Isaías 20

1 En el año en que Sargón, rey de Asiria, envió a su comandante del ejército a atacar la ciudad de Asdod y la conquistó,

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

2 en ese momento el Señor habló por medio de Isaías, hijo de Amoz. Le dijo: “Quítate la ropa de saco de tu cuerpo y quítate las sandalias”. Isaías así lo hizo y anduvo desnudo y descalzo.

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 Entonces el Señor dijo: “De la misma manera que mi siervo Isaías ha andado desnudo y descalzo durante tres años como señal y advertencia contra Egipto y Etiopía,

[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 así el rey de Asiria conducirá a los prisioneros egipcios y a los exiliados etíopes, jóvenes y viejos, desnudos y descalzos. Sus nalgas estarán desnudas, para vergüenza de Egipto.

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 Ellos serán desanimados y humillados porque habían puesto su esperanza en Etiopía y confiaban orgullosamente en Egipto.

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 En ese momento la gente que vive en las tierras costeras dirán: ‘¡Mira lo que ha sucedido a aquellos de los que dependíamos! Corrimos hacia ellos en busca de ayuda para salvarnos del rey de Asiria. No tenemos ninguna posibilidad!’”

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!’”