2 Hou Olelesu 26
1 Amalalu, Yuda fi dunu da A: masaia egefe Asaia, amo ilima hina bagade hamoma: ne ilegei. Amogala, ea lalelegei ode da 16 agoane ba: i.
After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. [One of the things that happened] while he was the king [was that] his men captured Elath [town on the Gulf of Aqaba] and rebuilt it.
2 (Ea ada bogole, fa: no, Asaia da Ila: de moilai bai bagade bu fedelale, amo buga: le gagui.)
3 Asaia da lalelegele, ode 16 esalu, e da muni Yuda hina bagade hamoi, amola e da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega esala, ode 52 agoanega Yuda fi ouligilalu. Ea ame da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagade uda, ea dio amo Yegoulaia.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 E da ea ada ea hou defele, Hina Gode hahawane ba: ma: ne, molole hamoi.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Ea Gode Ea Sia: fada: i sia: su dunu (Segalaia) da esaloba, e da mae fisili, Hina Godema noga: le fa: no bobogei. Amola Gode da ema hahawane dogolegele hamoi.
He tried to please God while [the priest] Zechariah was living, because Zechariah taught him to revere God. As long as Uzziah tried to please God, God enabled him to be successful.
6 Asaia da Filisidini dunuma gegemusa: asi. E da moilai bai bagade amo Ga: de, Ya: bene amola A: siedode, ilia gagoi mugului dagoi. Amola A: siedode gadenene amola Filisidini soge huluane ganodini, gagili sali moilai bai bagade gaguli gagai.
Uzziah and his army started to fight against the army of Philistia. They tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod [cities]. Then they rebuilt the towns near Ashdod and in other places in Philistia.
7 Gode da e fidiba: le, e da Filisidini dunu, A:la: be fi dunu ilia da Geba: iele soge ganodini esalu, amola Miunaide fi dunu huluane hasasali.
God helped them to fight the army of Philistia and the Arabs who lived in [the town of] Gur-Baal and the descendants of Meun who had come to that area from Edom.
8 Asaia da A: mone fima dabe ima: ne, seselala lai. Asaia da nimi bagade hamoiba: le, dunu huluane amola Idibidi dunu da ea hou lalaba asi.
Even the Ammon [people-group] paid taxes to Uzziah each year. So Uzziah became famous as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.
9 Asaia da Yelusaleme gagili sali amo bainasima: ne hamoi. E da Hegomai Logo Ga: su, Fago Logo Ga: su amola dobea fei sisigagala: i, amoga diasu gado gagagula heda: i.
Uzziah’s [workers] built watchtowers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the place where the wall turns, and they placed weapons in them.
10 E amolawane da ohe fofole sogega diasu gagili sali gado gagagula heda: i. Amola hano wayabo bagohame dogoi. Bai e da guma: dini agolo sogea amola umia amogai ohe fofoi bagohame ouligisu. E da hawa: hamone manusa: obenai bagadeba: le, e da dunu ilima agolo sogea waini sagama: ne amola nasegagi sogea bugili moma: ne, fada: i sia: ne iasu.
They also built watchtowers in the desert and dug many wells. They did that [to provide water] for a lot of the king’s cattle that were in the foothills and in the plains. Uzziah liked farming, so he also stationed workers [to take care of] his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile areas.
11 E da dadi gagui wa: i gegemusa: momagei bagadedafa galu. Dadi gagui wa: i ea hou amola idi amo sia: dedesu dunu Yiaiele amola Masa: ia ela dedene legesu. Ela ouligisu dunu da Ha: nanaia (e da hina bagade eagene dunu).
Uzziah’s army was trained for fighting battles. They were in groups that were always ready to go into battle. Jeiel, the king’s secretary, and Maaseiah, one of the army officers, counted the men and placed them in groups. Hananiah, one of the king’s officials, was their commander.
12 Asaia ea dadi gagui wa: i ouligisu dunu ilia idi da 2,600 agoane.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Iliha dadi gagui dunu ilia idi da 307,500 agoane. Ilia huluane da hina bagade ea ha lai dunuma gegemusa: momagei.
In the groups that those leaders commanded there were a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army which was ready to help the king fight against his enemies.
14 Asaia da ea dadi gagui dunu ilima da: igene ga: su, goge agei, dialumagene ga: su habuga, da: igene ga: su bulu, oulali, dadi amola ga: muga: dadia gala: su gele, amo ilima iafui.
Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow [and arrows], and a slingshot.
15 Yelusalemega, ea gegesu hahamosu dunu da liligi amoga ilia da diasu gado gagagula heda: i amola bai bagade gagoi dobea ea hegomaia amoga gele bagade gagala: su, amo hahamoi. Dunu fi huluanedafa da ea nimi bagade hou lalaba asi. Ea gasa da bu bagade heda: i. Bai Gode da e noga: le fidi.
In Jerusalem his skilled workers made machines to put on the watchtowers and on the corners [of the walls], to shoot arrows and to hurl large stones. He became very famous even in distant places, because God helped him very much and enabled him to become very powerful.
16 Be hina bagade Asaia da nimi bagade hamonoba, e da gasa fili, hina hou hi ofa: su. Amalalu, e da dafai. E da ea hina Godema odoga: ne, Debolo Diasua golili sa: ili, oloda da: iya gabusiga: manoma gobele salimusa: momagei.
But because Uzziah was very powerful, he became very proud, and that led to his being punished. He disobeyed what Yahweh his God had commanded. He went into the temple to burn incense on the altar [where God had said that only the priests should burn] incense.
17 Gobele salasu dunu A: salaia amola eno gasa bagade gobele salasu dunu 80 agoane, ilia da hina bagade ea logo hedofamusa: , ea bagia aligili asi.
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 Ilia amane sia: i, “Asaia! Di da Hina Godema gabusiga: manoma gobele salasu hamoma: ne hame ilegei. Elane egaga fifi mabe gobele salasu dunu, ilia fawane da amo hawa: hamoma: ne momogili gagai galu. Amo Hadigi Malei Sesei yolesili, ga masa! Di da Hina Gode se nabima: ne hamoi dagoi. E da dima bu hahawane dogolegele hame hamomu.”
They rebuked him and said to him, “Uzziah, it is not right for you to burn incense to [honor] Yahweh. That duty is only for the priests, those who are descendants of Aaron [our first Supreme Priest]! You must leave [immediately], because you have disobeyed Yahweh our God, and he will not honor you [for what you have done]!”
19 Asaia da Debolo Diasu ganodini oloda bega: , gabusiga: manoma gobele salimusa: hanu wa: i gaguli lelu. E da gobele salasu dunu ilima ougi bagade ba: i. Amogaluwane, ‘lebolosi’ olo da ea odagia madelai dagoi ba: i.
Uzziah had in his hand a pan for burning incense. He became very angry with the priests, but suddenly there was leprosy on his forehead.
20 A: salaia amola gobele salasu dunu eno ilia da hina bagade ea odagia sosodola aligili, bagade beda: i. Ilia da e Debolo Diasu fisili masa: ne sesei. E da Hina Gode Ea se iasu lai dagoi, amo dawa: beba: le, hedolowane gadili hobeale asi.
When Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and all the other priests [who were there] looked at him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, so they quickly took him outside. And truly the king was eager to leave the temple, because he knew that it was Yahweh who had caused him to have that leprosy, [and he did not want it to become worse.]
21 Amalu, hina bagade Asaia ea fifi ahoanebe amogalu, e da nigima: madelai dagoi ba: i. E da bu Debolo Diasu ganodini heda: mu hamedei ba: i. Bai Hina Gode Ea Sema defele, amo da ema sema legei galu. E da mae hawa: hamone, hina: diasua udigili esalebe ba: i. Egefe Youda: me da Yuda fi ouligisu.
King Uzziah had leprosy until he died. And because he had leprosy, he lived in a house that was not near other houses, and he was not allowed to enter [the courtyard of] the temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace and ruled the people of Judah.
22 Balofede dunu Aisaia (A: imose egefe) da hou eno amo hina bagade Asaia hamoi, meloa ganodini dedene legei.
A record of all the other things that Uzziah did while he was the king [of Judah] was written by the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.
23 Asaia da bogole, hina bagade bogoi uli dogosu sogebi Da: ibidi Moilai bai bagadega dogone sali. Be e da ‘lebolosi’ olo madelaiba: le, hina bagade ilia bogoi gele gelabo ganodini hame sali. Egefe Youda: me da e bagia Yuda hina bagade hamoi.
Because Uzziah was a leper, [when he died, ] they would not bury him in the tombs where the other kings were buried. Instead, he was buried in a nearby cemetery that the kings owned. Then his son Jotham became the king [of Judah].
