Isaiah 8
1 Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it, '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 I will summon faithful witnesses to attest for me, 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 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahweh said 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 child knows to cry, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away 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 Yahweh spoke to me again,
上主又曉諭我說：
6 “Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah, and is happy over Rezin and Remaliah's son,
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 the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels and overflow 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 The River will sweep onward into Judah, flooding and passing on, until it reaches to your neck. Its outstretched wings will fill the breadth of your land, 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 You peoples will be broken to pieces. Listen, all you distant countries: arm yourselves for war and be broken in pieces; arm yourselves and be broken in pieces.
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 Form a plan, but it will not be carried out; issue the command, but it will not be carried out, 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 Yahweh spoke to me, with his strong hand upon me, and warned 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 anything that this people calls conspiracy, you will not fear what they fear, and do not be terrified.
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 It is Yahweh of hosts whom you will honor as holy; he is the one you must fear, and he is the one you must 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 He will become a sanctuary; but he will be a stone of striking, and a rock of stumbling— for both the houses of Israel, and he will be a trap and a snare to the people 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 Many will stumble over it and fall and be broken, and 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 my testimony, seal the official record, and give it to my disciples.
證件已綁好，訓誨在我門徒中已封緘，
17 I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob; I will 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 See, I and the sons whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who lives 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 They will say to you, “Consult with the mediums and spiritists,” those who chirp and mutter incantations. But should a people not consult their God? Should they 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 say such things, it is because 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 pass through the land greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they will become angry and curse their king and their God, as they turn their faces upward.
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 They will look at the earth and see distress, darkness, and oppressive gloom. They will be driven into a land of 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，
