٢ أخبار 26

١ 1 وَأَخَذَ كُلُّ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا عُزِّيَّا وَهُوَ ٱبْنُ سِتَّ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً وَمَلَّكُوهُ عِوَضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَمَصْيَا.

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

٢ 2 هُوَ بَنَى أَيْلَةَ وَرَدَّهَا لِيَهُوذَا بَعْدَ ٱضْطِجَاعِ ٱلْمَلِكِ مَعَ آبَائِهِ.

He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

٣ 3 كَانَ عُزِّيَّا ٱبْنَ سِتَّ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَكُلْيَا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Sixteen years old [was] Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

٤ 4 وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ أَمَصْيَا أَبُوهُ.

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

٥ 5 وَكَانَ يَطْلُبُ ٱللهَ فِي أَيَّامِ زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْفَاهِمِ بِمَنَاظِرِ ٱللهِ. وَفِي أَيَّامِ طَلَبِهِ ٱلرَّبَّ أَنْجَحَهُ ٱللهُ.

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

٦ 6 وَخَرَجَ وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَهَدَمَ سُورَ جَتَّ وَسُورَ يَبْنَةَ وَسُورَ أَشْدُودَ، وَبَنَى مُدُنًا فِي أَرْضِ أَشْدُودَ وَٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ.

And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

٧ 7 وَسَاعَدَهُ ٱللهُ عَلَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَعَلَى ٱلْعَرَبِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي جُورِ بَعْلَ وَٱلْمَعُونِيِّينَ.

And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.

٨ 8 وَأَعْطَى ٱلْعَمُّونِيُّونَ عُزِّيَّا هَدَايَا، وَٱمْتَدَّ ٱسْمُهُ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ مِصْرَ لِأَنَّهُ تَشَدَّدَ جِدًّا.

And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad [even] to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

٩ 9 وَبَنَى عُزِّيَّا أَبْرَاجًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ وَعِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلْوَادِي وَعِنْدَ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ وَحَصَّنَهَا.

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

١٠ 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.

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

١١ 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.

Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, [one] of the king’s captains.

١٢ 12 كُلُّ عَدَدِ رُؤُوسِ ٱلْآبَاءِ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ ٱلْبَأْسِ أَلْفَانِ وَسِتُّ مِئَةٍ.

The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour [were] two thousand and six hundred.

١٣ 13 وَتَحْتَ يَدِهِمْ جَيْشُ جُنُودٍ ثَلَاثُ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ وَسَبْعَةُ آلَافٍ وَخَمْسُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَاتِلِينَ بِقُوَّةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ لِمُسَاعَدَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى ٱلْعَدُوِّ.

And under their hand [was] an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

١٤ 14 وَهَيَّأَ لَهُمْ عُزِّيَّا، لِكُلِّ ٱلْجَيْشِ، أَتْرَاسًا وَرِمَاحًا وَخُوَذًا وَدُرُوعًا وَقِسِيًّا وَحِجَارَةَ مَقَالِيعَ.

And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings [to cast] stones.

١٥ 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.

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

١٦ 16 وَلَمَّا تَشَدَّدَ ٱرْتَفَعَ قَلْبُهُ إِلَى ٱلْهَلَاكِ وَخَانَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ، وَدَخَلَ هَيْكَلَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيُوقِدَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَخُورِ.

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

١٧ 17 وَدَخَلَ وَرَاءَهُ عَزَرْيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنْ كَهَنَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ بَنِي ٱلْبَأْسِ.

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, [that were] valiant men:

١٨ 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».

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, [It appertaineth] not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither [shall it be] for thine honour from the LORD God.

١٩ 19 فَحَنِقَ عُزِّيَّا. وَكَانَ فِي يَدِهِ مِجْمَرَةٌ لِلْإِيقَادِ. وَعِنْدَ حَنَقِهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ خَرَجَ بَرَصٌ فِي جَبْهَتِهِ أَمَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِجَانِبِ مَذْبَحِ ٱلْبَخُورِ.

Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

٢٠ 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.

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

٢١ 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.

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

٢٢ 22 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ عُزِّيَّا ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْأَخِيرَةُ كَتَبَهَا إِشَعْيَاءُ بْنُ آمُوصَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ.

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ عُزِّيَّا مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي حَقْلِ ٱلْمِقْبَرَةِ ٱلَّتِي لِلْمُلُوكِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ أَبْرَصُ. وَمَلَكَ يُوثَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.