¹Negore rokusvika kwaTaritani paAshidhodhi, atumwa naSarigoni mambo weAsiria, akarwa neAshidhodhi nokurikunda;

¹In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth it,

²nenguva iyo Jehovha akataura naIsaya mwanakomana waAmozi, achiti, Enda, undosunungura gudza riri pazviuno zvako, ubvise shangu yako parutsoka rwako. Iye akaita saizvozvo, akafamba asine nguvo, asine shangu.

²at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,` and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.

³Zvino Jehovha akati, Muranda wangu Isaya sezvaakafamba asine nguvo asine shangu makore matatu akava chiratidzo nechishamiso pamusoro peEgipita neItiopia;

³And Jehovah saith, `As My servant Isaiah hath gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush,

⁴saizvozvo mambo weAsiria achaenda navatapwa veEgipita navakadzingwa veItiopia, vaduku navakuru Vasina nguvo vasina shangu, vakafukurwa zviuno, chive chinyadzo cheEgipita.

⁴so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered — the nakedness of Egypt;

⁵Vachavhunduswa nokunyadziswa pamusoro peItiopia, chivimbo chavo, neEgipita rumbidzo yavo.

⁵and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

⁶Vagere panyika iyi iri pamahombekombe egungwa vachati nezuva iro, Tarirai, ndizvo zvaita chivimbo chedu, kwataitizira tichitsvaka kurwirwa kuna mambo weAsiria; ko isu zvino tichapukunyuka sei?

⁶and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day — Lo, thus [is] our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape — we?`