OET interlinear ISA 20:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֛ךְ עַבְדִּ֥⁠י יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ עָר֣וֹם וְ⁠יָחֵ֑ף

just=as gone servant_of,my Yəshaˊ\sup_yāh/(Isaiah) naked and,barefoot

The point of this comparison is that just as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot, so will the people of Egypt and Cush be led away naked and barefoot as captives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot to show that the people of Egypt and Cush will be led away naked and barefoot]

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

עָר֣וֹם וְ⁠יָחֵ֑ף שָׁלֹ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙

naked and,barefoot three years

Going naked and barefoot three years was a symbolic action by which Isaiah showed that the people of Egypt and Cush would be taken away as captives. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [like a captive for three years]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

א֣וֹת וּ⁠מוֹפֵ֔ת עַל

sign/signal/evidence and,a_portent on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of a sign and a wonder, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [to show and to warn what would come against]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

א֣וֹת וּ⁠מוֹפֵ֔ת עַל

sign/signal/evidence and,a_portent on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in

The terms sign and wonder mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [a remarkable sign against]