Yesaya 20

1 Le ƒe si me Asiria fia Sargon dɔ eƒe aʋafiagã ɖe Filistitɔwo ƒe du, Asdod me, eye wòwɔ aʋa kplii hexɔe la,

In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria [Level plain] sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

2 ɣe ma ɣi Yehowa gblɔ na Amoz ƒe vi, Yesaya, be, “Ɖe wò akpanya si nèta la da ɖi, eye nàɖe afɔkpawo le wò afɔ.” Ale Yesaya wɔ nenema; eɖe amama, eye wònɔ afɔ ƒuƒlu zɔm nɔ yiyim.

at that time Adonai spoke by Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 Yehowa gblɔ be, “Abe ale si nye dɔla Yesaya si le afɔ ƒuƒlu zɔm ƒe etɔ̃ sɔŋ ene, nu si nye dzesi kple kpɔɖeŋu na Egipte kple Kus la,

Adonai said, “As my servant Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt [Abode of slavery] and concerning Ethiopia,

4 nenema ke Asiria fia aɖe aboyo Egipte kple Kus, aɖe amewo, ɖeviwo kple tsitsiawo siaa be woatsɔ ado ŋukpe Egipte,

so the king of Assyria [Level plain] will lead away the captives of Egypt [Abode of slavery] and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

5 Ame siwo ɖo ŋu ɖe Kus ŋu, eye wotsɔa Egipte ƒoa adegbee la, woavɔ, eye ŋu akpe wo.

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt [Abode of slavery] their glory.

6 Le ɣe ma ɣi la, ame siwo le ƒuta afi sia la agblɔ be, mikpɔ nu si va dzɔ ɖe ame siwo miesina tsona be woaxɔ na mi le Asiria ƒe asi me la dzi ɖa. Ke azɔ la, aleke miawɔ asi?”

The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria [Level plain]. And we, how will we escape?’”