< 2 Chronicles 26 >
1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, when, he, was sixteen years old, —and made him king, instead of his father Amaziah.
[烏齊雅登極]全猶大人民立烏齊雅為王,繼承他父親阿瑪責雅,那時他十六歲。
2 He, built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, —after that the king slept with his fathers.
先王與祖先同眠以後,烏齊雅將厄拉特收回仍屬猶大,加以重建。
3 Sixteen years old, was Uzziah, when he began to reign, and, fifty-two years, reigned he in Jerusalem, -and, the name of his mother, was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
烏齊雅登基時纔十六歲,在耶路撒冷作王凡五十二年;他母親名叫耶苛里雅,是耶路撒冷人。
4 And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that Amaziah his father had done.
烏齊雅行了上主視為正義的事完全像他父親阿瑪責雅所行的一樣。
5 And it came to pass that he set himself to seek God, in the days of Zechariah, who gave understanding in the seeing of God, —and, throughout the days of his seeking Yahweh, God, prospered him.
則加黎雅有生之日,由於他指導君王敬畏天主,所以君王時常求天主;在他尋求上主的時期內,天主使他事事順利。[國勢昌盛]
6 So he went forth and made war against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, —and built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
他出兵攻打了培肋舍特人,破壞了加特、雅貝乃和阿市多得的城垣,在阿市多得境內和培肋舍特人中建築了一些城池。
7 And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
天主協助他攻打了培肋舍特人和住在古爾巴耳的阿剌伯人以及瑪紅人。
8 And the Ammonites gave a present to Uzziah, —and his name went forth as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he shewed exceeding great strength.
阿孟子民也向烏齊雅進貢,由於他的勢力極其強大,聲譽傳至埃及邊境。
9 And Uzziah built towers, in Jerusalem, over the corner-gate, and over the valley-gate, and over the angle, —and he made them strong.
烏齊雅在耶路撒冷的角門、谷門以及城角,建築了堡壘,加以設防。
10 And he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells, for, much cattle, had he, both in the lowland, and in the plain, —husbandmen and vinedressers, in the mountains and in the fruitful field, for, a lover of the soil, was he.
又在曠野修築了一些堡壘,開鑿了許多儲水池,因為他在平原和高原有很多的牲畜;又因他喜愛農業,所以在山地和田園裏,僱用了許多農夫和栽培葡萄的人。
11 And it came to pass that Uzziah had a force ready to make war, to go forth as a host in company, by the number of their reckoning, under the direction of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the officer, —under the direction of Hananiah, from among the captains of the king.
烏齊雅還備有能出征作戰的軍旅,照書記耶依耳和監察官瑪阿色雅所編定的數目,由君王的一位將帥哈納尼雅指揮。
12 The whole number of the ancestral chiefs pertaining to the heroes of valour, was two thousand and six hundred;
這些英勇戰士中的族長,總數為二千六百人。
13 and, under their direction, was the force of a host, three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, ready to make war, with the strength of a force, —for helping the king against an enemy.
他們屬下的軍隊計有三萬七千五百人,都是善於作戰,協助君王征討敵人的勇士。
14 And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the host, bucklers and spears and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, —and yea even sling-stones.
烏齊雅給他們全隊的人配備了盾牌、長槍、盔甲、弓箭和彈石。
15 And he made in Jerusalem, inventions invented of the inventor, to be upon the towers and upon the turrets, for throwing with arrows, and with great stones, —so that his name went forth afar, for he was marvellously helped, until that he was strong.
在耶路撒冷又叫巧匠設製機械,放在堡壘和城角上,發射矢箭和大石彈。烏齊雅的名聲傳到遠方,因為他獲得了奇異的助佑,勢力極其強盛。[烏齊雅越職受罰]
16 But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God, —and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
他勢力強大了,便心高氣傲,以致自毀前途,竟敢冒犯上主他的天主,擅進上主的正殿,企圖在香壇上焚香。
17 Then entered after him, Azariah the priest, —and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, sons of valour;
大司祭阿匝黎雅和八十個上主的勇敢司祭隨後進去,
18 and they took their stand against Uzziah the king, and said unto him-It is not, for thee, O Uzziah, to burn incense unto Yahweh, but, for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are hallowed, to burn incense. Go forth out of the sanctuary, for thou hast acted unfaithfully, and, not to thee, for an honour, [shall it be] from Yahweh Elohim.
阻止烏齊雅王說:「烏齊雅,給上主焚香不是你的事,而是亞郎子孫司祭的事,他們是受祝聖為行焚香禮的;請由聖殿裏出去,因為你越權,在上主天主面前也沒有光榮。」
19 Then was Uzziah wroth, and, in his hand, was a censer, to burn incense, —and, when he was wroth with the priests, a leprosy, shot forth in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from off the altar of incense.
烏齊雅發怒,手持香爐要獻香;他向司祭發怒時,就在上主殿內香壇旁,當著司祭面前,他的額上突然出現了癩病。
20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned towards him, lo! he, was leprous, in his forehead, so they hastened him from thence, —yea, even he himself, hurried to go out, because Yahweh had smitten him.
大司祭阿匝黎雅和所有的司祭望著他,見他額上出現了癩病,便促使他出去;他自己便急忙出去,因為上主打擊了他。
21 And it came to pass that, Uzziah the king, was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in a house apart—a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh, —and, Jotham his son, was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.
烏齊雅身患癩病一直到死;因為他身患癩病,獨住在一間隔離的房裏,不能進入上主的殿。他的兒子約堂掌管朝廷,統治國家的百姓。
22 Now, the rest of the story of Uzziah, first and last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, written.
烏齊雅前後其餘的事蹟,都由阿摩茲的兒子依撒意亞先知記了下來。
23 And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial that pertained unto the kings, for they said, A leper, he is. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
烏黎雅與祖先同眠,因為人說他有癩病,所以只將他葬在王陵田間,祖先之旁;他的兒子約堂繼位為王。