Jesajas 20

1 Tanī gadā, kad Tartans gāja uz Ašdodu, Asīrijas ķēniņa Zargona sūtīts, un karoja pret Ašdodu un to uzņēma, -

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

2 Tai laikā Tas Kungs runāja caur Jesaju, Amoca dēlu, sacīdams: ej un atraisi to maisu no saviem gurniem, un novelc savas kurpes no savām kājām. Un viņš tā darīja un staigāja pliks un basām kājām.

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 Tad Tas Kungs sacīja: tā kā Mans kalps Jesaja staigā pliks un basām kājām, trīs gadus par zīmi un priekšzīmi Ēģiptei un Moru zemei, -

[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 Tā Asīrijas ķēniņš aizvedīs Ēģiptes cietumniekus un Moru ļaužu aizdzītos, jaunus un vecus, plikus un basām kājām, ar atsegtu pakaļu Ēģiptei par kaunu.

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 Un iztrūcināsies un kaunēsies Moru ļaužu dēļ, uz ko paļāvās, un Ēģiptes dēļ ar ko lielījās.

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 Un šīs jūrmalas ļaudis sacīs tai dienā: redzi, vai šis ir mūsu patvērums, kurp mēs skrējām pēc palīga, ka tiktu izglābti no Asīrijas ķēniņa? Kā nu mēs izglābsimies?

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!’”