2 Chronicles 26
1 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.
Tout le peuple de Juda prit Ozias, qui était âgé de seize ans; et on l’établit roi à la place de son père, Amasias.
Ozias rebâtit Elath et la ramena à Juda, après que le roi fut couché avec ses pères.
3 Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
Ozias avait seize ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna cinquante-deux ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère se nommait Jéchélia, de Jérusalem.
4 Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de Yahweh, selon tout ce qu’avait fait Amasias, son père.
5 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.
Il fut disposé à honorer Dieu pendant la vie de Zacharie, qui lui apprenait à craindre Dieu; et dans le temps qu’il honorait Yahweh, Dieu le fit prospérer.
6 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.
Il partit en guerre contre les Philistins; il renversa le mur de Geth, le mur de Jabnia et le mur d’Azot, et construisit des villes dans le territoire d’ Azot et parmi les Philistins.
7 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.
Dieu l’aida contre les Philistins, contre les Arabes qui habitaient à Gur-Baal, et contre les Maonites.
8 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.
Les Ammonites faisaient des présents à Ozias, et sa renommée parvint jusqu’à l’entrée de l’Égypte, car il devint très puissant.
9 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.
Ozias bâtit des tours à Jérusalem sur la porte de l’angle, sur la porte de la vallée et sur l’angle, et il les fortifia.
10 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.
Il bâtit des tours dans le désert, et il creusa beaucoup de citernes, parce qu’il avait là de nombreux troupeaux, ainsi que dans la Séphéla et sur les plateaux, et des laboureurs et des vignerons dans les montagnes et au Carmel, car il aimait l’agriculture.
11 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.
Ozias avait une armée de guerriers qui allaient au combat par troupes, comptées d’après leur dénombrement par le secrétaire Jéhiel et le commissaire Maasias, sous les ordres de Hananias, l’un des chefs du roi.
12 There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
Le nombre total des chefs de maisons, vaillants guerriers, était de deux mille six cents.
13 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.
Ils commandaient à une armée de trois cent sept mille cinq cents hommes, qui faisaient la guerre avec une grande puissance, pour soutenir le roi contre l’ennemi.
14 Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow [and arrows], and a slingshot.
Ozias leur procura, à toute cette armée, des boucliers, des lances, des casques, des cuirasses, des arcs et des frondes pour lancer des pierres.
15 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.
Il fit construire à Jérusalem des machines inventées par un ingénieur, et destinées à être placées sur les tours et sur les angles des murs, pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Sa renommée s’étendait jusqu’au loin, car il fut merveilleusement aidé, jusque là qu’il devint puissant.
16 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.
Mais lorsqu’il fut devenu puissant, son cœur s’éleva jusqu’à la ruine. Péchant contre Yahweh, son Dieu, il entra dans le temple de Yahweh pour brûler des parfums sur l’autel des parfums.
17 Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
Le prêtre Azarias entra après lui, avec quatre-vingts prêtres de Yahweh, hommes courageux;
18 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]!”
ils s’opposèrent au roi Ozias et lui dirent: « Ce n’est pas à toi, Ozias, d’offrir des parfums à Yahweh, mais aux prêtres, fils d’Aaron, qui ont été consacrés pour brûler des parfums. Sors du sanctuaire, car tu as péché, et cela ne tournera pas à ton honneur devant Yahweh Dieu. »
19 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.
Ozias, qui tenait un encensoir à la main pour offrir des parfums, fut saisi de colère et, comme il s’irritait contre les prêtres, la lèpre se leva sur son front, en présence des prêtres, dans la maison de Yahweh, devant l’autel des parfums.
20 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.]
Le grand prêtre Azarias et tous les prêtres s’étant tournés vers lui, voici qu’il avait la lèpre au front. Ils le mirent précipitamment dehors, et lui-même se hâta de sortir, parce que Yahweh l’avait frappé.
21 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.
Le roi Ozias fut lépreux jusqu’au jour de sa mort, et il demeura dans une maison écartée, comme lépreux, car il fut exclu de la maison de Yahweh. Joatham, son fils, était à la tête de la maison du roi, jugeant le peuple du pays.
22 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.
Le reste des actes d’Ozias, les premiers et les derniers, Isaïe, fils d’Amos, le prophète les a écrits.
23 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].
Ozias se coucha avec ses pères dans le champ de la sépulture des rois, car on disait: « Il est lépreux. » Joatham, son fils, régna à sa place.
