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.
Et dixit Dominus ad me: Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis: Velociter spolia detrahe, cito prædare.
2 And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam filium Barachiæ:
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.
et accessi ad prophetissam, et concepit et peperit filium. Et dixit Dominus ad me: Voca nomen eius, Accelera spolia detrahere: Festina prædari.
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.”
Quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariæ coram rege Assyriorum.
5 And the LORD spoke to me further:
Et adiecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc, dicens:
6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloe, quæ vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliæ:
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.
propter hoc ecce Dominus adducet super eos aquas fluminis fortes et multas, regem Assyriorum, et omnem gloriam eius: et ascendet super omnes rivos eius, et fluet super universas ripas eius,
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!
et ibit per Iudam, inundans, et transiens usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum eius, implens latitudinem terræ tuæ o Emmanuel.
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!
Congregamini populi, et vincimini, et audite universæ procul terræ: confortamini et vincimini, accingite vos et vincimini:
10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
inite consilium, et dissipabitur: loquimini verbum et non fiet: quia nobiscum Deus.
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:
Hæc enim ait Dominus ad me: Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi huius, dicens:
12 “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
Non dicatis, coniuratio: omnia enim quæ loquitur populus iste, coniuratio est: et timorem eius ne timeatis, neque paveatis.
13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate: ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester.
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.
Et erit vobis in sanctificationem. In lapidem autem offensionis, et in petram scandali duabus domibus Israel, in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Ierusalem.
15 Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.
16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.
17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Et expectabo Dominum, qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Iacob, et præstolabor eum.
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.
Ecce ego et pueri mei, quos dedit mihi Dominus in signum, et in portentum Israel a Domino exercituum, qui habitat in monte Sion.
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?
Et cum dixerint ad vos: Quærite a pythonibus, et a divinis, qui strident in incantationibus suis: Numquid non populus a Deo suo requiret pro vivis a mortuis?
20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Ad legem magis, et ad testimonium. Quod si non dixerint iuxta verbum hoc, non erit eis matutina lux.
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.
Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet: et cum esurierit, irascetur, et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suscipiet sursum.
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.
Et ad terram intuebitur, et ecce tribulatio et tenebræ, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.
