2 Tawarikh 26
1 Sesudah Amazia meninggal, seluruh rakyat Yehuda memilih Uzia putranya menjadi raja. Pada waktu itu ia berumur 16 tahun. Ibunya bernama Yekholya, wanita Yerusalem. Uzia memerintah di Yerusalem 52 tahun lamanya. Dialah yang merebut dan membangun kembali kota Elot.
All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Seperti ayahnya, Uzia pun melakukan yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN.
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
5 Zakharia adalah penasihat rohaninya. Selama Zakharia masih hidup, Uzia dengan setia beribadat kepada TUHAN sehingga TUHAN memberkatinya.
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
6 Uzia bertempur melawan orang Filistin. Ia meruntuhkan tembok-tembok kota Gat, Yabne, dan Asdod, lalu mendirikan kota-kota berbenteng dekat Asdod dan di daerah lain di Filistin.
Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
7 Allah menolong dia mengalahkan orang Filistin, dan orang Arab yang tinggal di Gur-Baal serta orang Meunim.
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
8 Orang Amon membayar upeti kepada Uzia. Ia makin berkuasa sehingga namanya tersohor sampai ke Mesir.
The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become exceedingly powerful.
9 Untuk memperkuat kota Yerusalem, Uzia mendirikan menara di Pintu Gerbang Sudut, di Pintu Gerbang Lembah dan di tikungan tembok.
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
10 Ia juga mendirikan menara-menara berbenteng di daerah padang, dan menggali banyak sumur karena ternaknya banyak sekali, baik di dataran tinggi maupun di dataran rendah di sebelah barat. Karena ia menaruh perhatian pada pertanian, maka ia mempekerjakan banyak orang untuk membuka kebun-kebun anggur di daerah pegunungan, dan untuk menggarap tanah di daerah-daerah yang subur.
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
11 Uzia mempunyai tentara besar yang selalu siap untuk bertempur. Mereka terdiri atas kesatuan-kesatuan yang jumlahnya dicatat oleh kedua sekretaris raja, yaitu Yeiel dan Maaseya di bawah pimpinan Hananya, salah seorang anggota staf raja.
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
12 Seluruh angkatan bersenjata itu terdiri dari 307.500 prajurit dipimpin oleh 2.600 perwira. Mereka semua mempunyai kemampuan yang sangat besar untuk bertempur dan membantu raja mengalahkan musuh.
The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
14 Uzia memperlengkapi tentaranya itu dengan perisai tombak, topi baja, baju besi, busur dan panah, serta batu pengumban.
Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.
15 Di Yerusalem para ahli senjatanya telah menciptakan alat yang dapat membidikkan anak panah dan batu-batu besar dari dalam menara dan sudut-sudut tembok kota. Uzia termasyhur di mana-mana, dan ia menjadi sangat berkuasa karena Allah sangat menolong dia.
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
16 Setelah Raja Uzia kuat, ia menjadi sombong, dan itu menyebabkan kehancurannya. Ia melanggar perintah TUHAN Allahnya karena memasuki Rumah TUHAN untuk membakar dupa di atas mezbah dupa.
But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
17 Tetapi Imam Azarya bersama 80 imam lain yang kuat-kuat dan berani mengikuti dia
Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.
18 untuk menentang perbuatannya itu. Mereka berkata, "Paduka Yang Mulia! Baginda tidak berhak membakar dupa untuk TUHAN. Itu tugas imam-imam keturunan Harun, sebab merekalah yang dikhususkan untuk itu. Hendaklah Baginda meninggalkan tempat yang suci ini! Baginda telah melawan TUHAN Allah, dan tidak lagi mendapat restu-Nya."
They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
19 Pada waktu itu Uzia sedang berdiri di dekat mezbah dupa di Rumah TUHAN dengan alat pembakar dupa di tangannya. Ia marah kepada imam-imam itu, dan tiba-tiba timbul penyakit kulit yang mengerikan pada dahinya.
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
20 Azarya dan imam-imam lain melihat kepadanya dengan sangat terkejut, lalu mendesak supaya ia meninggalkan Rumah TUHAN. Cepat-cepat ia ke luar karena TUHAN telah menghukumnya.
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
21 Sampai Raja Uzia meninggal penyakitnya itu tidak sembuh-sembuh. Ia diasingkan di sebuah rumah dan tidak diizinkan lagi memasuki Rumah TUHAN. Ia dibebaskan dari tugas-tugasnya, dan Yotam putranya memerintah rakyat sebagai wakilnya.
So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.
22 Kisah lain mengenai pemerintahan Raja Uzia, sudah dicatat oleh Nabi Yesaya anak Amos.
As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
23 Ketika meninggal, Uzia dikuburkan di tanah dekat makam raja-raja, tetapi tidak di makam itu sendiri, sebab ia berpenyakit kulit yang mengerikan. Yotam putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
