³ Isaiah hem sei: “Datfala gele bae hem babule, and bae hem bornem wanfala boy, and bae gele hia kolem nem bilong hem Immanuel.” Isaiah sei tu: “Bifor datfala boy hem luksavve long wanem hem gud and wanem hem nogud, bae no eniwan hem stap insaed land bilong tufala king hia [Syria and Israel] wea iu barava fraetem and wea iu les long tufala.” (Isa. 7:14, 16) Firstfala part long disfala profesi hem abaotem taem wea Messiah hem born. (Matt. 1:23) Bat long taem bilong Jesus, king bilong Syria and king bilong Israel no attakim Judah, so luk olsem disfala profesi abaotem Immanuel hem kamap tru long taem bilong Isaiah tu. Long wanem wei nao hem kamap tru?

⁴ No longtaem bihaen Isaiah talem datfala message, waef bilong hem babule gogo hem bornem wanfala boy wea olketa kolem nem bilong hem Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Maet disfala pikinini nao hem “Immanuel” wea Isaiah story abaotem.a Long taem bilong Bible, maet pipol nemim pikinini followim wanfala spesol samting wea happen, bat dadi, mami, and olketa relative savve kolem hem long difren nem. (2 Sam. 12:24, 25) No eni pruv stap for sei eniwan kolem Jesus long datfala nem Immanuel.—Readim Isaiah 7:14; 8:3, 4.