The Sign of the Naked Prophet
1 Under the orders of Emperor Sargon of Assyria, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army attacked the Philistine city of Ashdod. 2 Three years earlier the Lord had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went around naked and barefoot. 3 When Ashdod was captured, the Lord said, “My servant Isaiah has been going around naked and barefoot for three years. This is a sign of what will happen to Egypt and Ethiopia. 4 The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt. 5 Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered. 6 When that time comes, the people who live along the coast of Philistia will say, ‘Look at what has happened to the people we relied on to protect us from the emperor of Assyria! How will we ever survive?’”
نبوءة احتلال أشدود
1 في السَّنةِ الّتي أرسَلَ فيها سَرجونُ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ قائدَ جيشِهِ إلى أشدودَ، فقاتَلَها واستَولى علَيها، 2 تكلَّمَ الرّبُّ على لِسانِ إشَعيا بنِ آموصَ فقالَ: «إذهَبْ إنزَع المِسْحَ عنْ وسطِكَ واخلَعْ حِذاءَكَ عنْ قَدَميكَ. ففعَلَ ومشى عاريا حافيا. 3 فقالَ الرّبُّ: «كما مشى عبدي إشَعيا عاريا حافيا مُدَّةَ ثَلاثِ سنينَ، كآيَةٍ وأُعجوبةٍ لمِصْرَ وكوشَ، 4 كذلِكَ يسوقُ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ سبايا مِصْرَ وأسرى كوشَ، صِغارا وكِبارا، عُراةً حُفاةً، مكشوفَةً مُؤَخَّراتُهُم فضيحةً لمِصْرَ. 5 فتَفزَعونَ وتَخجلونَ بكوشَ وهيَ رَجاؤُكُم، وبمِصْرَ وهيَ فَخرُكُم. 6 ويقولُ سُكَّانُ هذا السَّاحِلِ في ذلِكَ اليومِ: «أُنظُروا ما جرى للَّذينَ وضَعْنا فيهِم رَجاءَنا ولَجَأْنا إليهِم لِلمَعونةِ والإنقاذِ مِنْ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ، فكيفَ نَنجو نحنُ؟»