Esajas 20

1 I det Aar Tartan kom til Asdod, dengang Assyrerkongen Sargon sendte ham og han angreb Asdod og indtog det,

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 talede HERREN ved Esajas, Amoz's Søn, saaledes: »Gaa hen og løs Sørgeklædet af dine Lænder og drag Skoene af dine Fødder!« Og han gjorde saaledes 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 Saa sagde HERREN: »Som min Tjener Esajas i trende Aar har vandret nøgen og barfodet som Tegn og Varsel mod Ægypten og Ætiopien,

[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 Assyrerkongen slæbe fangne Ægyptere og bortførte Ætiopere med sig, unge og gamle, nøgne og barfodede, med blottet Bag til Skændsel for Ægypten.«

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 Da skal de forfærdes og blues over Ætiopien, som de saa hen 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 de, som bor paa denne Strand, skal paa hin Dag sige: »Se, saaledes gik det med den, vi saa hen til, til hvem vi tyede om Hjælp for at frelses fra Assyrerkongen; hvor skal da vi kunne undslippe!«

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!’”