Isaiah 8
1 And YHWH says to me, “Take a great tablet to yourself, and write on it with an engraving tool of man, To hurry spoil, enjoy prey.”
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 cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
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 draw near to the prophetess, and she conceives, and bears a son; and YHWH says to me, “Call his name 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 youth knows to cry, My father, and, My mother, one takes away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.”
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 YHWH adds to speak to me again, saying,
上主又曉諭我說：
6 “Because that this people has refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with 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 Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great (The king of Asshur, and all his glory), And it has gone up over all its streams, And has gone on over all 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 And it has passed on into Judah, It has overflown and passed over, It comes to the neck, And the stretching out of its wings Has been the fullness of the breadth of your 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 Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all you far-off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.
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 Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it does not stand, Because of Immanuel!”
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 thus has YHWH spoken to me with strength of hand, and instructs me against walking in the way of this people, saying,
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 “You do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people says, A confederacy, And its fear you do not fear, Nor declare fearful.
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 YHWH of Hosts—Him you sanctify, And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread,
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 has been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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 And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, 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, Seal the Law among My disciples.
證件已綁好，訓誨在我門徒中已封緘，
17 And I have waited for YHWH, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for 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 Behold, I, and the children whom YHWH has given to me, [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, From YHWH of Hosts, who is dwelling in 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 And when they say to you, “Seek to those having familiar spirits, And to wizards, who chatter and mutter,” Does a people not seek to its God? To 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 not, let them say after this manner, “That there is no dawn to it.”
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 And it has passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it has come to pass, That it is hungry, and has been angry, And made light of its king, and of its God, And has looked upwards.
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 And it looks attentively to the land, And behold, adversity and darkness! Dimness, distress, and thick darkness are driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!
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，
