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 Thartan vint à Azoth, envoyé par Sargon, roi d'Assyrie, assiégea Azoth 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, Yahweh parla par le ministère d'Isaïe, fils d'Amos, en disant: " Va, détache le sac qui couvre tes reins, et ôte les sandales de tes pieds. " Et il fit ainsi, marchant nu et déchaussé.
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.
Et Yahweh dit: " De même que mon serviteur Isaïe a marché nu et déchaussé; étant pendant trois ans un signe et un présage, pour l'Egypte et pour l'Ethiopie;
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.
ainsi le roi d'Assyrie emmènera les captifs de l'Egypte, et les déportés de l'Ethiopie, jeunes gens et vieillards, nus et déchaussés, et les reins découverts, à la honte de l'Egypte.
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.
Alors ils seront consternés et confus, à cause de l'Ethiopie, qui était leur espoir, et de l'Egypte qui était leur sujet de 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!’”
Et l'habitant de ce rivage dira en ce jour-là: Voilà ce qu'est devenu celui en qui nous espérions; celui auprès de qui nous voulions fuir pour chercher du secours, pour être délivrés, des mains du roi d'Assyrie! Et nous, comment échapperons-nous? "
