1 And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

2 And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.

3 And I went in to my wife, and she became with child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, Give him the name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

4 For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.

5 And the Lord said again to me,

6 Because this people will have nothing to do with the softly-flowing waters of Shiloah, and have fear of Rezin and Remaliah's son;

7 For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:

8 And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

9 Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

11 For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

12 Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.

13 But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.

14 And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

16 Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.

17 And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.

19 And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?

20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

21 And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

1 耶和华对我说： "你拿一块大版， 用通用的文字写上‘玛黑珥．沙拉勒．哈施．罢斯’（"玛黑珥．沙拉勒．哈施．罢斯"意即"赶快掳掠， 急速夺取"）。

2 我要叫两个诚实的见证人， 就是乌利亚祭司和耶比利家的儿子撒迦利亚， 来为我作见证。"

3 我亲近了女先知， 就是我妻子， 她就怀孕生子。耶和华对我说： "给他起名叫‘玛黑珥．沙拉勒．哈施．罢斯’，

4 因为在这孩子晓得喊叫父母以先， 大马士革的财宝和撒玛利亚的掳物， 必在亚述王面前被搬了去。"

5 耶和华又再告诉我说：

6 "这子民既然厌弃了西罗亚缓流的水， 却喜悦利汛和利玛利的儿子，

7 因此， 主必使大河又强又大的水临到他们， 就是亚述王和他一切威荣， 水必涨起来， 高过所有的水道； 水要泛滥， 漫过所有的河岸；

8 然后必冲入犹大， 涨溢泛滥， 直到颈项， 以马内利啊！ 它展开的翅膀必遮遍你广阔的地土。"

9 列国之民啊！ 你们尽管作恶， 但你们终必毁灭！ 所有在远处的人民啊， 要留心听！ 你们尽管束腰吧， 你们终必毁灭！ 你们尽管束腰吧， 你们终必毁灭！

10 你们尽管计划阴谋吧， 这些终必失败； 你们尽管提议吧， 这些终必不能成立， 因为 神与我们同在。

11 耶和华以大能的手托住我， 教导我不要走这子民所走的道路； 他对我这样说：

12 "这子民所称为阴谋的， 你们都不要称为阴谋； 他们所怕的， 你们不要怕， 也不要畏惧。

13 你们要尊万军之耶和华为圣， 他是你们当怕的， 也是你们当畏惧的。

14 他必向信靠他的人作圣所， 却向以色列两家作绊脚的石头、跌人的磐石； 又向耶路撒冷的居民作陷阱和网罗。

15 许多人必在其上绊跌、仆倒、跌碎， 并且陷入网罗被捉住。"

16 你要卷起律法书， 在我的门徒中间封住训诲。

17 我要等候那掩面不顾雅各家的耶和华， 我要仰视他。

18 看哪！ 我和耶和华赐给我的孩子， 在以色列中作预兆与奇迹， 都是从住在锡安山的万军之耶和华来的。

19 有人对你们说： "要求问那些交鬼的和行巫术的， 就是那些喃喃细语的人。"一族之民不应当求问自己的 神吗？他们怎能为活人求问死人呢？

20 他们应当求问 神的训诲和法度； 他们若不照着这些准则说话， 就见不到曙光。

21 他们必经过这地， 受困迫、受饥饿； 他们饥饿的时候， 就恼怒， 咒骂自己的王和自己的 神；

22 他们仰脸向天观望， 又俯视大地， 只见困苦、黑暗、可怕的幽暗； 他们必被赶入幽黑的黑暗中。