Isaiah 20

1 In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sends him, and he fights against Ashdod and captures it,

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──

2 at that time YHWH spoke by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and you have loosed the sackcloth from off your loins, and you draw your sandal from off your foot,” and he does so, going naked and barefoot.

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──

3 And YHWH says, “As My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,

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；

4 so the king of Asshur leads the captivity of Egypt, and the expulsion of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered—the nakedness of Egypt;

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。」

5 and they have been frightened and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

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。

6 and the inhabitant of this island has said in that day—Behold, thus [is] our trust, To where we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape—we?”

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﹖」