以賽亞書 20

1 亞述王撒爾貢派遣總司令來到阿市多得，進攻克服阿市多得的那一年──

In the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus, when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had taken it:

2 那時上主曾藉阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞發言說：「去！脫下你腰間的苦衣，除去你腳上的鞋！ 」他就這樣作了，裸體赤足而行──

At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.

3 上主說：「就如我的僕人依撒意亞，三年之久，裸體赤足而行，為埃及和雇士是一個預言和先兆；

And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,

4 同樣亞述王要將埃及的俘虜和雇士的流徙帶走，無論老幼，一律裸體赤足，露著下體，好羞辱埃及。」

So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old. naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.

5 人們將對他們的仰望雇士，對他們的光榮埃及，感到失望和羞慚。

And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

6 這一帶海濱的居民，在那天要說：「看！這原是我們所依賴，跑去求救，藉以擺脫亞述王的人！我們又怎能逃避呢﹖」

And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver up from the face of the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be able to escape?