Tjilakidzo tje nlebesambeli umbujo
1 Mu gole lakati ntungamili we ngwa nkulu wakabe atumiwa ndi Mambo Sarigoni we Asiriya wakati kazha kabhayana ne Ashidodi ngono kaitapa. 2 Nge tjibaka itjetjo Yahwe bakalebeleka beshingisa Isaya nkololo wa Amozi beti, “Yenda unosunungula jila le saka mu thunji dzidzo, ube uambula shangu dzidzo mu makumbo awo.” Ngono kathama eijalo, kabe eyenda akati piti kakale asakaambala shangu. 3 Yahwe bakabe beti, “Nlanda wangu Isaya sekwa akayenda akati piti kakale asakaambala shangu mu makumbo makole matatu tjili tjilakidzo ne mashula ku Egipiti ne ku Itopiya, 4 ndizo mambo we Asiriya unowotapa Baegipiti kathama kuti Baitopiya batizhe shango yabo, bose batjetjana ne bakwegula bakati piti basakaambala shangu mapato abo ali patjena kubhatisa Egipiti shoni. 5 Ipapo banowonyala moyo bakahwumana ngekwe Itopiya yabanogalabgwe nenge kwe Egipiti yabanozwikudza ndiyo. 6 Ndizo bagali be shango iyeyi imu tjekelo dze gungwa banowolebeleka beti, ‘Bonani ikoku ndiko kwakashingikalila ibabo batabe takagalabgwe batakatizhila ku bali kuti batibhatshe kuti tisunungugwe muna mambo we Asiriya! Ngono iswi kee, towosiya tjini?’ ”
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?’”