< 以賽亞書 20 >
1 亞述王撒珥根打發他珥探到亞實突的那年,他珥探就攻打亞實突,將城攻取。
In the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,
2 那時,耶和華曉諭亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞說:「你去解掉你腰間的麻布,脫下你腳上的鞋。」以賽亞就這樣做,露身赤腳行走。
in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.
3 耶和華說:「我僕人以賽亞怎樣露身赤腳行走三年,作為關乎埃及和古實的預兆奇蹟。
And the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot, as a sign and as a portent of three years over Egypt and over Ethiopia,
4 照樣,亞述王也必擄去埃及人,掠去古實人,無論老少,都露身赤腳,現出下體,使埃及蒙羞。
so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
5 以色列人必因所仰望的古實,所誇耀的埃及,驚惶羞愧。
And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.
6 「那時,這沿海一帶的居民必說:『看哪,我們素所仰望的,就是我們為脫離亞述王逃往求救的,不過是如此!我們怎能逃脫呢?』」
And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: “Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?”