Isaiæ 8
1 et dixit Dominus ad me sume tibi librum grandem et scribe in eo stilo hominis Velociter spolia detrahe Cito praedare
Moreover the LORD said to me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2 et adhibui mihi testes fideles Uriam sacerdotem et Zacchariam filium Barachiae
And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 et accessi ad prophetissam et concepit et peperit filium et dixit Dominus ad me voca nomen eius Adcelera spolia detrahere Festina praedari
And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
4 quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam auferetur fortitudo Damasci et spolia Samariae coram rege Assyriorum
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
5 et adiecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc dicens
The LORD spoke also to me again, saying,
6 pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloae quae vadunt cum silentio et adsumpsit magis Rasin et filium Romeliae
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’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
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks:
8 et ibit per Iudam inundans et transiens usque ad collum veniet et erit extensio alarum eius implens latitudinem terrae tuae o Emmanuhel
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the spread of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
9 congregamini populi et vincimini et audite universae procul terrae confortamini et vincimini accingite vos et vincimini
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10 inite consilium et dissipabitur loquimini verbum et non fiet quia nobiscum Deus
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 haec enim ait Dominus ad me sicut in forti manu erudivit me ne irem in via populi huius dicens
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not 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
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate ipse pavor vester et ipse terror vester
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 et erit vobis in sanctificationem in lapidem autem offensionis et in petram scandali duabus domibus Israhel in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Hierusalem
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 et offendent ex eis plurimi et cadent et conterentur et inretientur et capientur
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be ensnared, and be taken.
16 liga testimonium signa legem in discipulis meis
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 et expectabo Dominum qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Iacob et praestolabor eum
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 ecce ego et pueri quos mihi dedit Dominus in signum et in portentum Israhelis a Domino exercituum qui habitat in monte Sion
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 et cum dixerint ad vos quaerite a pythonibus et a divinis qui stridunt in incantationibus suis numquid non populus a Deo suo requirit pro vivis a mortuis
And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that are mediums, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
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 speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 et transibit per eam corruet et esuriet et cum esurierit irascetur et maledicet regi suo et Deo suo et suspiciet sursum
And they shall pass through it, distressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22 et ad terram intuebitur et ecce tribulatio et tenebrae dissolutio angustia et caligo persequens et non poterit avolare de angustia sua
And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
