body, and two to fly with.

veqara zeh el-zeh ve'amar qadosh qadosh qadosh Adonai tseva'ot melo khol-ha'arets kevodo

And one would call to the other, “Holy, holy, holy! GOD of Hosts— Whose presence fills all the earth!”

vayyanu'u ammot hassippim miqqol haqqore vehabbayit yimmale ashan

The doorposts would shake at the sound of the one who called, and the House kept filling with smoke.

va'omar oy-li khi-nidmeti ki ish teme-sefatayim anokhi uvetokh am-teme sefatayim anokhi yoshev ki et-hammelekh Adonai tseva'ot ra'u enay

I cried, “Woe is me; I am lost! For I am a man of impure lips And I live among a people Of impure lips; Yet my own eyes have beheld The Sovereign GOD of Hosts.”

vayya'of elay ekhad min-hasserafim uveyado ritspah bemelqakhayim laqakh me'al hammizbeakh

Then one of the seraphs—who had taken a live coal from the altar with a pair of tongs—flew over to me,

vayyagga al-pi vayyomer hinneh naga zeh al-sefatekha vesar avonekha vekhattatekha tekhuppar

touched it to my lips, and declared, “Now that this has touched your lips, Your guilt shall depart And your sin be purged away.”

va'eshma et-qol adonay omer et-mi eshlakh umi yelekh-lanu va'omar hinni shelakheni

Then I heard the voice of my Sovereign saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me.”

vayyomer lekh ve'amarta la'am hazzeh shimu shamoa ve'al-tavinu ure'u ra'o ve'al-teda'u

And [God] said, “Go, say to that people: ‘Hear, indeed, but do not understand; See, indeed, but do not grasp.’

hashmen lev-ha'am hazzeh ve'oznayw hakhbed ve'enayw hasha pen-yireh ve'enayw uve'oznayw yishma ulevavo yavin vashav verafa lo

Dull that people’s mind, Stop its ears, And seal its eyes— Lest, seeing with its eyes And hearing with its ears, It also grasp with its mind, And repent and save itself.”

va'omar ad-matay adonay vayyomer ad asher im-sha'u arim me'en yoshev uvattim me'en adam veha'adamah tisha'eh shemamah

I asked, “How long, my Sovereign?” And [God] replied: “Till towns lie waste without inhabitants And houses without people, And the ground lies waste and desolate—

verikhaq Adonai et-ha'adam verabbah ha'azuvah beqerev ha'arets

For GOD will banish the population— And deserted sites are many In the midst of the land.

ve'od bah asiriyyah veshavah vehayetah leva'er ka'elah vekha'allon asher beshallekhet matsevet bam zera qodesh matsavtah

“But while a tenth part yet remains in it, it shall repent. It shall be ravaged like the terebinth and the oak, of which stumps are left even when they are felled: its stump shall be a holy seed.”