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].

Iti tawen nga immay ni Tartan idiay Asdod, idi imbaon isuna ni Sargon nga ari ti Asiria, nakiranget isuna iti Asdod ket sinakupna daytoy.

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].

Iti dayta a tiempo, nagsao ni Yahweh babaen kenni Isaias a putot ni Amos a kinunana, “Mapanka ket ikkatem ti nakersang a lupot iti siketmo ken ikkatem dagita sandaliasmo.” Kasta ngarud ti inaramidna, nagnagna a lamolamo ken sakasaka.

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.

Kinuna ni Yahweh, “Kas iti adipenko a ni Isaias a nagna a lamolamo ken sakasaka iti las-ud ti tallo a tawen, pagilasinan ken ballaag daytoy maipapan iti Egipto ken maipapan ti Etiopia-

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.

iti kastoy a wagas nga ipanawto ti ari ti Asiria dagiti natiliw a kas balud a taga-Egipto ken dagiti naipanaw a kas balud a taga-Etiopia, ubing ken nataengan, lamolamo ken sakasaka ken saan a naabbongan dagiti patongda, a pakaibabainan ti Egipto.

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.

Maupay ken maibabaindanto, gapu ta ti Etiopia ti namnamada ken ti Egipto ti dayagda.

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!’”

Dagiti agnanaed kadagitoy nga igid ti baybay ket ibagadanto iti dayta nga aldaw, 'Pudno, daytoy ti nagtaudan ti namnamatayo, a nagkamangantayo tapno maispaltayo manipud iti Ari ti Asiria, ket ita, kasanotayo ngay a makalibas?’”