Izajasza 20

1 W roku, w którym Tartan przybył do Aszdodu, wysłany tam przez Sargona, króla Asyrii, walczył przeciw Aszdodu i go zdobył;

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

2 W tym czasie PAN powiedział przez Izajasza, syna Amosa: Idź, zdejmij wór ze swych bioder i obuwie ze swoich nóg. I uczynił tak, chodząc nago i boso.

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 I PAN powiedział: Jak mój sługa Izajasz chodzi nago i boso przez trzy lata jako znak i cud dla Egiptu i Etiopii;

[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 Tak król Asyrii uprowadzi więźniów Egiptu i jeńców Etiopii, młodych i starych, nagich i bosych, z obnażonymi pośladkami, na pohańbienie Egiptu.

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 I przestraszą się, i zawstydzą z powodu Etiopii, ich nadziei, i z powodu Egiptu, ich chluby.

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 Tego dnia mieszkaniec tej wyspy powie: Oto co się stało z naszą nadzieją, do której uciekliśmy się o pomoc, abyśmy zostali wyzwoleni od króla Asyrii. A teraz jak zdołamy ujść cało?

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!’”