Isaiæ 8

1 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis: Velociter spolia detrahe, cito praedare.

And the Lord said unto me, Take thyself a large table, and write on it with distinct letters, Lemaher-shalal-chash-bas.

2 Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam filium Barachiae:

And I was to summon for myself trustworthy witnesses, Uriyah the priest, and Zecharyahu the son of Yeberechyahu.

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 came near unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-chash-bas.

4 Quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariae coram rege Assyriorum.

For before yet the boy shall know to call, My father, and my mother, the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.

5 Et adiecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc, dicens:

And the Lord continued to speak unto me again, saying,

6 Pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloe, quae vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliae:

Forasmuch as this people despiseth the waters of Shiloach that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remalyahu's son:

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,

Yea therefore behold, the Lord bringeth up over them the strong and many waters of the river, —the king of Assyria, and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and step over all his banks;

8 et ibit per Iudam, inundans, et transiens usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum eius, implens latitudinem terrae tuae o Emmanuel.

And he shall penetrate into Judah, overflow and flood over, even to the neck shall he reach; and his outstretched wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O 'Immanu-el.

9 Congregamini populi, et vincimini, et audite universae procul terrae: confortamini et vincimini, accingite vos et vincimini:

Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces.

10 inite consilium, et dissipabitur: loquimini verbum et non fiet: quia nobiscum Deus.

Take counsel together, yet shall it come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand firm; for with us is God.

11 Haec enim ait Dominus ad me: Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi huius, dicens:

For thus said the Lord to me with the strength of prophecy, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12 Non dicatis, coniuratio: omnia enim quae loquitur populus iste, coniuratio est: et timorem eius ne timeatis, neque paveatis.

Call ye not a conspiracy all that this people may call a conspiracy, and what it feareth shall ye not fear, and be not terrified [thereat].

13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate: ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester.

The Lord of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your terror.

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 for a sanctuary; but also for a stone of stumbling and for a rock to fall over unto both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.

And many shall stumble over them, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and be caught.

16 Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.

Bind up the testimony, seal up the law among my disciples.

17 Et expectabo Dominum, qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Iacob, et praestolabor eum.

And I will wait for the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope for 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.

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for tokens in Israel, from the Lord of hosts who dwelleth 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?

And when they shall say unto you, “Inquire of those that have familiar spirits, and of the wizards, that whisper, and that mutter:” should not a people inquire of their God? [should we then] in behalf of the living [inquire] of the dead?

20 Ad legem magis, et ad testimonium. Quod si non dixerint iuxta verbum hoc, non erit eis matutina lux.

[Hold] to the law and to the testimony: if they are not to speak according to this word, in which there is no light.

21 Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet: et cum esurierit, irascetur, et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suscipiet sursum.

And the [people] shall pass through [the land], hard oppressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they will become enraged, and curse their king and their god, and turn toward on high [for aid].

22 Et ad terram intuebitur, et ecce tribulatio et tenebrae, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.

And they will look unto the earth; and behold there are trouble and darkness, dimness of oppression, and they shall be scattered into obscurity.