Isaiæ 8
1 et dixit Dominus ad me sume tibi librum grandem et scribe in eo stilo hominis Velociter spolia detrahe Cito praedare
The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
2 et adhibui mihi testes fideles Uriam sacerdotem et Zacchariam filium Barachiae
and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: 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
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘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 child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”
5 et adiecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc dicens
The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,
6 pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloae quae vadunt cum silentio et adsumpsit magis Rasin et filium Romeliae
“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, 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 brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will 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
It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, O Immanuel.
9 congregamini populi et vincimini et audite universae procul terrae confortamini et vincimini accingite vos et vincimini
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
10 inite consilium et dissipabitur loquimini verbum et non fiet quia nobiscum Deus
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will 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 this to me with a strong hand, and instructed 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
“Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate ipse pavor vester et ipse terror vester
The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must 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
He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
15 et offendent ex eis plurimi et cadent et conterentur et inretientur et capientur
Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
16 liga testimonium signa legem in discipulis meis
Wrap up the covenant. 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 hides 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 has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells 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
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they 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
Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
21 et transibit per eam corruet et esuriet et cum esurierit irascetur et maledicet regi suo et Deo suo et suspiciet sursum
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,
22 et ad terram intuebitur et ecce tribulatio et tenebrae dissolutio angustia et caligo persequens et non poterit avolare de angustia sua
then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
