Isaia 20

Nuova Riveduta 2006

di Società Biblica di Ginevra

Gli Egiziani e gli Etiopi, schiavi del re d’Assiria

1 L’anno in cui Tartan, mandato da Sargon, re d’Assiria, marciò contro Asdod, la cinse d’assedio e la prese, 

2 in quel tempo, il Signore parlò per mezzo d’Isaia, figlio di Amots, e gli disse: «Va’, sciogliti il sacco dai fianchi e togliti i calzari dai piedi». Questi fece così e camminò seminudo e scalzo. 

3 Il Signore disse: «Come il mio servo Isaia è andato seminudo e scalzo, segno e presagio, per tre anni, contro l’Egitto e contro l’Etiopia, 

4 così il re d’Assiria condurrà via i prigionieri dall’Egitto e i deportati dall’Etiopia, giovani e vecchi, seminudi e scalzi, con le natiche scoperte, a vergogna dell’Egitto. 

5 Quelli saranno costernati e confusi a causa dell’Etiopia, in cui avevano riposto la loro speranza, e a causa dell’Egitto, di cui si vantavano. 

6 Gli abitanti di questa costa diranno in quel giorno: «Ecco a che è ridotto il paese in cui speravamo, al quale avevamo ricorso in cerca d’aiuto, per essere liberati dal re d’Assiria! Ora noi come faremo a scampare?» 

La Sacra Bibbia Nuova Riveduta 2006 – versione standard
© 2006 Società Biblica di Ginevra

Isaia 20

English Standard Version

di Crossway

A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

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 captured it— (1Sam 5,1; 2Re 18,17) 

2 at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking naked and barefoot. (1Sam 19,24; Mi 1,8; Mi 1,11) 

3 Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, (Is 8,18) 

4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. (Is 19,4) 

5 Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. (Is 30,3; Is 30,5; Is 37,9) 

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?’” (Is 14,29; Is 14,31; Is 37,6; Ger 47,7) 

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