Isaiah 8
1 Then Yahweh said to me, “Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ [which means ‘quickly (plunder/take by force) and steal everything’].”
Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Λάβε εις σεαυτόν τόμον μέγαν, και γράψον εν αυτώ διά γραφίδος ανθρώπου περί του Μαχέρ-σαλάλ-χας-βάζ·
2 [So] I requested Uriah the [Supreme] Priest and Jeberekiah’s son Zechariah, men who were both honest/trustworthy witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that.
Και παρέλαβον εις εμαυτόν πιστούς μάρτυρας, Ουρίαν τον ιερέα και Ζαχαρίαν τον υιόν του Ιεβερεχίου.
3 Then I had sex with [EUP] [my wife, who was] a prophetess, and she became pregnant and [then] gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’),
Και προσήλθον προς την προφήτισσαν, ήτις συνέλαβε και εγέννησεν υιόν. Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Κάλεσον το όνομα αυτού Μαχέρ-σαλάλ-χας-βαζ
4 because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will [come with his army and] quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.”
διότι πριν μάθη το παιδίον να προφέρη, Πάτερ μου και μήτέρ μου, τα πλούτη της Δαμασκού και τα λάφυρα της Σαμαρείας θέλουσι διαρπαχθή έμπροσθεν του βασιλέως της Ασσυρίας.
5 Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “[Tell the people of Judah, ]
Και ελάλησεν έτι Κύριος προς εμέ, λέγων,
6 ‘[I have taken good care of] you people, but you have rejected that, [thinking that] my help was very little, like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy [to request help from] King Rezin and King Pekah.
Επειδή ο λαός ούτος απέβαλε τα ύδατα του Σιλωάμ τα ρέοντα ησύχως, και χαίρει εις τον Ρεσίν και εις τον υιόν του Ρεμαλία,
7 Therefore, I will cause the people of Judah to be attacked by [the powerful army of] the King of Assyria, which will be [like] a great flood from the [Euphrates] River. Their soldiers will [be everywhere in your country, like] a river that overflows all its banks.
διά τούτο, ιδού, ο Κύριος αναβιβάζει επ' αυτούς τα ύδατα του ποταμού, τα δυνατά και τα πολλά, τον βασιλέα της Ασσυρίας και πάσαν την δόξαν αυτού· και θέλει υπερβή πάντα τα αυλάκια αυτού και πλημμυρήσει πάσας τας όχθας αυτού
8 Those soldiers will go all over Judah— [like a river whose water] [MET] rises as high as a person’s neck. Their army will spread over the land [quickly], like an eagle, and they will cover your entire land! But I will be with you!’”
και θέλει περάσει διά του Ιούδα, θέλει πλημμυρήσει και υπεραναβή, θέλει φθάσει μέχρι λαιμού και το εξάπλωμα των πτερύγων αυτού θέλει γεμίσει το πλάτος της γης σου, Εμμανουήλ.
9 Listen, all you [people in] distant countries! [You can] prepare to attack Judah. [You can] prepare [for battle, and shout your] war-cries, but your [armies will] be crushed/shattered!
Ενώθητε, λαοί, και θέλετε κατακοπή· και ακροάσθητε, πάντες οι εν τοις εσχάτοις της γής· ζώσθητε, και θέλετε κατακοπή· ζώσθητε, και θέλετε κατακοπή.
10 [You can] prepare for what you will do [to attack Judah], but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us!
Βουλεύθητε βουλήν, και θέλει ματαιωθή· λαλήσατε λόγον, και δεν θέλει σταθή διότι μεθ' ημών ο Θεός.
11 Yahweh strongly warned me [MTY] not to act like the [other] people in Judah did. He said to me,
Διότι ούτως ελάλησε Κύριος προς εμέ εν χειρί κραταιά, και με εδίδαξε να μη περιπατώ εν τη οδώ του λαού τούτου, λέγων,
12 “Do not say that everything that people do is conspiring/rebelling [against the government], like [other] people say, and do not (be afraid of/worry about) the things that other people are afraid of.
Μη είπητε, Συνωμοσία, περί παντός εκείνου, περί του οποίου ο λαός ούτος θέλει ειπεί, Συνωμοσία και τον φόβον αυτού μη φοβηθήτε μηδέ τρομάξητε.
13 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, am the one you should consider to be holy. And I am the one you should fear, the one you should revere.
Τον Κύριον των δυνάμεων, αυτόν αγιάσατε και αυτός ας ήναι ο φόβος σας και αυτός ας ήναι ο τρόμος σας.
14 I will protect you(sg). [But as for] the [other] people [MTY] in Israel and Judah, I will be [like] [MET] a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. [And as for] the people of Jerusalem, I will be [like] [MET] a trap or a snare [DOU].
Και θέλει είσθαι διά αγιαστήριον θέλει είσθαι όμως διά πέτραν προσκόμματος και διά βράχον πτώσεως εις τους δύο οίκους του Ισραήλ διά παγίδα και διά βρόχον εις τους κατοίκους της Ιερουσαλήμ.
15 Many [people] will stumble and fall down and never get up again. They will experience great troubles; they will be captured [by their enemies].”
Και πολλοί θέλουσι προσκόψει επ' αυτά και πέσει και συντριφθή και παγιδευθή και πιασθή.
16 [So, I say to you who are my disciples], seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to [others] who have accompanied me.
Δέσον την μαρτυρίαν, σφράγισον τον νόμον μεταξύ των μαθητών μου.
17 I will wait to see what Yahweh [will do]. He has rejected the descendants [MTY] of Jacob, but I will confidently expect him to help me.
Εγώ δε θέλω περιμείνει τον Κύριον, όστις κρύπτει το πρόσωπον αυτού από του οίκου Ιακώβ, και επ' αυτόν θέλω είσθαι πεποιθώς.
18 I and the children that Yahweh has given to me are [like] signs to warn [the people of] Israel; we are warnings from the Commander of the armies of angels the one who lives [in his temple] on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem].
Ιδού, εγώ και τα παιδία, τα οποία μοι έδωκεν ο Κύριος, διά σημεία και τεράστια εις τον Ισραήλ παρά του Κυρίου των δυνάμεων, του κατοικούντος εν τω όρει Σιών.
19 Some people may urge you(pl) to (consult/go and talk with) those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter [about what we should do in the future]. But God is [RHQ] the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous [RHQ] for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us [what we should do]!
Και όταν σας είπωσιν, Ερωτήσατε τους έχοντας πνεύμα μαντείας και τους νεκρομάντεις, τους μορμυρίζοντας και ψιθυρίζοντας, αποκρίθητε, Ο λαός δεν θέλει ερωτήσει τον Θεόν αυτού; θέλει προστρέξει εις τους νεκρούς περί των ζώντων;
20 Pay attention to God’s instructions and teaching! If people do not say things that agree with what God teaches us, [what they say is worthless]. [It is as though] those people are in darkness.
Εις τον νόμον και εις την μαρτυρίαν εάν δεν λαλώσι κατά τον λόγον τούτον, βεβαίως δεν είναι φως εν αυτοίς.
21 They will wander through the land, worried/discouraged and hungry. And when they become [very] hungry, they will become very angry. They will look up [toward heaven] and curse God and [will also] curse their king.
Και θέλουσι περάσει δι' αυτής της γης σκληρώς βεβαρημένοι και λιμώττοντες και όταν πεινάσωσι θέλουσιν αγανακτεί, και θέλουσι κακολογεί τον βασιλέα αυτών και τον Θεόν αυτών, και θέλουσιν αναβλέψει εις τα άνω.
22 They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And [then] they will be thrown into the very black darkness [of hell]. (questioned)
Έπειτα θέλουσιν εμβλέψει εις την γην και ιδού, ταραχή και σκότος, θάμβωμα αγωνίας και θέλουσιν εξωσθή εις το σκότος.
