2 Chronicles 26

1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

1 وَأَخَذَ كُلُّ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا عُزِّيَّا وَهُوَ ٱبْنُ سِتَّ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً وَمَلَّكُوهُ عِوَضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَمَصْيَا.

2 Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

2 هُوَ بَنَى أَيْلَةَ وَرَدَّهَا لِيَهُوذَا بَعْدَ ٱضْطِجَاعِ ٱلْمَلِكِ مَعَ آبَائِهِ.

3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.

3 كَانَ عُزِّيَّا ٱبْنَ سِتَّ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَكُلْيَا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

4 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

4 وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ أَمَصْيَا أَبُوهُ.

5 He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

5 وَكَانَ يَطْلُبُ ٱللهَ فِي أَيَّامِ زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْفَاهِمِ بِمَنَاظِرِ ٱللهِ. وَفِي أَيَّامِ طَلَبِهِ ٱلرَّبَّ أَنْجَحَهُ ٱللهُ.

6 Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

6 وَخَرَجَ وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَهَدَمَ سُورَ جَتَّ وَسُورَ يَبْنَةَ وَسُورَ أَشْدُودَ، وَبَنَى مُدُنًا فِي أَرْضِ أَشْدُودَ وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

7 وَسَاعَدَهُ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَعَلَى ٱلْعَرَبِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي جُورِ بَعْلَ وَٱلْمَعُونِيِّينَ.

8 The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.

8 وَأَعْطَى ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّونَ عُزِّيَّا هَدَايَا، وَٱمْتَدَّ ٱسْمُهُ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ مِصْرَ لِأَنَّهُ تَشَدَّدَ جِدًّا.

9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

9 وَبَنَى عُزِّيَّا أَبْرَاجًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ وَعِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي وَعِنْدَ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ وَحَصَّنَهَا.

10 Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

10 وَبَنَى أَبْرَاجًا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَحَفَرَ آبَارًا كَثِيرَةً لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ مَاشِيَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي ٱلسَّاحِلِ وَٱلسَّهْلِ، وَفَلَاّحُونَ وَكَرَّامُونَ فِي ٱلْجِبَالِ وَفِي ٱلْكَرْمَلِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْفِلَاحَةَ.

11 Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

11 وَكَانَ لِعُزِّيَّا جَيْشٌ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَاتِلِينَ يَخْرُجُونَ لِلْحَرْبِ أَحْزَابًا حَسَبَ عَدَدِ إِحْصَائِهِمْ عَنْ يَدِ يَعِيئِيلَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ وَمَعَسِيَا ٱلْعَرِيفِ تَحْتَ يَدِ حَنَنْيَّا وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

12 The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.

12 كُلُّ عَدَدِ رُؤُوسِ ٱلْآبَاءِ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ ٱلْبَأْسِ أَلْفَانِ وَسِتُّ مِئَةٍ.

13 Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

13 وَتَحْتَ يَدِهِمْ جَيْشُ جُنُودٍ ثَلَاثُ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ وَسَبْعَةُ آلَافٍ وَخَمْسُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِقُوَّةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ لِمُسَاعَدَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

14 Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

14 وَهَيَّأَ لَهُمْ عُزِّيَّا، لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَيْشِ، أَتْرَاسًا وَرِمَاحًا وَخُوَذًا وَدُرُوعًا وَقِسِيًّا وَحِجَارَةَ مَقَالِيعَ.

15 And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.

15 وَعَمِلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مَنْجَنِيقَاتٍ ٱخْتِرَاعَ مُخْتَرِعِينَ لِتَكُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَبْرَاجِ وَعَلَى ٱلزَّوَايَا، لِتُرْمَى بِهَا ٱلسِّهَامُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ. وَٱمْتَدَّ ٱسْمُهُ إِلَى بَعِيدٍ إِذْ عَجِبَتْ مُسَاعَدَتُهُ حَتَّى تَشَدَّدَ.

16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

16 وَلَمَّا تَشَدَّدَ ٱرْتَفَعَ قَلْبُهُ إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ وَخَانَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ، وَدَخَلَ هَيْكَلَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيُوقِدَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَخُورِ.

17 Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.

17 وَدَخَلَ وَرَاءَهُ عَزَرْيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنْ كَهَنَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ بَنِي ٱلْبَأْسِ.

18 They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

18 وَقَاوَمُوا عُزِّيَّا ٱلْمَلِكَ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «لَيْسَ لَكَ يَا عُزِّيَّا أَنْ تُوقِدَ لِلرَّبِّ، بَلْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ بَنِي هَارُونَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِينَ لِلْإِيقَادِ. اُخْرُجْ مِنَ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ لِأَنَّكَ خُنْتَ وَلَيْسَ لَكَ مِنْ كَرَامَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْإِلَهِ».

19 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

19 فَحَنِقَ عُزِّيَّا. وَكَانَ فِي يَدِهِ مِجْمَرَةٌ لِلْإِيقَادِ. وَعِنْدَ حَنَقِهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ خَرَجَ بَرَصٌ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِجَانِبِ مَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَخُورِ.

20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

20 فَٱلْتَفَتَ نَحْوَهُ عَزَرْيَاهُو ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلرَّأْسُ وَكُلُّ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَإِذَا هُوَ أَبْرَصُ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ، فَطَرَدُوهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ بَادَرَ إِلَى ٱلْخُرُوجِ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ ضَرَبَهُ.

21 So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.

21 وَكَانَ عُزِّيَّا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَبْرَصَ إِلَى يَوْمِ وَفَاتِهِ، وَأَقَامَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمَرَضِ أَبْرَصَ لِأَنَّهُ قُطِعَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَانَ يُوثَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ يَحْكُمُ عَلَى شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

22 As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

22 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ عُزِّيَّا ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْأَخِيرَةُ كَتَبَهَا إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ.

23 And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

23 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ عُزِّيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي حَقْلِ ٱلْمِقْبَرَةِ ٱلَّتِي لِلْمُلُوكِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ أَبْرَصُ. وَمَلَكَ يُوثَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.