Isaías 20

1 En el año que vino Tartán en Azoto, cuando le envió Sargón, rey de Asiria, y peleó contra Azoto, 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 habló Jehová por Isaías hijo de Amós, diciendo: Vé, y quita el saco de tus lomos, y descalza los zapatos de tus pies; e hízolo así, andando 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 Y dijo Jehová: De la manera que anduvo mi siervo Isaías desnudo y descalzo tres años, señal y pronóstico 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 llevará el rey de Asiria la cautividad de Egipto, y la transmigración de Etiopía, de mozos y de viejos, desnuda y descalza, y descubiertas las nalgas, 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 Y quebrantarse han, y avergonzarse han de Etiopía su esperanza, 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 Y dirá en aquel día el morador de esta isla: Mirád que tal fue nuestra esperanza, donde nos acogimos por socorro, para ser libres de la presencia del rey de Asiria. ¿Y 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!’”