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].
En el año en que Sargón, rey de Asiria, envió a su comandante del ejército a atacar la ciudad de Asdod y la conquistó,
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 momento el Señor habló por medio de Isaías, hijo de Amoz. Le dijo: “Quítate la ropa de saco de tu cuerpo y quítate las sandalias”. Isaías así lo hizo y anduvo 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.
Entonces el Señor dijo: “De la misma manera que mi siervo Isaías ha andado desnudo y descalzo durante tres años como señal y advertencia contra 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 el rey de Asiria conducirá a los prisioneros egipcios y a los exiliados etíopes, jóvenes y viejos, desnudos y descalzos. Sus nalgas estarán desnudas, 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.
Ellos serán desanimados y humillados porque habían puesto su esperanza en Etiopía y confiaban orgullosamente 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!’”
En ese momento la gente que vive en las tierras costeras dirán: ‘¡Mira lo que ha sucedido a aquellos de los que dependíamos! Corrimos hacia ellos en busca de ayuda para salvarnos del rey de Asiria. No tenemos ninguna posibilidad!’”
