Esajas 20
1 Idet Aar, da Tartan kom til Asdod, der Sargon, Kongen af Assyrien, sendte ham, og han stred imod Asdod og indtog den,
One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].
2 paa den Tid talte Herren ved Esajas, Amoz's Søn, og sagde: Gak hen, og løs Sørgedragten af dine Lænder, og drag din Sko af din Fod; og han gjorde saa og gik nøgen og barfodet.
At that time, Yahweh told me, “Take off the rough sackcloth that you have been wearing and take off your sandals.” [So] I did what he told me to do, and [then] I walked around naked and barefoot [for three years].
3 Da sagde Herren: Ligesom min Tjener Esajas har gaaet nøgen og barfodet i tre Aar, til et Tegn og Forbillede over Ægypten og over Morland,
[Then] Yahweh said this [to the people of Judah]: “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the past three years. That is to show the terrible disasters that [I will cause the people of] Egypt and Ethiopia to experience.
4 saaledes skal Kongen af Assyrien bortføre Ægyptens fangne og Morianernes landflygtige, unge og gamle, som nøgne og blottede paa Bagdelen, Ægypterne til Blusel.
What will happen is that the [army of the] King of Assyria will [invade those countries and capture many of the people and] take them away as their prisoners. They will force all them, including both the young ones and the old ones, to walk naked and barefoot. They will [also] force them to have no clothes around their buttocks, which will cause [the people of] Egypt to be ashamed.
5 Og de skulle forfærdes og beskæmmes over Morland, som de saa op til, og over Ægypten, som var deres Stolthed.
Then the people of other countries who trusted that the armies of Egypt and Ethiopia would be able to help them will be very dismayed/confused and afraid/disappointed.
6 Og den, som bor paa denne Strand, skal sige paa den Dag: Se, saa er det gaaet den, som vi saa op til, til hvem vi tyede om Hjælp for at fries fra Kongen af Assyrien; og vi, hvorledes skulle vi undkomme?
They will say, ‘We trusted that the armies of Egypt and Ethiopia [would help us and defend us, but they have been destroyed], so there is no way [RHQ] that we can escape from [being destroyed by the army of] the King of Assyria!’”
