Isaïe 20

1 L’année où le Tharthan vint à Asdod, quand Sargon, roi d’Assyrie, l’envoya (et il fit la guerre contre Asdod et la prit):

One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].

2 en ce temps-là, l’Éternel parla par Ésaïe, fils d’Amots, disant: Va, ôte le sac de dessus tes reins, et détache ta sandale de ton pied. Et il fit ainsi, marchant nu et nu-pieds.

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].

3 Et l’Éternel dit: Comme mon serviteur Ésaïe a marché nu et nu-pieds trois années, [pour être] un signe et un symbole à l’égard de l’Égypte et de l’Éthiopie,

[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.

4 ainsi le roi d’Assyrie mènera les captifs de l’Égypte et les transportés de l’Éthiopie, jeunes et vieux, nus et nu-pieds et leurs hanches découvertes, à la honte de l’Égypte.

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.

5 – Et ils seront terrifiés, et auront honte de l’Éthiopie, leur confiance, et de l’Égypte, leur orgueil.

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.

6 Et l’habitant de cette côte dira en ce jour-là: Voilà notre confiance, ceux vers qui nous avons couru pour avoir du secours, pour être délivrés de devant le roi d’Assyrie! et nous, comment échapperons-nous?

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!’”