Isaiah 20
1 One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army [to take his soldiers] to capture Ashdod [city in Philistia].
Sinä vuonna, jona Tartan, Sargonin, Assurin kuninkaan, lähettämänä, tuli Asdodiin, ryhtyi taisteluun Asdodia vastaan ja valloitti sen-
2 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].
siihen aikaan Herra puhui Jesajan, Aamoksen pojan, kautta sanoen: "Mene, riisu säkkipuku lanteiltasi ja vedä kengät jalastasi". Hän teki niin: kulki vaipatta ja avojaloin.
3 [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.
Sitten Herra sanoi: "Niinkuin palvelijani Jesaja on kolme vuotta kulkenut vaipatta ja avojaloin, merkiksi ja enteeksi Egyptille ja Etiopialle,
4 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.
niin on Assurin kuningas kuljettava Egyptin sotavankeja ja Etiopian pakkosiirtolaisia, sekä nuoria että vanhoja, vaipattomina ja avojaloin, takapuolet paljaina-Egyptin häpeä!
5 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.
Silloin he kauhistuvat ja saavat häpeän Etiopiasta, joka oli heidän toivonsa, ja Egyptistä, joka oli heidän ylpeytensä.
6 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!’”
Ja tämän rantamaan asukkaat sanovat sinä päivänä: 'Katso, näin on käynyt meidän toivomme, jonka turviin me pakenimme apua saamaan, vapautuaksemme Assurin kuninkaasta. Kuinka me sitten itse pelastuisimme?'"
