Isaia 20

1 L’anno che Tartan, mandato da Sargon, re d’Assiria, mosse contro Asdod, la cinse d’assedio e la prese,

In the year in which Tharthan entered into Ashdod, when Sargon, the king of the Assyrians, had sent him, and when he had fought against Ashdod and had captured it,

2 verso quel tempo, l’Eterno parlò per mezzo d’Isaia, figliuolo di Amots, e gli disse: “Va’, sciogliti il sacco di su i fianchi, e togliti i calzari dai piedi”. Questi fece così, e camminò seminudo e scalzo.

in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.

3 E l’Eterno disse: “Come il mio servo Isaia va seminudo e scalzo, segno e presagio, durante tre anni, contro l’Egitto e contro l’Etiopia,

And the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot, as a sign and as a portent of three years over Egypt and over Ethiopia,

4 così il re d’Assiria menerà via i prigionieri dall’Egitto e i deportati dall’Etiopia, giovani e vecchi, seminudi e scalzi, con la natiche scoperte, a vergogna dell’Egitto.

so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 E quelli saranno costernati e confusi, a motivo dell’Etiopia in cui avevan riposta la loro speranza, e a motivo dell’Egitto in cui si gloriavano.

And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.

6 E gli abitanti di questa costa diranno in quel giorno: “Ecco a che è ridotto il paese in cui speravamo, al quale avevamo ricorso in cerca d’aiuto, per essere liberati dal re d’Assiria! Come scamperemo noi?”

And in that day, the inhabitants of a certain island will say: “Behold, this was our hope, we fled to them for help, to free us from the face of the king of the Assyrians. And now, how will we be able to escape?”