1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 David’s house was told, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field. 4 Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying, 6 "Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel." 7 This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen." 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people. 9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’"
10 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
12 But Ahaz said, "I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh."
13 He said, "Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken. 17 Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
18 It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.
20 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
21 It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep. 22 It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
23 It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns. 24 People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on."
1 乌西雅的孙子、约坦的儿子犹大王亚哈斯在位的日子， 亚兰王利汛和利玛利的儿子以色列王比加， 上来攻打耶路撒冷， 却不能把它攻陷。
2 有人告诉大卫家说： "亚兰已经在以法莲地安营。"王的心和人民的心就都震动， 像林中的树被风摇动一样。
3 耶和华对以赛亚说： "你和你的儿子施亚雅述出去， 在上池的水沟尽头， 就是在漂布者田间的大路上， 去迎接亚哈斯，
4 对他说： ‘你要谨慎， 要镇定， 不要因亚兰王利汛和利玛利的儿子这两个冒烟的火把头所发的怒气而害怕， 也不要心里胆怯。
5 因为亚兰、以法莲和利玛利的儿子， 设恶谋要害你， 说：
6 "我们可以上去攻打犹大， 扰乱她， 把她攻占过来， 归我们所有， 又在其中立他比勒的儿子作王。"
7 因此， 主耶和华这样说： "这计谋必立不住， 也不能成就，
8 因为亚兰的首都是大马士革， 大马士革的首领是利汛； 六十五年之内， 以法莲必定毁灭， 不再成为一族之民。
9 以法莲的首都是撒玛利亚， 撒玛利亚的首领是利玛利的儿子； 你们若不相信， 就必定不得坚立。"’"
10 耶和华又告诉亚哈斯说：
11 "你向耶和华你的 神求一个兆头， 或求显在深处， 或求显在高处。"
12 但亚哈斯说： "我不求， 我不试探耶和华。"
13 以赛亚说： "大卫家啊， 你们要听！ 你们使人厌烦还算小事， 还要使我的 神厌烦吗？
14 因此主自己必给你们一个兆头： 看哪！ 必有童女怀孕生子； 她要给他起名叫‘以马内利’。
15 到他晓得弃恶择善的时候， 他必吃乳酪和蜂蜜。
16 因为在这孩子晓得弃恶择善之先， 你所畏惧的那两个王之地， 早就被弃绝了。
17 "耶和华必使灾难的日子临到你和你的人民， 以及你的父家， 自从以法莲脱离犹大以来， 未曾有过这样的日子， 就是亚述王的入侵。"
18 到那时， 耶和华必发出哨声， 把埃及河流尽头的苍蝇和亚述地的蜂子召来。
19 它们都必飞来， 落在荒谷中、岩石的穴里、一切荆棘丛中和所有的草场上。
20 到那日， 主必用大河那边租来的剃刀， 就是亚述王， 剃去你们的头发和脚上的毛， 并且剃净你们的胡须。
21 到那时， 一个人只能养活一头母牛犊和两只母绵羊。
22 因为出的奶多， 他就可以吃乳酪； 境内剩下的人， 都要吃乳酪和蜂蜜。
23 到那日， 从前种一千棵葡萄树， 价值一万一千四百克银子的地方， 现在却成为荆棘和蒺藜生长之处。
24 人到那里去， 必须携带弓和箭， 因为遍地都是荆棘和蒺藜。
25 以前所有用锄头挖掘的山地， 你因为惧怕荆棘和蒺藜， 都不敢上那里去； 那里就成了放牛之地， 羊群践踏之处。