Isaias 20
1 Sa taon nang pumunta si Tartan sa Asdod, nang pinadala siya ni Sargon ang hari ng Asiria, nilabanan niya at sinakop ang Asdod.
One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].
2 Sa panahon na iyon, nagsalita si Yahweh kay Isaias ang anak na lalaki ni Amoz at sinabing, “Hubarin mo ang iyong sako sa iyong baywang, at tanggalin mo ang iyong sandalyas”. Ginawa niya ito, naglalakad ng hubad at nakayapak.
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 Sinabi ni Yahweh, “Gaya ng lingkod kong si Isaias na naglakad ng hubad at nakayapak ng tatlong taon, isa iyong palatandaan at pangitain tungkol sa Ehipto at tungkol sa Etiopia—
[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 sa ganitong paraan dadalhin ng hari ng Asiria ang mga bihag ng Ehipto, ang mga tapon ng Etiopia, bata at matanda, hubad at nakayapak, at walang panakip sa pigi, sa kahihiyan ng Ehipto.
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 Sila ay malulungkot at mapapahiya, dahil sa Etiopia na kanilang pag-asa at dahil sa Ehipto na kanilang kaluwalhatian.
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 Sa araw na iyon, sasabihin ng mga naninirahan sa mga pampang na ito, 'Tunay nga, ito ang naging pinaggagalingan ng ating mga pag-asa, kung saan tayo tumakbo para masagip mula sa hari ng Asiria, pero ngayon, paano tayo makakatakas?'”
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!’”
