Isaiah 8
1 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
上主對我說：「你拿一塊大板，用通用的字體在上面寫：瑪赫爾、沙拉耳、哈市、巴次」
2 And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
我就叫了兩個忠直的證人，即司祭烏黎雅和耶貝勒基雅的兒子則加黎雅，為我作證。
3 And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
我接近了女先知，她便懷孕，生了一個兒子；上主對我說：「你給他起名叫瑪赫爾沙拉耳哈市巴次，
4 For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
因為在這孩子會喊「爸爸」「媽媽」以前，大馬士革的財富和撒瑪黎雅的贓物必要運到亞述王前。」
5 And the LORD spoke to me further:
上主又曉諭我說：
6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
因為這民族厭棄了緩緩徐流的史羅亞水，因而在勒斤和勒瑪里雅之子面前驚慌；
7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
為此，看，吾主必使洶湧澎湃的河水－－即亞述王和他所有的軍隊－－上來淹沒他們；他必將瀉出一切河道，溢出一切河岸，
8 It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
直沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，高達人的頸項。厄瑪奴耳啊！他展開的兩翼，將掩蓋你廣闊的疆土！
9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
眾民啊！覺悟罷！你們終必喪膽！ 遠方的一切民族啊！聆聽罷 ！任憑你們怎樣束腰，終必喪膽！任憑你們怎樣束腰，終必喪膽。
10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
你們雖然策劃，必然落空；你們雖然說定，決不能實現，因為天主與我們同在。
11 For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
當上主以手握住我，警惕我不要走這民族的道路時，這樣對我說：
12 “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
這民族稱為聖的，你們不得稱之為聖！他們畏懼的，你們不必畏懼，也不必戰兢！
13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
萬軍的上主，你們惟應以他為聖；他是你們當敬畏的，是你們當恐懼的。
14 And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
他將是以色列兩家的絆腳石和失足的暗礁，是耶路撒冷居民的羅網和陷阱。
15 Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
他們中間有許多人將失足跌倒而折傷，陷於圈套而被捕。
16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
證件已綁好，訓誨在我門徒中已封緘，
17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
我只仰望那位現在轉面不顧雅各伯家的上主，我要等待他。
18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
看哪！我和上主賞給我的孩子，在以色列中成了標識和預兆：這原是出於住在熙雍山上的萬軍的上主！
19 When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
有人或對你們說：「你們詢問那些喃喃細語的巫覡和術士罷！百姓豈不能詢問自己的神，為活人而詢問幽魂嗎﹖」「
20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
應到訓誨和證件中去尋！」誰若不照這話答覆，為他便沒有曙光。
21 They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
人將忍受著痛苦和飢餓，經過此地；當他由於飢餓而暴發忿怒時，必詛咒自己的君王和自己的神明；他無論仰望上天，
22 Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
或注視大地，他只見苦惱和幽暗，昏黯和恐怖！但黑暗畢竟要被驅除，
