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.
| مردم یهودا، عزیا را که شانزده ساله بود به جای پدرش اَمَصیا پادشاه خود ساختند. |
| عزیا پس از مرگ پدرش شهر ایلت را برای یهودا پس گرفت و آن را بازسازی کرد. |
3 Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
| او پنجاه و دو سال در اورشلیم سلطنت نمود. (مادرش یکلیای اورشلیمی بود.) |
4 Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
| او مانند پدرش اَمَصیا آنچه در نظر خداوند پسندیده بود انجام می‌داد. |
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.
| تا زمانی که مشاور روحانی او، زکریا زنده بود، او از خدا پیروی می‌کرد و خدا نیز او را موفق می‌ساخت. |
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.
| عزیا به جنگ فلسطینی‌ها رفت و شهر جت را گرفت و حصار آن را خراب کرد و با شهرهای یبنه و اشدود نیز به همین طریق عمل نمود. سپس در ناحیهٔ اشدود و قسمتهای دیگر فلسطین شهرهای تازه‌ای ساخت. |
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.
| خدا نه فقط او را در جنگ با فلسطینی‌ها یاری نمود، بلکه در نبرد با اَعرابِ جوربعل و معونی‌ها نیز وی را امداد فرمود. |
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.
| عمونی‌ها باج و خراج به او می‌پرداختند و نام او تا مصر شهرت یافت زیرا او بسیار نیرومند شده بود. |
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.
| عزیا در شهر اورشلیم نزد دروازهٔ زاویه، دروازهٔ دره و جایی که حصار اورشلیم می‌پیچید قلعه‌های محکمی بنا کرد. |
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.
| همچنین در صحرا برجها ساخت و چاههای بسیار کند زیرا در دشتها و دره‌ها، گله‌های بسیار داشت. عزیا به کشاورزی علاقمند بود و به همین جهت در دامنهٔ تپه‌ها و دشتهای حاصلخیز، مزرعه‌ها و تاکستانهای فراوانی داشت. |
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.
| سپاه عزیا از سربازان جنگ آزموده‌ای تشکیل شده بود. در زمان جنگ، یعی‌ئیل، کاتب و معسیا، معاون حننیا که یکی از درباریان بود، سپاه را به چند دسته تقسیم کرده، سان می‌دیدند. |
12 There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
| دو هزار و ششصد نفر از سران قبایل، فرماندهی این دسته‌ها را به عهده داشتند. |
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.
| سپاه زیر دست آنها از ۳۰۷٬۵۰۰ سرباز زبده تشکیل شده بود که با شجاعت از پادشاه در مقابل دشمن دفاع می‌کردند. |
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.
| عزیا برای تمام افراد سپاه سپر، نیزه، کلاهخود، زره، کمان و فلاخن تهیه کرد. |
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.
| به دستور او منجنیق‌هایی به‌وسیلۀ صنعتگران ماهر در اورشلیم ساخته شد تا با آنها از بالای برجها و باروها تیر و سنگ به سوی دشمن پرتاب کنند. به این ترتیب او بسیار معروف و قوی شد، زیرا خدا وی را کمک می‌کرد. |
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.
| اما قدرت عزیا باعث غرور و تباهی او گردید. او وارد خانهٔ خداوند شد و شخصاً بر مذبح آن بخور سوزانید و به این وسیله بر ضد خداوند، خدای خود مرتکب گناه شد. |
17 Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
| پشت سر او عزریا، کاهن اعظم با هشتاد کاهن دیگر که همه مردانی شجاع بودند وارد خانهٔ خداوند شده |
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]!”
| با عزیای پادشاه به مخالفت پرداختند و گفتند: «ای عزیا، سوزاندن بخور برای خداوند کار تو نیست! این فقط وظیفهٔ کاهنان نسل هارون است که برای همین منظور تقدیس شده‌اند. از اینجا خارج شو، چون گناه کرده‌ای و خداوند از این عمل تو خشنود نخواهد شد.» |
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.
| عزیا که در خانۀ خداوند، کنار مذبح بخور ایستاده بود غضبناک شد و نخواست ظرف بخوری را که در دست داشت بر زمین بگذارد. در این هنگام ناگهان مرض جذام در پیشانی او ظاهر شد! |
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.]
| عزریا و کاهنان دیگر وقتی این را دیدند، با شتاب او را بیرون بردند. او خود نیز می‌خواست هر چه زودتر از خانهٔ خدا خارج شود، زیرا خداوند او را مجازات کرده بود. |
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.
| عزیای پادشاه تا روز وفاتش جذامی بود و در خانه‌ای، تنها به سر می‌برد و اجازه نداشت به خانهٔ خداوند وارد شود. پسرش یوتام امور مملکت را اداره می‌کرد. |
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.
| شرح بقیهٔ رویدادهای دوران سلطنت عزیا، از ابتدا تا انتها، توسط اشعیای نبی (پسر آموص) نوشته شده است. |
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].
| وقتی عزیا وفات یافت، با اینکه جذامی بود، او را در آرامگاه سلطنتی به خاک سپردند و پسرش یوتام سلطنت را به دست گرفت. |
