Isaiah 20

1 In the year when Sargon, king of Assyria, sent his army commander to attack the town of Ashdod and conquered it,

Afe a Asiriahene Sargon somaa ne ɔman no sahene kɔɔ Asdod kɔto hyɛɛ no so na ɔdii ne so nkonim no,

2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah, son of Amoz. He told him, “Take off the sackcloth clothes from your body and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did so and went around naked and barefoot.

saa ɛberɛ no Awurade faa Yesaia, Amos babarima so kasaa sɛ, “Yi ayitoma no firi wo ho ne mpaboa no firi wo nan ase.” Ɔyɛɛ saa de adagya a ne nan nso sisi fam dii akɔneaba.

3 Then the Lord said, “In the same way that my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a warning against Egypt and Ethiopia,

Na Awurade kaa sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Yesaia de adagya anante mfeɛ mmiɛnsa a ne nan nso sisi fam yi de ayɛ ɔhaw nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛtia Misraim ne Kus no,

4 so shall the king of Assyria lead the Egyptian prisoners and the Ethiopian exiles, both young and old, naked and barefoot. Their buttocks will be bare, to Egypt's shame.

saa ara na Asiriahene bɛdi Misraim nneduafoɔ ne Kus nnommumfoɔ a wɔdeda adagya na wɔn nan sisi fam, mmabunu ne mpanin a wɔn to deda so no anim, de agu Misraim anim ase.

5 They will be discouraged and humiliated because they had put their hope in Ethiopia and proudly trusted in Egypt.

Wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho too Kus so, na wɔde Misraim hoahoaa wɔn ho no bɛsuro na wɔn ani awu.

6 At that time the people living in the coastal lands will say, ‘Look what has happened those we were depending on! We ran to them for help to save us from the king of Assyria. We don't stand a chance!’”

Saa ɛda no nnipa a wɔtete mpoano ha bɛka sɛ, ‘Monhwɛ asɛm a ato wɔn a yɛde yɛn ho too wɔn so no, wɔn a yɛdwane kɔɔ wɔn nkyɛn kɔpɛɛ mmoa sɛ wɔbɛgye yɛn afiri Asiriahene nsam no! Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛadwane?’”