Isaiæ 8
1 Et dixit Dominus ad me: Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis: Velociter spolia detrahe, cito prædare.
Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it, 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.'
2 Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam filium Barachiæ:
I will summon faithful witnesses to attest for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
3 et accessi ad prophetissam, et concepit et peperit filium. Et dixit Dominus ad me: Voca nomen eius, Accelera spolia detrahere: Festina prædari.
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahweh 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 Samariæ coram rege Assyriorum.
For before the child knows to cry, '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:
Yahweh spoke to me again,
6 Pro eo quod abiecit populus iste aquas Siloe, quæ vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliæ:
“Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah, and is happy over 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,
therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks.
8 et ibit per Iudam, inundans, et transiens usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum eius, implens latitudinem terræ tuæ o Emmanuel.
The River will sweep onward into Judah, flooding and passing on, until it reaches to your neck. Its outstretched wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.”
9 Congregamini populi, et vincimini, et audite universæ procul terræ: confortamini et vincimini, accingite vos et vincimini:
You peoples will be broken to pieces. Listen, all you distant countries: arm yourselves for war and be broken in pieces; arm yourselves and be broken in pieces.
10 inite consilium, et dissipabitur: loquimini verbum et non fiet: quia nobiscum Deus.
Form a plan, but it will not be carried out; issue the command, but it will not be carried out, for God is with us.
11 Hæc enim ait Dominus ad me: Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi huius, dicens:
Yahweh spoke to me, with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people.
12 Non dicatis, Coniuratio: omnia enim quæ loquitur populus iste, coniuratio est: et timorem eius ne timeatis, neque paveatis.
Do not call conspiracy anything that this people calls conspiracy, you will not fear what they fear, and do not be terrified.
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate: ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester.
It is Yahweh of hosts whom you will honor as holy; he is the one you must fear, and he is the one you must dread.
14 Et erit vobis in sanctificationem. In lapidem autem offensionis, et in petram scandali duabus domibus Israel, in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Ierusalem.
He will become a sanctuary; but he will be a stone of striking, and a rock of stumbling— for both the houses of Israel, and he will be a trap and a snare to the people of Jerusalem.
15 Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.
Many will stumble over it and fall and be broken, and be ensnared and captured.
16 Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.
Bind up my testimony, seal the official record, and give it to my disciples.
17 Et expectabo Dominum, qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Iacob, et præstolabor eum.
I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob; I will trust in 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.
See, I and the sons whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Et cum dixerint ad vos: Quærite a pythonibus, et a divinis, qui strident in incantationibus suis: Numquid non populus a Deo suo requiret pro vivis a mortuis?
They will say to you, “Consult with the mediums and spiritists,” those who chirp and mutter incantations. But should a people not consult 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.
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say such things, it is because they have no light of dawn.
21 Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet: et cum esurierit, irascetur, et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suscipiet sursum.
They will pass through the land greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they will become angry and curse their king and their God, as they turn their faces upward.
22 Et ad terram intuebitur, et ecce tribulatio et tenebræ, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.
They will look at the earth and see distress, darkness, and oppressive gloom. They will be driven into a land of darkness.
