Isaiah 20
1 One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].
L'année où Tartan vint à Asdod, après que Sargon, roi d'Assyrie, l'eut envoyé, il combattit Asdod et la prit.
2 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].
En ce temps-là, Yahvé parla par Ésaïe, fils d'Amoz, et dit: « Va, détache le sac de ta taille et ôte tes sandales de tes pieds. » Il fit ainsi, marchant nu et pieds nus.
3 [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.
Yahvé dit: « De même que mon serviteur Ésaïe a marché nu et pieds nus pendant trois ans, comme un signe et un prodige pour l'Égypte et pour l'Éthiopie,
4 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.
de même le roi d'Assyrie emmènera les captifs d'Égypte et les exilés d'Éthiopie, jeunes et vieux, nus et pieds nus, les fesses découvertes, à la honte de l'Égypte.
5 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.
Ils seront consternés et confus, à cause de l'Éthiopie, leur espoir, et de l'Égypte, leur gloire.
6 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!’”
En ce jour-là, les habitants de ce pays de la côte diront: « Voici ce que nous attendions, et c'est là que nous avons fui pour être délivrés du roi d'Assyrie. Et nous, comment échapperons-nous? »
