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 s'avança sur Asdod, envoyé par Sargon, roi d'Assyrie, et où il assiégea et prit Asdod,
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 l'intermédiaire d'Ésaïe, fils d'Amots, et dit: Va, et détache le cilice de tes reins, et ôte tes souliers de tes pieds. Et il fit ainsi, et alla sans manteau 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.
Alors l'Éternel dit: De même que mon serviteur Ésaïe va sans manteau et nu-pieds, pendant trois ans signe et présage pour l'Egypte 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 de l'Egypte et les captifs de l'Ethiopie, jeunes hommes et vieillards, sans manteau et nu-pieds et le dos découvert, opprobre pour 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 auront honte de l'Ethiopie qui avait leur confiance, et de l'Egypte dont ils se glorifiaient.
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 les habitants de cette côte diront en ce jour: Voilà où en sont ceux qui avaient notre confiance, vers qui nous fuyions, pour être secourus, pour être délivrés du roi d'Assyrie! et nous, comment pourrions-nous échapper?
