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.
Et tout le peuple de Juda prit Ozias, qui était âgé de 16 ans, et ils le firent roi à la place de son père Amatsia.
Ce fut lui qui bâtit Éloth, et la recouvra pour Juda, après que le roi se fut endormi avec ses pères.
3 Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
Ozias était âgé de 16 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna 52 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Jecolia, de Jérusalem.
4 Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
Et il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, selon tout ce qu’avait fait Amatsia, 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.
Et il rechercha Dieu pendant les jours de Zacharie, qui avait l’intelligence des visions de Dieu; et pendant les jours où il rechercha l’Éternel, 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.
Et il sortit, et fit la guerre contre les Philistins, et abattit la muraille de Gath, et la muraille de Jabné, et la muraille d’Asdod; et il bâtit des villes autour d’Asdod et au milieu des 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.
Et Dieu l’aida contre les Philistins, et 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.
Et les Ammonites apportèrent des présents à Ozias: et son renom parvint jusqu’à l’entrée de l’Égypte, car il était devenu extrêmement fort.
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.
Et Ozias bâtit des tours à Jérusalem, sur la porte du coin, et sur la porte de la vallée, et sur l’angle, et 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.
et il bâtit des tours dans le désert, et creusa beaucoup de puits, car il avait beaucoup de bétail dans le pays plat et sur le plateau, [et] des laboureurs et des vignerons dans les montagnes et en Carmel; car il aimait la campagne.
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.
Et Ozias avait une armée pour faire la guerre, allant au combat par bandes, selon le chiffre de leur recensement [fait] par la main de Jehiel, le scribe, et de Maascéïa, l’intendant, sous la main de Hanania, l’un des chefs du roi.
12 There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
Tout le nombre des chefs des pères, des hommes forts et vaillants, était de 2 600.
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.
Et il y avait sous leur main une armée de 307 500 [hommes] pour faire la guerre avec une force puissante, afin d’aider 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.
Et Ozias leur prépara, pour toute l’armée, des boucliers, et des piques, et des casques, et des cuirasses, et des arcs, et jusqu’à des pierres de fronde.
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.
Et il fit à Jérusalem des machines, inventées par des ingénieurs, pour être [placées] sur les tours et sur le haut des remparts, pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Et son renom s’étendit au loin; car il fut merveilleusement aidé jusqu’à ce qu’il devint fort.
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 quand il fut devenu fort, son cœur s’éleva jusqu’à le perdre, et il pécha contre l’Éternel, son Dieu, et entra dans le temple de l’Éternel pour faire fumer [l’encens] sur l’autel de l’encens.
17 Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
Et Azaria, le sacrificateur, entra après lui, et avec lui les sacrificateurs de l’Éternel, 80 hommes vaillants.
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]!”
Et ils s’opposèrent au roi Ozias, et lui dirent: Ce n’est pas à toi, Ozias, de faire fumer l’encens à l’Éternel, mais aux sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron, qui sont sanctifiés pour faire fumer l’encens. Sors du sanctuaire; car tu as péché, et [cela] ne sera pas à ta gloire de la part de l’Éternel 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.
Et Ozias s’emporta; et il avait en sa main un encensoir pour faire fumer l’encens; et comme il s’emportait contre les sacrificateurs, la lèpre éclata sur son front devant les sacrificateurs, dans la maison de l’Éternel, auprès de l’autel de l’encens.
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.]
Et Azaria, le principal sacrificateur, et tous les sacrificateurs, le regardèrent; et voici, il était lépreux au front; et ils le chassèrent de là; et lui aussi se hâta de sortir, car l’Éternel 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.
Et le roi Ozias fut lépreux jusqu’au jour de sa mort; et il habita, lépreux, dans une maison d’isolement, car il fut exclu de la maison de l’Éternel; et Jotham, son fils, fut chef 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.
Et le reste des actes d’Ozias, les premiers et les derniers, Ésaïe, fils d’Amots, 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].
Et Ozias s’endormit avec ses pères, et on l’enterra auprès de ses pères, dans le champ de la sépulture des rois; car on dit: Il est lépreux. Et Jotham, son fils, régna à sa place.
