Isaías 20

1 En el año en que Tartán llegó a Asdod, cuando lo envió Sargón, rey de Asiria, y combatió contra Asdod y la tomó;

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 aquel tiempo Yahvé habló por medio de Isaías, hijo de Amoz, diciendo: “Ve y afloja el cilicio de tu cintura, y quítate las sandalias de los pies.” Así lo hizo, caminando 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 Yahvé dijo: “Como mi siervo Isaías ha caminado desnudo y descalzo durante tres años como señal y maravilla sobre Egipto y sobre 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 llevará a los cautivos de Egipto y a los exiliados de Etiopía, jóvenes y viejos, desnudos y descalzos, y con las nalgas descubiertas, 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 Estarán consternados y confundidos, a causa de Etiopía, su expectativa, y de Egipto, su gloria.

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 Los habitantes de esta tierra costera dirán en aquel día: “He aquí, ésta es nuestra expectativa, donde huimos en busca de ayuda para ser liberados del rey de Asiria. Y nosotros, ¿cómo escaparemos?”

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!’”