Liber Isaiae, 20

1. in anno quo ingressus est Tharthan in Azotum cum misisset eum Sargon rex Assyriorum et pugnasset contra Azotum et cepisset eam

1. In the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus, when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had taken it:

2. in tempore illo locutus est Dominus in manu Isajæ filii Amos dicens vade et solve saccum de lumbis tuis et calciamenta tua tolle de pedibus tuis et fecit sic vadens nudus et disculciatus

2. At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.

3. et dixit Dominus sicut ambulavit servus meus Isajas nudus et disculciatus trium annorum signum et portentum erit super Ægyptum et super Æthiopiam

3. And the Lord said: As my servant Isaias hath walked, naked and barefoot, it shall be a sign and a wonder of three years upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia,

4. sic minabit rex Assyriorum captivitatem Ægypti et transmigrationem Æthiopiæ juvenum et senum nudam et disculciatam discopertis natibus ignominiam Ægypti

4. So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old. naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.

5. et timebunt et confundentur ab Æthiopia spe sua et ab Ægypto gloria sua

5. And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

6. et dicet habitator insulæ hujus in die illa ecce hæc erat spes nostra ad quos confugimus in auxilium ut liberaret nos a facie regis Assyriorum et quomodo effugere poterimus nos

6. And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver up from the face of the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be able to escape?