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Katika mwaka ule aliokufa mfalme Uzia nalimwona Bwana ameketi katika kiti cha enzi, kilicho juu sana na kuinuliwa sana, na pindo za vazi lake zikalijaza hekalu.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
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Juu yake walisimama maserafi; kila mmoja alikuwa na mabawa sita; kwa mawili alifunika uso wake, na kwa mawili alifunika miguu yake, na kwa mawili aliruka.
Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
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Wakaitana, kila mmoja na mwenzake, wakisema, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, ni Bwana wa majeshi; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
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Na misingi ya vizingiti ikatikisika kwa sababu ya sauti yake aliyelia, nayo nyumba ikajaa moshi.
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
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Ndipo niliposema, Ole wangu! Kwa maana nimepotea; kwa sababu mimi ni mtu mwenye midomo michafu, nami ninakaa kati ya watu wenye midomo michafu; na macho yangu yamemwona Mfalme, Bwana wa majeshi.
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
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Kisha mmoja wa maserafi wale akaruka akanikaribia; naye alikuwa na kaa la moto mkononi mwake, ambalo alikuwa amelitwaa kwa makoleo toka juu ya madhabahu;
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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akanigusa kinywa changu kwa kaa hilo, akaniambia, Tazama, hili limekugusa midomo yako, na uovu wako umeondolewa, na dhambi yako imefunikwa.
And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
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Kisha nikaisikia sauti ya Bwana, akisema, Nimtume nani, naye ni nani atakayekwenda kwa ajili yetu? Ndipo niliposema, Mimi hapa, nitume mimi.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
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Naye akaniambia, Enenda, ukawaambie watu hawa, Fulizeni kusikia, lakini msifahamu; fulizeni kutazama, lakini msione.
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
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Uunoneshe moyo wa watu hawa, ukayatie uzito masikio yao, ukayafumbe macho yao; wasije wakaona kwa macho yao, na kusikia kwa masikio yao, na kufahamu kwa mioyo yao, na kurejea na kuponywa.
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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Ndipo nilipouliza, Ee Bwana, hata lini? Naye akanijibu, Hata miji itakapokuwa ukiwa, haina wenyeji, na nyumba zitakapokuwa hazina watu, na nchi hii itakapokuwa ganjo kabisa;
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
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hata Bwana atakapowahamisha watu waende mbali sana, na mahame yatakapokuwa mengi ndani ya nchi.
until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
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Na ijapokuwa imebaki sehemu moja katika sehemu kumi ndani yake, italiwa hii nayo; kama mvinje na kama mwaloni, ambao shina lake limebaki, ingawa imekatwa; kadhalika mbegu takatifu ndiyo shina lake.
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”