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].
Pada tahun ketika panglima yang dikirim oleh Sargon, raja Asyur, tiba di Asdod lalu memerangi dan merebutnya,
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].
pada waktu itu berfirmanlah TUHAN melalui Yesaya bin Amos. Firman-Nya: "Pergilah dan bukalah kain kabung dari pinggangmu dan tanggalkanlah kasut dari kakimu," lalu iapun berbuat demikian, maka berjalanlah ia telanjang dan tidak berkasut.
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.
Berfirmanlah TUHAN: "Seperti hamba-Ku Yesaya berjalan telanjang dan tidak berkasut tiga tahun lamanya sebagai tanda dan alamat terhadap Mesir dan terhadap Etiopia,
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.
demikianlah raja Asyur akan menggiring orang Mesir sebagai tawanan dan orang Etiopia sebagai buangan, tua dan muda, telanjang dan tidak berkasut dengan pantatnya kelihatan, suatu penghinaan bagi Mesir.
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.
Maka orang akan terkejut dan malu karena Etiopia, pokok pengharapan mereka, dan karena Mesir, kebanggaan mereka.
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!’”
Dan penduduk tanah pesisir ini akan berkata pada waktu itu: Lihat, beginilah nasib orang-orang yang kami harapkan, kepada siapa kami melarikan diri minta pertolongan supaya diselamatkan dari raja Asyur. Bagaimana mungkin kami terluput?"
