2 Chronik 26
1 Da nahm das ganze Volk Juda den Ussia, der sechzehn Jahre alt war, und machte ihn zum König an Stelle seines Vaters Amazia.
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 Derselbe baute Elot und brachte es wieder an Juda, nachdem der König sich zu seinen Vätern gelegt hatte.
3 Sechzehn Jahre alt war Ussia, als er König ward, und regierte zweiundfünfzig Jahre lang zu Jerusalem. Und seine Mutter hieß Jechalia, von Jerusalem.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Und er tat, was recht war in den Augen des HERRN, ganz wie sein Vater Amazia getan hatte.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Und er suchte Gott, solange Sacharja lebte, der ihn in der Furcht Gottes unterwies. Und solange er den HERRN suchte, ließ Gott es ihm 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 Denn er zog aus und stritt wider die Philister und riß die Mauern von Gat und die Mauern von Jabne und die Mauern von Asdod nieder und baute Städte bei Asdod und unter 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 Denn Gott half ihm wider die Philister, wider die Araber, die zu Gur-Baal wohnten, und wider die Meuniter.
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 Und die Ammoniter zahlten dem Ussia Tribut; und sein Ruhm verbreitete sich bis nach Ägypten hin; denn er ward sehr stark.
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 Und Ussia baute Türme zu Jerusalem, über das Ecktor und über das Taltor und über den 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 Er baute auch Türme in der Wüste und grub viele Brunnen; denn er hatte viel Vieh in der Niederung und in der Ebene, auch Ackerleute und Weingärtner auf den Bergen und in Karmel; denn er liebte den Ackerbau.
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 Ussia hatte auch ein kriegstüchtiges Heer, welches truppenweise zu Felde zog, in der Anzahl, wie sie gemustert worden durch Jehiel, den Schreiber, und Maaseja, den Amtmann, unter der Leitung Hananjas, eines königlichen Obersten.
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 Familienhäupter der kriegstüchtigen Mannschaft betrug 2600.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Und unter ihrer Hand war das Kriegsheer, 307500 kriegstüchtige Leute, stark genug, um dem König wider 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 Und Ussia versah das ganze Heer mit Schilden, Speeren, Helmen, Panzern, Bogen und Schleudersteinen.
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 auch Maschinen, von Künstlern erfunden, die auf Türmen und Zinnen aufgestellt wurden, um mit Pfeilen und großen Steinen zu schießen. Also verbreitete sich sein Ruhm weithin, weil er sich so vorzüglich zu helfen wußte, bis daß er mächtig ward.
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 sich aber mächtig fühlte, überhob sich sein Herz zu seinem Verderben, und er vergriff sich an dem HERRN, seinem Gott, indem er in den Tempel des HERRN ging, um 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 Aber der Priester Asaria ging ihm nach, und achtzig Priester des HERRN mit ihm, wackere Leute;
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 die traten dem König Ussia entgegen und sprachen zu ihm: Ussia, es steht nicht dir zu, dem HERRN zu räuchern, sondern den Priestern, den Söhnen Aarons, die zum Räuchern geheiligt sind! Verlaß das Heiligtum, denn du hast dich vergangen, und das bringt dir vor Gott, dem HERRN, 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 Da ward Ussia zornig, während er die Räucherpfanne in seiner Hand hielt, um zu räuchern. Als er aber seinen Zorn wider die Priester ausließ, brach der Aussatz an seiner Stirn aus, vor den Priestern im Hause des HERRN beim 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 Denn als sich der Oberpriester Asarja und alle Priester zu ihm hinwandten, siehe, da war er aussätzig an seiner Stirn! Da jagten sie ihn eilends hinaus; und auch er selbst machte sich schnell davon, weil der HERR ihn 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 Also war der König Ussia aussätzig bis an den Tag seines Todes und wohnte als Aussätziger in einem abgesonderten Hause; denn er war vom Hause des HERRN ausgeschlossen, und sein Sohn Jotam stand dem Hause des Königs vor und richtete das Volk des Landes.
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 Aber die übrigen Geschichten Ussias, die früheren und die späteren, hat der Prophet Jesaja, der Sohn des Amoz, aufgezeichnet.
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 Und Ussia entschlief mit seinen Vätern, und sie begruben ihn bei seinen Vätern auf dem Begräbnisacker der Könige; denn sie sprachen: Er ist aussätzig! Und 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].
