< 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.
猶大眾民立亞瑪謝的兒子烏西雅接續他父作王,那時他年十六歲。(
2 He, built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, —after that the king slept with his fathers.
亞瑪謝與他列祖同睡之後,烏西雅收回以祿仍歸猶大,又重新修理。)
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.
烏西雅登基的時候年十六歲,在耶路撒冷作王五十二年。他母親名叫耶可利雅,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.
烏西雅行耶和華眼中看為正的事,效法他父亞瑪謝一切所行的;
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.
通曉上帝默示,撒迦利亞在世的時候,烏西雅定意尋求上帝;他尋求耶和華,上帝就使他亨通。
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.
他出去攻擊非利士人,拆毀了迦特城、雅比尼城,和亞實突城;在非利士人中,在亞實突境內,又建築了些城。
7 And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
上帝幫助他攻擊非利士人和住在姑珥‧巴力的阿拉伯人,並米烏尼人。
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.
亞捫人給烏西雅進貢。他的名聲傳到埃及,因他甚是強盛。
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.
烏西雅在耶路撒冷的角門和谷門,並城牆轉彎之處,建築城樓,且甚堅固;
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.
又在曠野與高原和平原,建築望樓,挖了許多井,因他的牲畜甚多;又在山地和佳美之地,有農夫和修理葡萄園的人,因為他喜悅農事。
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.
烏西雅又有軍兵,照書記耶利和官長瑪西雅所數點的,在王的一個將軍哈拿尼雅手下,分隊出戰。
12 The whole number of the ancestral chiefs pertaining to the heroes of valour, was two thousand and six hundred;
族長、大能勇士的總數共有二千六百人,
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.
他們手下的軍兵共有三十萬七千五百人,都有大能,善於爭戰,幫助王攻擊仇敵。
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.
烏西雅為全軍預備盾牌、槍、盔、甲、弓,和甩石的機弦,
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.
又在耶路撒冷使巧匠做機器,安在城樓和角樓上,用以射箭發石。烏西雅的名聲傳到遠方;因為他得了非常的幫助,甚是強盛。
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.
他既強盛,就心高氣傲,以致行事邪僻,干犯耶和華-他的上帝,進耶和華的殿,要在香壇上燒香。
17 Then entered after him, Azariah the priest, —and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, sons of valour;
祭司亞撒利雅率領耶和華勇敢的祭司八十人,跟隨他進去。
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.
他們就阻擋烏西雅王,對他說:「烏西雅啊,給耶和華燒香不是你的事,乃是亞倫子孫承接聖職祭司的事。你出聖殿吧!因為你犯了罪。你行這事,耶和華上帝必不使你得榮耀。」
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.
烏西雅就發怒,手拿香爐要燒香。他向祭司發怒的時候,在耶和華殿中香壇旁眾祭司面前,額上忽然發出大痲瘋。
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.
大祭司亞撒利雅和眾祭司觀看,見他額上發出大痲瘋,就催他出殿;他自己也急速出去,因為耶和華降災與他。
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.
烏西雅王長大痲瘋直到死日,因此住在別的宮裏,與耶和華的殿隔絕。他兒子約坦管理家事,治理國民。
22 Now, the rest of the story of Uzziah, first and last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, written.
烏西雅其餘的事,自始至終都是亞摩斯的兒子先知以賽亞所記的。
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.
烏西雅與他列祖同睡,葬在王陵的田間他列祖的墳地裏;因為人說,他是長大痲瘋的。他兒子約坦接續他作王。