Isaiah Acts Out the Defeat of Egypt and Ethiopia
1 King Sargon of Assyria gave orders for his army commander to capture the city of Ashdod. 2 About this same time the Lord had told me, “Isaiah, take off everything, including your sandals!” I did this and went around naked and barefoot 3 for three years.
Then the Lord said:
What Isaiah has done is a warning to Egypt and Ethiopia. 4 Everyone in these two countries will be led away naked and barefoot by the king of Assyria. Young or old, they will be taken prisoner, and Egypt will be disgraced. 5 They will be confused and frustrated, because they depended on Ethiopia and bragged about Egypt. 6 When this happens, the people who live along the coast will say, “Look what happened to them! We ran to them for safety, hoping they would protect us from the king of Assyria. But now, there is no escape for us.”
ǀŌǀkhā kēbo-aob saos
1 Dana ǃkhōdana-aob, Asiriab gao-aob Sargonni xa ge sîheb ge Asdods tawa hā tsî ǁîs ǃoagu ǃkham tsî ǁîsa ǃkhōsis ǃnâ ge ū. 2 ǁNā ǁaeb aib ge ǃKhūba Amosi ôab Jesajab ǃoa ge mî: “ǃGû, î sa kamanaba xu ǀhaosaraba ūǁnâ tsî sa ǀkhapura ǂgaeǂui,” tsîb ge ǁîba ǁnāti dī tsî ǀōǀkhā tsî ǀōǂaise ge ǃgû. 3 ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǃKhūba ge mî: “Ti ǃgāb Jesajab ge saos ase ǃnona kurigu ǀgaiba tsî Egipteb tsî Etiopiab hâkha ǃoagu hâ ǃkhâikhoms ase ǀōǀkhā tsî ǀōǂaise ge ǃgû. 4 ǁNā ǀgaub aib ge Asiriab gao-aoba Egipteǁîna ǃkhōsis ǃnâ ū tsî Etiopiaǁîna ǃhūsaben ase nî ǂgaeǂguibē, ǂkham tsî kaise, ǀōǀkhā tsî ǀōǂaise, ǀōǂarese Egipteb taosib ǃoa. 5 ǁÎn ǃâubasensa Etiopiab ai ūhân tsî Egipteb ai ǂnīsan tsîn ge ǃao tsî nî taotaohe. 6 ǁNā tsēs ain ge huri-ammi di ǁanaona nî mî: ‘Kō re, tare-i ge ǃâubasensa da ge ūhâǃnâ hâ i tsî Asiriab Gao-aoba xu huihe tsî ǃnoraǃnorahes ǃaroma ǃkhoeniǀîn ǀkha hāsa!’ Tsî mâti da kha ûiǂoa ǁkhā?”
