Isaia 20
1 L’anno che Tartan, mandato da Sargon, re d’Assiria, mosse contro Asdod, la cinse d’assedio e la prese,
One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].
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.
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 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,
[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 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.
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 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.
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 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?”
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!’”
