Isaiah 8

1 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

1 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 appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

2 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 And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

3 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 boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

4 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 And the LORD spoke to me further:

5 耶和華又曉諭我說：

6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

6 「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 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

7 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 pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

8 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 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

9 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 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

10 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 this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

11 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 conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

12 「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 Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

13 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 And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

14 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 these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

15 許多人必在其上絆腳跌倒，而且跌碎，並陷入網羅，被纏住。」

16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

16 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 is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

17 我要等候那掩面不顧雅各家的耶和華；我也要仰望他。

18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

18 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 men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

19 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 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

20 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 roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

21 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 they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

22 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。