1Thaum Yauthas tus tub Ahas uas yog Uxiyas tus xeebntxwv ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas, lub tebchaws tau sawv rog. Lexees uas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Xilias, thiab Lemaliyas tus tub Npekas uas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees tau tuaj tua lub nroog Yeluxalees, tiamsis lawv txeeb tsis tau. 2Thaum muaj neeg mus qhia rau Daviv cov xeebntxwv paub hais tias, cov Xilias tau tuaj tsuam yeej rau hauv cheebtsam Efalayees lawm, Ahas thiab nws cov pejxeem lub siab tshee laim dais ib yam li cua ntsawj tej nplooj ntoo hauv hav zoov. 3Tus TSWV hais rau Yaxayas hais tias, “Koj coj koj tus tub Se-ayasus, neb mus cuag vajntxwv Ahas. Neb yuav ntsib nws ntawm ntu kev uas cov neeg raus ntaub nyob ntawm tus kwjdeg uas los pem lub pasdej theem saud los xaus nkaus. 4Hais kom nws ceevfaj, tsis txhob ua lub siab ywjfab ywjfwj, tsis txhob ntshai lossis nyuaj siab hlo li. Rau qhov Vajntxwv Lexees thiab nws cov pejxeem Xilias thiab Vajntxwv Pekas uas yog Lemaliyas tus tub txojkev npautaws tsuas zoo li ob yav nyuag tw taws uas ncho ncho pa lawm xwb. 5Vim cov Xilias tau tuaj nrog cov Yixalayees thiab lawv tus vajntxwv ntxeev siab tawmtsam koj, lawv hais tias, 6cia peb mus tua lub tebchaws Yudas thiab ua kom lub tebchaws ntawd ntshai, thiab peb cia li txeeb lub tebchaws ntawd los ua peb tug, thiab muab Tanpees tus tub tsa ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws ntawd. 7“Tiamsis tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv hais tias tej xwm no yuav tsis tshwmsim ib zaug li. 8Vim li cas? Rau qhov cov Xilias tsis muaj zog npaum li lub tuamceeb nroog Damaxes, thiab lub nroog Damaxes tsis muaj zog npaum li Vajntxwv Lexees. Tshuav rau caum tsib xyoo lawm xwb, haivneeg Yixalayees yuav tawg ua sab ua sua tas tsis tsheej ib haivneeg lawm. 9Thiab cov Yixalayees lub taubhau yog lub nroog Xamalis, thiab Xamalis lub taubhau yog Lemaliyas tus tub. “Yog koj kev ntseeg tsis ruaj tsis khov, koj yuav nyob tsis ruaj tsis khov ib yam nkaus.”
Lub Cim uas Qhia txog Emanu-ees
10Tus TSWV hais dua ib zaj ntxiv rau Ahas hais tias, 11“Cia li thov tus TSWV uas yog koj tus Vajtswv ua ib yam cim kom tshwmsim rau koj pom. Yam ntawd tawm puag hauv tubtuag teb qhov uas tob tshaj plaws lossis tawm puag saum qaum ntuj qhov uas siab tshaj plaws tuaj.” 12Tiamsis Ahas teb hais tias, “Kuv yuav tsis thov ib yam cim dabtsi, thiab kuv yuav tsis kam sim tus TSWV siab.” 13Yaxayas teb hais tias, “Vajntxwv Daviv cov xeebntxwv, nimno nej cia li mloog kuv hais. Qhov uas nej ua rau neeg tsiv siab, lawv thiaj ua tsis taus siab ntev, tseem tsis tau txaus nej siab thiab los? Nej thiaj ua kom Vajtswv tsiv siab thiab ua tsis tau siab ntev rau nej thiab puas yog? 14Yog li ntawd, Vajtswv yuav ua ib yam cim tseemceeb rau nej pom raws li tau hais los no. Ib tug nkauj xwb yuav xeeb tub thiab yuav yug tau ib tug metub, nws yuav muab tis npe hu ua ‘Emanu-ees.’ 15Nws yuav haus mis nyuj thiab noj zib ntab thaum nws paub tab lawm, nws tsis nyiam ua qhov phem tiamsis nws nyiam ua qhov zoo xwb. 16Thaum tus metub ntawd paub tab lawm, nws tsis nyiam ua qhov phem, tiamsis nws nyiam ua qhov zoo xwb; ob tug vajntxwv uas ua nruj ua tsiv rau koj ntshai ntawd ob lub tebchaws yuav nyob nphob xuav tseg. 17“Tus TSWV yuav coj kev txomnyem lwj siab los rau koj, koj cov pejxeem thiab koj txiv tsevneeg. Thaum ntawd nej yuav raug kev txomnyem heev, tseem txomnyem tshaj thaum cov Yixalayees faib tebchaws tawm ntawm cov Yudas uas nws coj tus vajntxwv kav cov Axilias tuaj tua nej. 18“Hnub ntawd, tus TSWV yuav xuav hu cov neeg Iziv kom sau nthwv tuaj ib yam li yoov ya tim ntug dej Niles tuaj, thiab hu cov neeg Axilias sau nthwv hauv lawv lub tebchaws tuaj ib yam li ntab tsiv. 19Lawv yuav tuaj sib sau ua npoj ntws rau hauv tej voshav, tej toj ntxhab, hauv tej kis pobzeb ntawm tej roob zeb thiab lawv yuav nyob puv nkaus ntawm tej hav pos thiab tej nras puamkhab. 20“Hnub ntawd, tus TSWV yuav ntiav ib tug txiav plaubhau tim tus dej Efalates sab hnubtuaj tuaj; tus txiav plaubhau ntawd yog cov Axilias tus vajntxwv ntag; nws yuav chais nej cov plaubhau, nej cov hwjtxwv thiab nej tej plaub thoob plaws ibce. 21“Hnub ntawd, ib tug xyuas nyuj thiab ob tug maum tshis xwb los yeej yuav cawm tau tus tswv teb txojsia; 22tus xyuas nyuj thiab ob tug maum tshis ntawd yuav muaj kua mis ntau heev thiab nws yuav muaj txaus noj txaus haus. Cov neeg uas seem nyob hauv lub tebchaws yuav muaj mis nyuj thiab zib ntab noj haus tsis tas li. 23“Hnub ntawd, tej vaj txiv hmab zoo heev uas muaj ib txhiab tsob txiv hmab, ib tsob twg ntaus nqi ib txhiab daim nyiaj los yuav muab tso tseg rau hmab pos thiab ntoo pos laum kom tuag tas. 24Neeg yuav nqa hneevnti thiab xubvos mus plob tua tsiaj hauv tej vaj ntawd. Rau qhov hmab pos thiab ntoo pos tuaj puv nkaus hauv lub tebchaws ntawd. 25Thiab hmab pos yuav tuaj puv nkaus saum tej pov roob uas zoo ua teb cog qoob cog loo, thiab tsis muaj leejtwg yuav txeem tau mus rau hauv li. Yuav ua chaw rau tej nyuj thiab tej yaj mus noj zaub lawm xwb.”
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Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
1Now it came to pass in the days of ⚓Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against ⚓it, but could not prevail against it. 2And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind. 3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, 4and say to him: ‘Take heed, and be ⚓quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. 5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—7thus says the Lord God: ⚓“It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass. 8⚓For the head of Syria is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, Sothatitwill not be a people. 9The 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.” ’ ”
The Immanuel Prophecy
10Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11⚓“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!” 13Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Isit a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: ⚓Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear ⚓a Son, and shall call His name ⚓Immanuel. 15Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16⚓For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by ⚓both her kings. 17⚓The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that ⚓Ephraim departed from Judah.” 18And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord⚓will whistle for the fly That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19They will come, and all of them will rest In the desolate valleys and in ⚓the clefts of the rocks, And on all thorns and in all pastures. 20In the same day the Lord will shave with a ⚓hired ⚓razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard. 21It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep; 22So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land. 23It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, ⚓It will be for briers and thorns. 24With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns. 25And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam.