Isaías, 20

1. No ano em que veio a Azoto o general enviado por Sargon, rei da Assíria, este assediou Azoto e apoderou-se dela.*

1. In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it, --

2. Naquele tempo, o Senhor tinha falado pelo ministério de Isaías, nestes termos: “Vai, desata o saco que trazes às costas e tira as sandálias dos teus pés”. Isaías dispôs-se a executá-lo, ia nu e descalço.*

2. at that time the LORD had spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your shoes from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot --

3. O Senhor disse: “Do mesmo modo que meu servo Isaías vagueia nu e descalço há três anos, para dar uma imagem do que aguarda o Egito e a Etiópia,

3. the LORD said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,

4. assim serão levados pelo rei da Assíria os prisioneiros egípcios e os deportados da Etiópia, moços e velhos, nus e descalços, com o dorso descoberto a nudez do Egito.

4. so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5. Então, aqueles que esperavam na Etiópia e punham no Egito a sua confiança serão amedrontados e confundidos.

5. Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

6. Os habitantes desta costa dirão naquele dia: ‘Eis aqueles em quem esperávamos, entre os quais queríamos encontrar proteção, procurar auxílio e socorro contra o rei da Assíria! Como nos livraremos deles?’.”*

6. And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, `Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?'"