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].
El año en que Tartán, enviado de Sargón, rey de Asiria, llegó a Azoto, la combatió y la tomó,
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 ese tiempo habló Yahvé por boca de Isaías, hijo de Amós, diciendo: “Ve y quítate el cilicio de sobre tus lomos, y sácate el calzado de tus pies.” Y él lo hizo así, yendo desnudo y descalzo.
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.
Y dijo Yahvé: “Así como mi siervo Isaías anduvo desnudo y descalzo por tres años, siendo señal y presagio para Egipto y Etiopía;
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.
así llevará el rey de Asiria a los cautivos de Egipto y a los deportados de Etiopía, jóvenes y ancianos, desnudos y descalzos, y descubiertas las nalgas, para vergüenza de Egipto.”
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.
Entonces temblarán y se avergonzarán por haber puesto su esperanza en Etiopía y su gloria en Egipto.
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!’”
Y los habitantes de esta tierra dirán en aquel día: “¡He aquí los que eran nuestra esperanza, a los que hemos acudido en busca de auxilio contra el rey de Asiria! ¿Cómo escaparemos nosotros?”
