Isaiah and His Children Are Signs
1The Lord said to me, “Get a large sheet of paper. Write ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ on it with a pen.” 2So I sent for Zechariah and Uriah the priest. Zechariah is the son of Jeberekiah. Zechariah and Uriah were witnesses for me whom I could trust. 3Then I went and slept with my wife, who was a prophet. She became pregnant and had a baby boy. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4The king of Assyria will carry off the wealth of Damascus. He will also carry away the goods that were taken from Samaria. That will happen before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother.’ ”
5The Lord continued,
6“I am like the gently flowing stream of Siloam.
But the people of Judah have turned their backs on me.
They are filled with joy because of the fall of Rezin
and the son of Remaliah.
7So I am about to bring against these people
the king of Assyria and his whole army.
The Assyrians will be like the mighty Euphrates River
when it is flooding.
They will run over everything in their path.
8They will sweep on into Judah like a flood.
They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem.
Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle.
Their wings will spread out and cover it.”
9Sound the battle cry, you nations!
But you will be torn apart.
Listen, all you lands far away!
Prepare for battle! But you will be torn apart.
Prepare for battle! But you will be torn apart.
10Make your battle plans! But you won’t succeed.
Give your orders! But they won’t be carried out.
That’s because God is with us.
11The Lord speaks to me while his powerful hand is on me. He is warning me not to live the way these people live. He says,
12“People of Judah, do not agree with those who say
Isaiah is guilty of treason.
Do not fear what they fear.
Do not be afraid.
13The Lord rules over all.
So you must think about him as holy.
You must have respect for him.
You must fear him.
14Then the Lord will be a holy place of safety for you.
But that’s not true for many people in Israel and Judah.
He will be a stone that causes them to trip.
He will be a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem
he will be a trap and a snare.
15Many of them will trip.
They will fall and be broken.
They will be trapped and captured.”
16Tie up and seal this warning that the Lord said to you through me.
Preserve among my followers what he taught you through me.
17I will wait for the Lord.
He is turning his face away from Jacob’s people.
I will put my trust in him.
18Here I am. Here are the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and reminders to Israel from the Lord who rules over all. He lives on Mount Zion.
The Darkness Turns to Light
19There are people who get messages from those who have died. But these people only whisper words that are barely heard. Suppose someone tells you to ask for advice from these people. Shouldn’t you ask for advice from your God instead? Why should you get advice from dead people to help those who are alive? 20Follow what the Lord taught you and said to you through me. People who don’t speak in keeping with these words will have no hope in the morning. 21They will suffer and be hungry. They’ll wander through the land. When they are very hungry, they will become angry. They’ll look up toward heaven. They’ll ask for bad things to happen to their king and their God. 22Then they will look at the earth. They’ll see nothing but suffering and darkness. They’ll see terrible sadness. They’ll be driven into total darkness.
Ashuru, Chombo Cha Bwana
18:1 Kum 27:8; Ay 19:23; Yer 20:3; 51:60; Isa 30:8; 8:3; Hos 1:4Bwana akaniambia, “Chukua gombo kubwa, uandike juu yake kwa kalamu ya kawaida jina: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Bazi.8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Bazi maana yake ni Haraka kuteka nyara, Upesi kwenye hizo nyara. 28:2 2Fal 16:10; Yos 24:22; Rut 4:9; Yer 10:10-12; 32:10Nami nitawaita kuhani Uria, na Zekaria mwana wa Yeberekia kama mashahidi wangu waaminifu.”
38:3 Kut 15:20; Mwa 3:15Kisha nikaenda kwa nabii mke, naye akapata mimba, akazaa mwana. Kisha Bwana akaniambia, “Mwite huyo mtoto Maher-Shalal-Hash-Bazi. 48:4 Isa 7:8, 16; Mwa 14:15; Isa 7:8Kabla mtoto hajaweza kusema ‘Baba yangu’ au ‘Mama yangu,’ utajiri wa Dameski na nyara za Samaria zitachukuliwa na mfalme wa Ashuru.”
5Bwana akasema nami tena:
68:6 Neh 3:15; Isa 5:24; 7:1; Yn 9:7“Kwa sababu watu hawa wamekataa maji ya Shilo yatiririkayo taratibu
wakamfurahia Resini na mwana wa Remalia,
78:7 Isa 7:20; Dan 11:40; Nah 1:8; 2Nya 28:20; Isa 17:12-13; 30:28; Yos 3:15; Isa 10:16kwa hiyo Bwana yu karibu kuleta dhidi yao
mafuriko makubwa ya Mto:8:7 Yaani Frati.
yaani mfalme wa Ashuru na fahari yake yote.
Yatafurika juu ya mifereji yake yote,
yatamwagikia juu ya kingo zake zote,
88:8 Isa 7:14; 28:15; 18:6; 46:11; Yer 4:13; 48:40na kufika hadi Yuda, yakizunguka kwa kasi juu yake,
yakipita katikati na yakifika hadi shingoni.
Mabawa yake yaliyokunjuliwa
yatafunika upana wa nchi yako,
Ee Imanueli!”8:8 Imanueli maana yake Mungu yu pamoja nasi.
98:9 Isa 17:12-13; Eze 38:7; 38:3; Zek 14:2-3; Ay 34:24; Yer 46:3; 6:4; Zek 14:2; Yos 6:5Inueni kilio cha vita, enyi mataifa,
na mkavunjwevunjwe!
Sikilizeni, enyi nyote nchi za mbali.
Jiandaeni kwa vita, nanyi mkavunjwevunjwe!
Jiandaeni kwa vita, nanyi mkavunjwevunjwe!
108:10 Ay 5:12; Isa 7:7, 14; Rum 8:31; Mit 19:21; Mt 1:23Wekeni mikakati yenu, lakini itashindwa;
fanyeni mipango yenu, lakini haitafanikiwa,
kwa maana Mungu yu pamoja nasi.8:10 Kiebrania ni Imanueli.
Mwogope Mungu
118:11 Eze 3:14; 2:8; 1:3Bwana alisema nami mkono wake wenye nguvu ukiwa juu yangu, akinionya nisifuate njia za taifa hili. Akasema:
128:12 Isa 36:6; 7:2; 20:5; 1Pet 3:14; Mt 10:28“Usiite fitina kila kitu ambacho watu hawa hukiita fitina,
usiogope kile wanachokiogopa,
wala usikihofu.
138:13 Hes 20:12; Isa 29:23; Kut 20:20Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote ndiye peke yake
ikupasaye kumheshimu kuwa mtakatifu,
ndiye peke yake utakayemwogopa,
ndiye peke yake utakayemhofu,
148:14 Rum 9:33; Eze 11:16; Isa 24:17-18; Za 118:22; Yer 6:21; Lk 2:34; Isa 4:6; Lk 20:18; Eze 3:20naye atakuwa mahali patakatifu;
lakini kwa nyumba zote mbili za Israeli atakuwa
jiwe lile linalosababisha watu kujikwaa
na mwamba wa kuwaangusha.
Kwa watu wa Yerusalemu,
atakuwa mtego na tanzi.
158:15 Lk 20:18; Isa 28:13; 59:10; Rum 9:32; Mt 4:19; Lk 20:18; Isa 59:10Wengi wao watajikwaa;
wataanguka na kuvunjika,
watategwa na kunaswa.”
168:16 Dan 8:26; 12:4; Yer 32:14; Rut 4:7; Isa 29:11-12Funga ushuhuda na kutia muhuri sheria
miongoni mwa wanafunzi wangu.
178:17 Kum 31:17; Za 27:14; 22:5; Ebr 2:13Nitamngojea Bwana,
ambaye ameificha nyumba ya Yakobo uso wake.
Nitaliweka tumaini langu kwake.
188:18 Mwa 33:5; Ebr 2:13; Kut 3:12; Lk 2:34; Eze 12:6; 24:24; 4:3; Kum 28:46; Eze 12:11; Za 9:11Niko hapa, pamoja na watoto ambao Bwana amenipa. Sisi ni ishara na mfano wake katika Israeli, kutoka kwa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, anayeishi juu ya Mlima Sayuni.
198:19 1Sam 28:8; Isa 29:4; Hes 27:21; Law 19:31Wakati watu wanapowaambia ninyi kutafuta ushauri kwa waaguzi na wenye kuongea na mizimu, ambao hunongʼona na kunungʼunika, je, watu wasingeuliza kwa Mungu wao? Kwa nini watake shauri kwa wafu kwa ajili ya walio hai? 208:20 Mik 3:6; Isa 60:2; 1:10; Rut 4:7; Lk 16:29; Isa 9:2; 59:9; 9:2Kwa sheria na kwa ushuhuda! Kama hawatasema sawasawa na neno hili, hawana mwanga wa mapambazuko. 218:21 Ay 18:12; Kut 22:28; Ay 30:3; Ufu 16:11Watazunguka katika nchi yote, wakiwa na dhiki na njaa. Watakapotaabika kwa njaa, watapatwa na hasira kali, nao, wakiwa wanatazama juu, watamlaani mfalme wao na Mungu wao. 228:22 Ay 15:24; 3:13; Isa 5:30; Ufu 16:10; Mt 25:30Kisha wataangalia duniani na kuona tu dhiki na giza, hofu na huzuni tupu, nao watasukumiwa kwenye giza nene kabisa.
