Isaiah 8

1 The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;

耶和華對我說：「你取一個大牌，拿人所用的筆，寫上『瑪黑珥‧沙拉勒‧哈施‧罷斯』。

2 and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

我要用誠實的見證人，祭司烏利亞和耶比利家的兒子撒迦利亞記錄這事。」

3 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.’

我－ 以賽亞與妻子同室；她懷孕生子，耶和華就對我說：「給他起名叫瑪黑珥‧沙拉勒‧哈施‧罷斯；

4 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.”

因為在這小孩子不曉得叫父叫母之先，大馬士革的財寶和撒馬利亞的擄物必在亞述王面前搬了去。」

5 The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,

耶和華又曉諭我說：

6 “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

「這百姓既厭棄西羅亞緩流的水，喜悅利汛和利瑪利的兒子；

7 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.

因此，主必使大河翻騰的水猛然沖來，就是亞述王和他所有的威勢，必漫過一切的水道，漲過兩岸；

8 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.

必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。以馬內利啊，他展開翅膀，遍滿你的地。」

9 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!

列國的人民哪，任憑你們喧嚷，終必破壞； 遠方的眾人哪，當側耳而聽！ 任憑你們束起腰來，終必破壞； 你們束起腰來，終必破壞。

10 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

任憑你們同謀，終歸無有； 任憑你們言定，終不成立； 因為上帝與我們同在。

11 For the LORD spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

耶和華以大能的手，指教我不可行這百姓所行的道，對我這樣說：

12 “Do not call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Do not fear their threats or be terrorized.

「這百姓說同謀背叛，你們不要說同謀背叛。他們所怕的，你們不要怕，也不要畏懼。

13 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.

但要尊萬軍之耶和華為聖，以他為你們所當怕的，所當畏懼的。

14 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.

他必作為聖所，卻向以色列兩家作絆腳的石頭，跌人的磐石；向耶路撒冷的居民作為圈套和網羅。

15 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

許多人必在其上絆腳跌倒，而且跌碎，並陷入網羅，被纏住。」

16 Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.

你要捲起律法書，在我門徒中間封住訓誨。

17 I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

我要等候那掩面不顧雅各家的耶和華；我也要仰望他。

18 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.

看哪，我與耶和華所給我的兒女，就是從住在錫安山萬軍之耶和華來的，在以色列中作為預兆和奇蹟。

19 When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” should not a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

有人對你們說：「當求問那些交鬼的和行巫術的，就是聲音綿蠻，言語微細的。」你們便回答說：「百姓不當求問自己的上帝嗎？豈可為活人求問死人呢？」

20 Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

人當以訓誨和法度為標準；他們所說的，若不與此相符，必不得見晨光。

21 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,

他們必經過這地，受艱難，受飢餓；飢餓的時候，心中焦躁，咒罵自己的君王和自己的上帝。

22 then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

仰觀上天，俯察下地，不料，盡是艱難、黑暗，和幽暗的痛苦。他們必被趕入烏黑的黑暗中去。