Isaiah 20

1 In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth it,

Afe a Asiriahene Sargon somaa ne man no sahene kɔɔ Asdod kɔtow hyɛɛ no so na odii ne so nkonim no,

2 at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, 'Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.

saa bere no Awurade faa Yesaia, Amos babarima so kasae se, “Yi atweaatam no fi wo ho ne mpaboa no fi wo nan ase.” Ɔyɛɛ saa de adagyaw a nʼanan nso sisi fam dii akɔneaba.

3 And Jehovah saith, 'As My servant Isaiah hath gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,

Na Awurade kae se, “Sɛnea me somfo Yesaia de adagyaw anantew mfe abiɛsa a nʼanan nso sisi fam yi de, ayɛ ɔhaw nsɛnkyerɛnne a etia Misraim ne Kus no,

4 so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered — the nakedness of Egypt;

saa ara na Asiriahene bedi Misraim nneduafo ne Kus nnommum a wɔdeda adagyaw na wɔn nan sisi fam, mmabun ne mpanyin a wɔn to deda so no anim, de agu Misraim anim ase.

5 and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

Wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho too Kus so, na wɔde Misraim hoahoaa wɔn ho no besuro na wɔn ani awu.

6 and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day — Lo, thus [is] our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape — we?'

Saa da no nnipa a wɔtete mpoano ha bɛka se, ‘Monhwɛ asɛm a ato wɔn a yɛde yɛn ho too wɔn so no, wɔn a yeguan kɔɔ wɔn nkyɛn kɔpɛɛ mmoa sɛ wobegye yɛn afi Asiriahene nsam no! Yɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛaguan?’”