2 Chroniques 26
1 Tout le peuple de Juda prit Ozias, âgé de seize ans, et l’établit 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 Ozias rebâtit Éloth et la fit rentrer sous la puissance de Juda, après que le roi fut couché avec ses pères.
3 Ozias avait seize ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna cinquante-deux ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Jecolia, 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, entièrement comme avait fait Amatsia, son père.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Il s’appliqua à rechercher Dieu pendant la vie de Zacharie, qui avait l’intelligence des visions de Dieu; et dans le temps où il rechercha l’Éternel, 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 se mit en guerre contre les Philistins; et il abattit les murs de Gath, les murs de Jabné, et les murs d’Asdod, et construisit des villes dans le territoire d’Asdod, et parmi 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 l’aida contre les Philistins, contre les Arabes qui habitaient à Gur-Baal, et contre les Maonites.
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 faisaient des présents à Ozias, et sa renommée s’étendit jusqu’aux frontières de l’Égypte, car il devint très puissant.
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 des tours à Jérusalem sur la porte de l’angle, sur la porte de la vallée, et sur l’angle, 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 bâtit des tours dans le désert, et il creusa beaucoup de citernes, parce qu’il avait de nombreux troupeaux dans les vallées et dans la plaine, et des laboureurs et des vignerons dans les montagnes et au Carmel, 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 une armée de soldats qui allaient à la guerre par bandes, comptées d’après le dénombrement qu’en firent le secrétaire Jeïel et le commissaire Maaséja, et placées sous les ordres 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 maisons paternelles, des vaillants guerriers, était de deux mille six cents.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Ils commandaient à une armée de trois cent sept mille cinq cents soldats capables de soutenir 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 leur procura pour toute l’armée des boucliers, des lances, des casques, des cuirasses, des arcs et des frondes.
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 Il fit faire à Jérusalem des machines inventées par un ingénieur, et destinées à être placées sur les tours et sur les angles, pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Sa renommée s’étendit au loin, car il fut merveilleusement soutenu jusqu’à ce qu’il devînt puissant.
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 puissant, son cœur s’éleva pour le perdre. Il pécha contre l’Éternel, son Dieu: 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 sacrificateur Azaria entra après lui, avec quatre-vingts sacrificateurs de l’Éternel,
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 hommes courageux, qui s’opposèrent au roi Ozias et lui dirent: Tu n’as pas le droit, Ozias, d’offrir des parfums à l’Éternel! Ce droit appartient aux sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron, qui ont été consacrés pour les offrir. Sors du sanctuaire, car tu commets un péché! Et cela ne tournera pas à ton honneur devant l’Éternel 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 La colère s’empara d’Ozias, qui tenait un encensoir à la main. Et comme il s’irritait contre les sacrificateurs, la lèpre éclata sur son front, en présence des sacrificateurs, dans la maison de l’Éternel, près 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 Le souverain sacrificateur Azaria et tous les sacrificateurs portèrent les regards sur lui, et voici, il avait la lèpre au front. Ils le mirent précipitamment dehors, et lui-même se hâta de sortir, parce que 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 demeura dans une maison écartée comme lépreux, car il fut exclu de la maison de l’Éternel. Et Jotham, son fils, était à la tête de la maison du roi et jugeait 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 actions d’Ozias, les premières et les dernières, a été écrit par Ésaïe, fils d’Amots, le prophète.
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 de la sépulture des rois, car on disait: Il est lépreux. Et 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].
