Isaiæ 8
1 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis: Velociter spolia detrahe, cito praedare.
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam filium Barachiae:
And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
3 et accessi ad prophetissam, et concepit et peperit filium. Et dixit Dominus ad me: Voca nomen eius, Accelera spolia detrahere: Festina praedari.
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.
4 Quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariae coram rege Assyriorum.
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.”
5 Et adiecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc, dicens:
And the LORD spoke to me further:
6 Pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloe, quae vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliae:
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 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,
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.
8 et ibit per Iudam, inundans, et transiens usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum eius, implens latitudinem terrae tuae o Emmanuel.
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!
9 Congregamini populi, et vincimini, et audite universae procul terrae: confortamini et vincimini, accingite vos et vincimini:
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!
10 inite consilium, et dissipabitur: loquimini verbum et non fiet: quia nobiscum Deus.
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
11 Haec enim ait Dominus ad me: Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi huius, dicens:
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:
12 Non dicatis, coniuratio: omnia enim quae loquitur populus iste, coniuratio est: et timorem eius ne timeatis, neque paveatis.
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate: ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester.
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
14 Et erit vobis in sanctificationem. In lapidem autem offensionis, et in petram scandali duabus domibus Israel, in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Ierusalem.
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.
15 Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
16 Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
17 Et expectabo Dominum, qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Iacob, et praestolabor eum.
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
18 Ecce ego et pueri mei, quos dedit mihi Dominus in signum, et in portentum Israel a Domino exercituum, qui habitat in monte Sion.
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.
19 Et cum dixerint ad vos: Quaerite a pythonibus, et a divinis, qui strident in incantationibus suis: Numquid non populus a Deo suo requiret visionem pro vivis a mortuis?
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?
20 Ad legem magis, et ad testimonium. Quod si non dixerint iuxta verbum hoc, non erit eis matutina lux.
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet: et cum esurierit, irascetur, et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suscipiet sursum.
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.
22 Et ad terram intuebitur, et ecce tribulatio et tenebrae, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.
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.
