Isaiah and His Children as Signs
1The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3. 2So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. 3Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5The Lord spoke to me again:
6“Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
7therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks
8and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,
passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,
Immanuel8:8 Immanuel means God with us.!”
9Raise the war cry,8:9 Or Do your worst you nations, and be shattered!
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;
propose your plan, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
11This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
12“Do not call conspiracy
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
13The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
14He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
15Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
16Bind up this testimony of warning
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
18Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
The Darkness Turns to Light
19When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
አሦር የእግዚአብሔር መሣሪያ
1እግዚአብሔርም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “ትልቅ ሰሌዳ ወስደህ፣ ‘ማኸር-ሻላል-ሃሽ-ባዝ’8፥1 በዚህና በቍጥር 3 ላይ፣ ማኸር-ሻላል-ሃሽ-ባዝ ማለት፣ ምርኮ ፈጠነ፤ ብዝበዛ ቸኰለ ማለት ነው። ብለህ በተለመደው በሰው ፊደል ጻፍበት። 2እኔም፣ ካህኑን ኡሪያንንና የበራክዩን ልጅ ዘካርያስን ታማኝ ምስክሮቼ እንዲሆኑ እጠራቸዋለሁ።”
3እኔም ወደ ነቢዪቱ ሄድሁ፤ እርሷም ፀነሰች፤ ወንድ ልጅም ወለደች። እግዚአብሔርም፣ እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “ስሙን ማኸር-ሻላል-ሃሽ-ባዝ ብለህ ጥራው። 4ሕፃኑም፣ ‘አባባ’ ወይም ‘እማማ’ ብሎ መጥራት ከመቻሉ በፊት፣ የደማስቆ ሀብትና የሰማርያ ምርኮ በአሦር ንጉሥ ይወሰዳል።”
5እግዚአብሔርም እንደ ገና እንዲህ ሲል ተናገረኝ፤
6“ይህ ሕዝብ በጸጥታ የሚፈስሰውን
የሰሊሆምን ውሆች ትቶ፣
በረአሶንና
በሮሜልዩ ልጅ ተደስቷልና።
7ስለዚህ ጌታ ታላቁንና ብርቱውን
የጐርፍ ውሃ8፥7 የኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ ነው።፣
የአሦርን ንጉሥ ከነግርማ ሞገሱ ሁሉ ያመጣባቸዋል።
ውሃውም ከቦዩ ዐልፎ ተርፎ
በወንዙ ዳር ያለውን ምድር ሁሉ ያጥለቀልቃል፤
8እየጠራረገ ወደ ይሁዳ ይወርዳል፤
እያጥለቀለቀ ያልፋል፤
እስከ ዐንገትም ይደርሳል፤
ዐማኑኤል8፥8 ዐማኑኤል ማለት፣ እግዚአብሔር ከእኛ ጋር ማለት ነው። ሆይ፤
የተዘረጉ ክንፎቹ ምድርህን ከዳር እስከ
ዳር ይሸፍናሉ።”
9እናንተ አሕዛብ፣ ፎክሩ8፥9 ወይም፣ የከፋውን ነገር አድርጉ፤ ነገር ግን ደንግጡ።
በሩቅ አገር ያላችሁ አድምጡ፤
ለጦርነትም ተዘጋጁ፤ ነገር ግን ደንግጡ፤
ለጦርነትም ተዘጋጁ፤ ነገር ግን ደንግጡ፤
10ተመካከሩ፤ ግን አይሳካም፤
ዕቅድ አውጡ፤ ሆኖም አይጸናም፤
እግዚአብሔር ከእኛ ጋር ነውና።8፥10 ዕብራይስጡ፣ ዐማኑኤል ይላል።
እግዚአብሔርን ፍሩ
11እግዚአብሔር ብርቱ እጁን በላዬ አድርጎ የእነዚህን ሰዎች መንገድ እንዳልከተል አስጠነቀቀኝ፤ እንዲህም አለኝ፤
12“እነዚህ ሰዎች፣ ‘አድማ’ ብለው የሚጠሩትን፣
ማንኛውንም ነገር፣ ‘አድማ’ አትበሉ፤8፥12 ወይም ለስምምነት አትጥሩ፤ እነዚህ ሰዎች ሁልጊዜ ለስምምነት ይጠራሉ
እነርሱ የሚፈሩትን አትፍሩ፤
አትሸበሩለትም።
13ልትቀድሱ የሚገባው የሰራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔርን ብቻ ነው፤
ልትፈሩት የሚገባው እርሱን ነው፤
ልትንቀጠቀጡለት የሚገባውም እርሱ ነው።
14እርሱም መቅደስ ይሆናል፤
ለሁለቱ የእስራኤል ቤት ግን
የሚያደናቅፍ ድንጋይ፣
የሚያሰናክልም ዐለት ይሆንባቸዋል፤
ለኢየሩሳሌም ሕዝብም
ወጥመድና አሽክላ ይሆናል።
15ከእነርሱ ብዙዎች ይሰናከላሉ፤
ይወድቃሉ፤ ይሰበራሉ፤
ወጥመድ ይገባሉ፤ ይያዛሉም።”
16ምስክርነቱን አሽገው፤
ሕጉንም በደቀ መዛሙርቴ መካከል አትመው።
17ፊቱን ከያዕቆብ ቤት የሸሸገውን
እግዚአብሔርን እጠብቃለሁ፤
እርሱንም ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።
18እነሆ፤ እኔና እግዚአብሔር የሰጠኝ ልጆች በጽዮን ተራራ ከሚኖረው ከሰራዊት ጌታ ከእግዚአብሔር ለእስራኤል ምልክትና ድንቅ ነን።
19ሰዎች፣ የሚያነበንቡትንና የሚያንሾካሽኩትን ሟርተኞችንና መናፍስት ጠሪዎችን ጠይቁ ቢሏችሁ፣ ሕዝቡ አምላኩን መጠየቅ አይገባውምን? በሕያዋን ምትክ ሙታንን መጠየቅ ለምን አስፈለገ? 20ወደ ሕጉና ወደ ምስክር ቃሉ ሂዱ! እነርሱም እንዲህ ያለውን ቃል ባይናገሩ የንጋት ብርሃን አይበራላቸውም። 21ተጨንቀውና ተርበው በምድሪቱ ላይ ይንከራተታሉ፤ ክፉኛ ሲራቡም ይቈጣሉ፤ ወደ ላይ እየተመለከቱ ንጉሣቸውንና አምላካቸውን ይራገማሉ። 22ከዚያም ወደ ምድር ይመለከታሉ፣ የሚያዩትም ጭንቀት፣ ጨለማና የሚያስፈራም ጭጋግ ብቻ ነው፤ ወደ ድቅድቅ ጨለማም ይጣላሉ።
