Isaiæ 8

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Et dixit Dominus ad me : Sume tibi librum grandem, et scribe in eo stylo hominis : Velociter spolia detrahe, cito prædare.	1 The LORD said to me: Take a large cylinder-seal, and inscribe on it in ordinary letters: "Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz."
2 Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam, filium Barachiæ :	2 And I took reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, son of Jeberechiah.
3 et accessi ad prophetissam, et concepit, et peperit filium. Et dixit Dominus ad me : Voca nomen ejus : Accelera spolia detrahere ; Festina prædari :	3 Then I went to the prophetess and she conceived and bore a son. The LORD said to me: Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
4 quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariæ, coram rege Assyriorum.	4 for before the child knows how to call his father or mother by name, the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria.
5 Et adjecit Dominus loqui ad me adhuc, dicens :	5 Again the LORD spoke to me:
6 Pro eo quod abjecit populus iste aquas Siloë, quæ vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliæ :	6 Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, And melts with fear before the loftiness of Rezin and Remaliah's son,
7 propter hoc ecce Dominus adducet super eos aquas fluminis fortes et multas, regem Assyriorum, et omnem gloriam ejus, et ascendet super omnes rivos ejus, et fluet super universas ripas ejus ;	7 Therefore the LORD raises against them the waters of the River, great and mighty (the king of Assyria and all his power). It shall rise above all its channels, and overflow all its banks;
8 et ibit per Judam, inundans, et transiens : usque ad collum veniet. Et erit extensio alarum ejus implens latitudinem terræ tuæ, o Emmanuel !	8 It shall pass into Judah, and flood it all throughout: up to the neck it shall reach; It shall spread its wings the full width of your land, Immanuel!
9 Congregamini, populi, et vincimini ; et audite, universæ procul terræ : confortamini, et vincimini ; accingite vos, et vincimini.	9 Know, O peoples, and be appalled! Give ear, all you distant lands! Arm, but be crushed! Arm, but be crushed!
10 Inite consilium, et dissipabitur ; loquimini verbum, et non fiet : quia nobiscum Deus.	10 Form a plan, and it shall be thwarted; make a resolve, and it shall not be carried out, for "With us is God!"
11 Hæc enim ait Dominus ad me : Sicut in manu forti erudivit me, ne irem in via populi hujus, dicens :	11 For thus said the LORD to me, taking hold of me and warning me not to walk in the way of this people:
12 Non dicatis : Conjuratio ; omnia enim quæ loquitur populus iste, conjuratio est : et timorem ejus ne timeatis, neque paveatis.	12 Call not alliance what this people calls alliance, and fear not, nor stand in awe of what they fear.
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate ; ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester :	13 But with the LORD of hosts make your alliance-- for him be your fear and your awe.
14 et erit vobis in sanctificationem ; in lapidem autem offensionis, et in petram scandali, duabus domibus Israël ; in laqueum et in ruinam habitantibus Jerusalem.	14 Yet he shall be a snare, an obstacle and a stumbling stone to both the houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to those who dwell in Jerusalem;
15 Et offendent ex eis plurimi, et cadent, et conterentur, et irretientur, et capientur.	15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, broken, snared, and captured.
16 Liga testimonium, signa legem in discipulis meis.	16 The record is to be folded and the sealed instruction kept among my disciples.
17 Et exspectabo Dominum qui abscondit faciem suam a domo Jacob, et præstolabor eum.	17 For I will trust in the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.
18 Ecce ego et pueri mei quos dedit mihi Dominus in signum, et in portentum Israël a Domino exercituum, qui habitat in monte Sion :	18 Look at me and the children whom the Lord has given me: we are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts who dwells 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 ?	19 And when they say to you, "Inquire of mediums and fortune-tellers (who chirp and mutter!); should not a people inquire of their gods, apply to the dead on behalf of the living?"--
20 ad legem magis et ad testimonium. Quod si non dixerint juxta verbum hoc, non erit eis matutina lux.	20 then this document will furnish its instruction. That kind of thing they will surely say.
21 Et transibit per eam, corruet, et esuriet ; et cum esurierit, irascetur. Et maledicet regi suo, et Deo suo, et suscipiet sursum,	21
22 et ad terram intuebitur ; et ecce tribulatio et tenebræ, dissolutio et angustia, et caligo persequens, et non poterit avolare de angustia sua.