Isaaya 20

1 Mu mwaka Talutani omuduumizi w’oku ntikko mwe yajjira mu Asudodi ng’atumiddwa Salugoni kabaka we Bwasuli n’alwana ne Asudodi n’akiwamba;

In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

2 mu kiseera ekyo Mukama Katonda n’ayogera ne Isaaya mutabani wa Amozi nti, “Genda osumulule ebibukutu mu kiwato kyo era oyambulemu engatto mu bigere byo.” N’akola bw’atyo n’atambula engatto ng’aziggyemu.

at that time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying: 'Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot.' And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3 Mukama Katonda n’ayogera nti, “Ng’omuddu wange Isaaya bwe yatambula obwereere emyaka esatu nga tayambadde ngoye wadde engatto okuba akabonero n’ekyewuunyo ku Misiri ne ku Kuusi;

And the LORD said: 'Like as My servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot to be for three years a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia,

4 bw’atyo kabaka w’e Bwasuli bw’aliwambira ddala Abamisiri, aliwaŋŋangusa Abakuusi, abato n’abakulu nga bali bwereere nga tebalina na ngatto, amakugunyu gaabwe nga tegabikiddwako, Misiri ekwatibwe ensonyi.

so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5 Era balitya bakwatibwe ensonyi olwa Kuusi essuubi lyabwe, n’olwa Misiri ekitiibwa kyabwe.

And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

6 Ku olwo abantu abatuula ku lubalama lw’ennyanja baligamba nti, ‘Mulabe ekigudde ku bantu be tubadde twesiga okutukuuma, gye twadda tuwonyezebwe nga tudduka kabaka w’e Bwasuli! Kaakano ffe tunaawonyezebwa tutya?’”

And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day: Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?'