¹Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

¹In GOSPOD mi je rekel: Vzemi si veliko ploščo in nanjo napiši z razločnimi črkami: Maher-šalal-haš-baz [T. j. Plen hiti, rop pride v kratkem.].

²And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

²In vzel sem si zvesti priči: Urija, duhovnika, in Zeharija, sina Jeberekijevega.

³And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

³In približal sem se prorokinji, in je spočela in rodila sina. Tedaj mi je rekel GOSPOD: Imenuj ga Maher-šalal-haš-baz.

⁴For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

⁴Zakaj preden bo deček znal klicati ‚Oče moj‘ in ‚Mati moja‘, bodo nesli bogastvo iz Damaska in plen iz Samarije v Asirijo pred kraljem asirskim.

⁵The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

⁵In GOSPOD je zopet govoril k meni, rekoč:

⁶Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

⁶Zato ker je to ljudstvo zaničevalo vodo v Siloahu, lahno tekočo, in mu je veselje pri Rezinu in Remalijevem sinu,

⁷Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

⁷zato, glej, stori GOSPOD, da pridere nadnje voda velereke, presilna in preobilna, namreč kralj asirski in vsa slava njegova; in prestopi vse svoje struge in se prevali čez vse bregove svoje

⁸And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

⁸in pridere na Judovo, ga preplavi in se razlije, da mu bo do grla segalo; in razpete peruti njegove napolnijo širokost dežele tvoje, Imanuel!

⁹Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

⁹Združite se na upor, o ljudstva, a bodite potrti! In ušesa nagnite, kolikorkoli vas je po daljnih deželah! Opasujte se na boj in bodite potrti, opasujte se in bodite potrti!

¹⁰Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

¹⁰Storite sklep, in uničen bo; govorite besedo, a ne obvelja; zakaj Bog je z nami!

¹¹For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

¹¹Kajti tako mi je govoril GOSPOD, ko me je roka njegova močno prijela in ko me je učil, da mi ni hoditi po tega ljudstva potu, rekoč:

¹²Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

¹²Ne imenujte zarotbe vsega, kar to ljudstvo imenuje zarotbo, in ne bojte se tega, česar se oni boje, in ne plašite se!

¹³Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

¹³GOSPODA nad vojskami samega posvečujte, in on vam bodi strah, on vam bodi groza.

¹⁴And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁴In on vam bode v zavetno svetišče, toda za kamen spotike in skalo pohujšanja obema hišama Izraelovima, za zanko in za zadrgo prebivalcem jeruzalemskim.

¹⁵And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

¹⁵In mnogo izmed njih se jih spotakne in padejo in bodo strti, se zapleto v mrežo in ujamejo.

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

¹⁶Zaveži to pričevanje, zapečati postavo med mojimi učenci! –

¹⁷And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

¹⁷In jaz bom čakal GOSPODA, ki skriva obličje svoje pred hišo Jakobovo, in upal bom vanj.

¹⁸Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

¹⁸Glej, jaz in otroci, ki mi jih je dal GOSPOD, smo za znamenja in predpodobe v Izraelu od GOSPODA nad vojskami, ki prebiva na gori Sionski.

¹⁹And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

¹⁹In ko vam poreko: Povprašajte rotilce mrtvih in vedeže, ki čivkajo in ki šepetajo, recite: Ali naj ne povprašuje ljudstvo Boga svojega? Za žive naj vpraša mrtve?

²⁰To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

²⁰Postave in pričevanja naj se oklepajo! Ako ne govore po tej besedi, ni zanje jutranje zarje;

²¹And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

²¹in bode se jim klatiti po deželi hudo pobitim in gladnim, in zgodi se, ko bodo stradali, da se bodo srdili in kleli s kraljem svojim in z Bogom svojim; in če se ozro kviškuin če bodo gledali v tla: glej, povsod le nadloga in tema, tesnoben mrak; in bodo zagnani v gosto temo.

²²And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

²²in če bodo gledali v tla: glej, povsod le nadloga in tema, tesnoben mrak; in bodo zagnani v gosto temo.