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 le Tharthan vint à Asdod, quand Sargon, roi d’Assyrie, l’envoya (et il fit la guerre contre 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, l’Éternel parla par Ésaïe, fils d’Amots, disant: Va, ôte le sac de dessus tes reins, et détache ta sandale de ton pied. Et il fit ainsi, marchant nu et nu-pieds.
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 l’Éternel dit: Comme mon serviteur Ésaïe a marché nu et nu-pieds trois années, [pour être] un signe et un symbole à l’égard de l’Égypte et de 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.
ainsi le roi d’Assyrie mènera les captifs de l’Égypte et les transportés de l’Éthiopie, jeunes et vieux, nus et nu-pieds et leurs hanches 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.
– Et ils seront terrifiés, et auront honte de l’Éthiopie, leur confiance, et de l’Égypte, leur orgueil.
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 cette côte dira en ce jour-là: Voilà notre confiance, ceux vers qui nous avons couru pour avoir du secours, pour être délivrés de devant le roi d’Assyrie! et nous, comment échapperons-nous?
