2 Chroniques 26
1 Tout le peuple de Juda prit Ozias, qui avait seize ans, et le fit roi à la place de son père Amatsia.
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.
2 Il bâtit Eloth et la rendit à Juda. Après cela, le roi se coucha avec ses pères.
3 Ozias avait seize ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna cinquante-deux ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Jechilia, de Jérusalem.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, selon tout ce qu'avait fait son père Amatsia.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Il se mit à chercher Dieu du temps de Zacharie, qui avait l'intelligence de la vision de Dieu; et tant qu'il chercha Yahvé, Dieu le fit prospérer.
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.
6 Il sortit et combattit les Philistins, et il abattit la muraille de Gath, la muraille de Jabné et la muraille d'Asdod; il bâtit des villes dans le pays d'Asdod et chez les Philistins.
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.
7 Dieu le secourut contre les Philistins, contre les Arabes qui habitaient à Gur Baal, et contre les Meunim.
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.
8 Les Ammonites rendirent hommage à Ozias. Son nom se répandit jusqu'à l'entrée de l'Égypte, car il devint extrêmement fort.
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.
9 Ozias bâtit à Jérusalem des tours à la porte de l'angle, à la porte de la vallée et au tournant de la muraille, et il les fortifia.
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.
10 Il construisit des tours dans le désert et creusa de nombreuses citernes, car il avait beaucoup de bétail, tant dans les plaines que dans les vallées. Il avait des fermiers et des vignerons dans les montagnes et dans les champs fertiles, car il aimait l'agriculture.
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.
11 Ozias avait aussi une armée de combattants qui allaient à la guerre par bandes, selon le dénombrement fait par le scribe Jeiel et l'officier Maaséja, sous la direction de Hanania, l'un des chefs du roi.
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.
12 Le nombre total des chefs de famille, des vaillants hommes, était de deux mille six cents.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Ils avaient sous leurs ordres une armée de trois cent sept mille cinq cents hommes, qui faisaient la guerre avec une grande puissance, pour aider le roi contre l'ennemi.
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.
14 Ozias prépara pour eux, pour toute l'armée, des boucliers, des lances, des casques, des cottes de mailles, des arcs et des pierres pour la fronde.
Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow [and arrows], and a slingshot.
15 A Jérusalem, il fit installer sur les tours et sur les remparts des dispositifs inventés par des hommes habiles, pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Son nom se répandit au loin, car il fut merveilleusement aidé jusqu'à ce qu'il devienne fort.
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.
16 Mais lorsqu'il fut fort, son cœur s'éleva, de sorte qu'il se corrompit et pécha contre l'Éternel, son Dieu, car il entra dans le temple de l'Éternel pour brûler des parfums sur l'autel des parfums.
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.
17 Le prêtre Azaria entra après lui, et avec lui quatre-vingts prêtres de Yahvé, qui étaient des hommes vaillants.
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 Ils résistèrent au roi Ozias et lui dirent: « Ce n'est pas à toi, Ozias, de brûler des parfums à l'Éternel, mais aux prêtres, fils d'Aaron, qui sont consacrés pour brûler des parfums. Sors du sanctuaire, car tu as commis une faute. Ce ne sera pas pour ton honneur de la part de Yahvé Dieu. »
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]!”
19 Ozias se mit en colère. Il avait à la main un encensoir pour brûler des parfums, et comme il était en colère contre les prêtres, la lèpre se déclara sur son front devant les prêtres, dans la maison de l'Éternel, à côté de l'autel des parfums.
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.
20 Azaria, le grand prêtre, et tous les prêtres le regardèrent, et voici qu'il avait la lèpre au front; et ils le chassèrent rapidement de là. En effet, lui-même se hâtait aussi de sortir, car l'Éternel l'avait frappé.
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.]
21 Le roi Ozias fut lépreux jusqu'au jour de sa mort, et il habita dans une maison séparée, étant lépreux, car il avait été retranché de la maison de l'Éternel. Jotham, son fils, était à la tête de la maison du roi, jugeant le peuple du pays.
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.
22 Le reste des actes d'Ozias, les premiers et les derniers, c'est Ésaïe, le prophète, fils d'Amoz, qui les a écrits.
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.
23 Ozias se coucha avec ses pères, et on l'enterra avec ses pères dans le champ d'enterrement qui appartenait aux rois, car on disait: « Il est lépreux. » Jotham, son fils, régna à sa place.
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].
