top Isaiah ch 6
Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
Chapter 6
The Vision of the Heavenly Throne
1 καὶ ἐγένετο τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, οὗ ἀπέθανεν Ὀζίας ὁ βασιλεύς, εἶδον τὸν κύριον καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπηρμένου, καὶ πλήρης ὁ οἶκος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. 2 καὶ σεραφὶμ εἱστήκεισαν κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ, ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί, καὶ ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί καὶ ταῖς μὲν δυσὶν κατεκάλυπτον τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν κατεκάλυπτον τοὺς πόδας καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν ἐπέταντο. 3 καὶ ἐκέκραγον ἕτερος πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον καὶ ἔλεγον ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος κύριος σαβαὼθ, πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. 1 And it came to pass in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the house was full of His glory. 2 And seraphim stood around Him; each one had six wings, and each one had six wings: with two they covered their face, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And they cried out one to another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts (Sabaōth); all the earth is full of His glory!"
The Purification of the Prophet
4 καὶ ἐπήρθη τὸ ὑπέρθυρον ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς, ἧς ἐκέκραγον, καὶ ὁ οἶκος ἐπλήσθη καπνοῦ. 5 καὶ εἶπα ὦ τάλας ἐγώ, ὅτι κατανένυγμαι, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ὢν καὶ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχων ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχοντος ἐγὼ οἰκῶ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύριον σαβαὼθ εἶδον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. 4 And the lintel (hyperthyron) was lifted up by the sound of the voice they cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said, "Woe is me, for I am pierced to the heart (katanenymai); because I am a man and have unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of Hosts!"
6 καὶ ἀπεστάλη πρός με ἓν τῶν σεραφίμ, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ εἶχεν ἄνθρακα, ὃν τῇ λαβίδι ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, 7 καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ στόματός μου καὶ εἶπεν ἰδοὺ ἥψατο τοῦτο τῶν χειλέων σου καὶ ἀφελεῖ τὰς ἀνομίας σου καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου περικαθαριεῖ. 6 And one of the seraphim was sent to me, and in his hand he had a coal, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips, and it shall take away your lawlessness and thoroughly cleanse your sins."
Isaiah's Commission
8 καὶ ἤκουσα τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου λέγοντος τίνα ἀποστείλω, καὶ τίς πορεύσεται πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον; καὶ εἶπα ἰδού εἰμι ἐγώ· ἀπόστειλόν με. 9 καὶ εἶπεν πορεύθητι καὶ εἰπὸν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε καὶ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε καὶ βλέποντες βλέψετε καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε· 10 ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν αὐτῶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν, μήποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς. 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?" And I said, "Behold, here am I; send me." 9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: 'You shall hear indeed, but you shall not understand; and you shall see indeed, but you shall not perceive.' 10 For the heart of this people has grown fat (epachynthē), and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I should heal them."
11 καὶ εἶπα ἕως πότε, κύριε; καὶ εἶπεν ἕως ἄν ἐρημωθῶσιν πόλεις παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι καὶ οἶκοι παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀνθρώπους καὶ ἡ γῆ καταλειφθήσεται ἔρημος. 12 καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα μακρυνεῖ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ οἱ καταλειφθέντες πληθυνθήσονται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· 13 καὶ ἔτι ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἔστιν τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, καὶ πάλιν ἔσται εἰς προνομὴν ὡς τερέβινθος καὶ ὡς βάλανος ὅταν ἐκπέσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς θήκης αὐτῆς. 11 And I said, "How long, O Lord?" And He said, "Until the cities are made desolate so as not to be inhabited, and the houses because there are no men, and the land shall be left a desert. 12 And after these things God will remove men far away, and those left behind shall be multiplied upon the earth. 13 And yet a tenth remains upon it, and it shall again be for a prey, like a terebinth or an oak when it falls from its husk (thēkēs)."