1 و َأرسَلَ سَرْجُونُ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ تَرْتانَ قائِدَ القُوّاتِ الأشُّورِيَّةِ إلَى أشدُودَ. فَحارَبَ تَرْتانُ أشدُودَ فِي تِلكَ السَّنَةِ وَاستَولَى عَلَيها.

In the year that the Tartan came to Ashdod in Philistia, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, he fought against Ashdod and took it.

2 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، كَلَّمَ اللهُ إشَعْياءَ بْنَ آمُوصَ فَقالَ: «اذْهَبْ وَاخلَعْ ثِيابَ الحُزنِ الَّتِي تَرتَدِيها عَلَى جَسَدِكَ، وَاخلَعْ حِذاءَكَ مِنْ قَدَمَيكَ.» فَفَعَلَ وَصارَ يَمْشِي عارِياً حافِياً.

At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, loose the sackcloth from off your loins and take your shoes off your feet. And he had done so, walking around stripped and barefoot.

3 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ: «كَما سارَ عَبدِيَ إشَعْياءُ عارِياً وَحافِياً ثَلاثَ سَنَواتٍ كَعَلامَةٍ لِمِصْرَ وَكُوشَ،

And the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and concerning Cush (Ethiopia),

4 ه َكَذا سَيَقُودُ مَلِكُ أشُّورَ الأسرَى مِنْ مِصرَ وَكُوشَ كِباراً وَصِغاراً. سَيَقُودُهُمْ عُراةً حُفاةً وَمَكشُوفِي الأجْسامِ. وَلِذَلِكَ سَتَخزَى مِصرُ.

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Ethiopian exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the shame of Egypt.

5 س َيَتَحَيَّرُونَ وَيُذَلُّونَ بِسَبَبِ كُوشَ الَّذِي وَضَعُوا فِيهِ آمالَهُمْ، وَبِسَبَبِ مِصرَ الَّتِي افتَخَرُوا بِقُوَّتِها.»

And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and expectation and Egypt their glory and boast.

6 ف ِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَقُولُ الشَّعبُ السّاكِنُ قُربَ البَحرِ: «هَذا ما حَدَثَ لِمَنِ اتَّكَلْنا عَلَيهِمْ، الَّذِينَ رَكَضْنا نَحوَهُمْ لِيُساعِدُونا وَيُنقِذُونا مِنْ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ. فَكَيفَ يُمكِنُنا نَحنُ أنْ نَهرُبَ؟»

And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, See! This is what comes to those in whom we trusted and hoped, to whom we fled for help to deliver us from the king of Assyria! But we, how shall we escape ?