2 Chronik 26
1 Darauf nahm das ganze Volk Juda den Uzziahu, der erst sechzehn Jahre alt war, und machte ihn zum König an seines Vaters Amasjahu Statt.
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 Er baute Elot aus und brachte es wieder an Juda, nachdem sich der König zu seinen Vätern gelegt hatte.
3 Uzziahu war sechzehn Jahre alt, als er König ward, und regierte zu Jerusalem zweiundfünfzig Jahre. Seine Mutter hieß Jekolja und war aus Jerusalem.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Er tat, was dem Herrn gefiel, ganz wie sein Vater Amasjahu getan hatte.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Er war dabei, Gott zu suchen, solange Zakarjahu lebte, der ihn in der Gottesfurcht unterwies. Solange er den Herrn suchte, gab ihm Gott Gelingen.
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 Er zog aus und stritt mit den Philistern. Er stürzte die Mauern von Gat, Jabne und Asdod. Jabne aber gehörte zu den Städten bei Asdod und bei den Philistern.
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 Und Gott half ihm gegen die Philister und die Araber, die zu Gurbaal wohnten, sowie gegen die Mëuniter.
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 Auch die Ammoniter zahlten Uzziahu Tribut. Sein Ruhm erstreckte sich bis nach Ägypten. Denn er war überaus mächtig geworden.
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 Uzziahu baute in Jerusalem Türme auf dem Ecktor, dem Taltor und dem Winkel und befestigte sie.
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 Auch in der Steppe baute er Türme und grub zahlreiche Brunnen. Denn er hatte in der Niederung und Ebene große Herden und Ackerleute und Winzer auf den Bergen und im Fruchtland, weil er den Landbau liebte.
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 Uzziahu hatte auch ein Heer, das Kriegsdienste tat und das in Scharen zu Felde zog. Ihre Musterung durch den Schreiber Jeiel und den Amtmann Maasejahu unter Aufsicht Chananjahus, eines Fürsten des Königs, geschah durch Zählung.
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 Die Gesamtzahl der Stammhäupter der tapferen Helden war 2.600.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Unter ihrem Befehl stand eine Heeresmacht von 307.500, die voller Kraft Kriegsdienste taten, um dem König gegen die Feinde zu helfen.
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 Uzzia beschaffte für das ganze Heer Schilde, Speere, Helme, Panzer, Bogen und Schleudersteine.
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 Er machte in Jerusalem künstliche Werke, von Künstlern erdacht, daß sie auf die Türme und Zinnen kämen, um mit Pfeilen und großen Steinen zu schießen. Und sein Ruhm drang in die Ferne. Denn ihm ward wunderbar geholfen, bis er mächtig geworden war.
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 Als er aber mächtig geworden, überhob sich sein Herz zu verderblichem Tun. Er wurde dem Herrn, seinem Gott, untreu. So kam er in den Tempel des Herrn, auf dem Räucheraltar zu räuchern.
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 Da folgte ihm der Priester Azarja nebst achtzig wackeren Priestern des Herrn.
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 Sie traten dem König Uzzia entgegen mit den Worten: "Uzzia! Dir kommt es nicht zu, dem Herrn zu räuchern, sondern nur den Priestern, Aarons Söhnen, die für das Räuchern geweiht sind. Geh aus dem Heiligtum! Denn du versündigst dich und machst dir vor dem Herrn, Gott, keine Ehre."
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 Uzziahu aber ward zornig. Er hielt dabei ein Rauchfaß zum Räuchern in der Hand. Wie er aber auf die Priester zürnte, brach schon der Aussatz an seiner Stirn hervor, angesichts der Priester im Hause des Herrn neben dem Räucheraltar.
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 Da wandten sich ihm das priesterliche Oberhaupt Azarjahu und alle anderen Priester zu. Er aber war wirklich an der Stirn aussätzig. Da trieben sie ihn schnell von dannen. Auch er selbst stürzte hinaus, da ihn der Herr geschlagen hatte.
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 Der König Uzzia blieb bis zu seinem Todestage aussätzig. Er wohnte als Aussätziger im Hause der Absonderung. Denn er war vom Hause des Herrn ausgeschlossen. Sein Sohn Jotam stand dem Königshause vor und sprach dem Volk des Landes Recht.
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 Den Rest der Geschichte Uzzias, die frühere und die spätere, beschrieb der Prophet Isaias, des Amos Sohn.
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 Uzzia legte sich zu seinen Vätern. Man begrub ihn bei seinen Vätern auf dem Feld bei der Gruft der Könige. Denn man hatte gesagt: "Er war aussätzig." Sein Sohn Jotam ward König an seiner Statt.
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].
