歴代誌Ⅱ 26
1 そこでユダの民は皆ウジヤをとって王となし、その父アマジヤに代らせた。時に十六歳であった。
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 彼はエラテを建てて、これをふたたびユダのものにした。これはかの王がその先祖たちと共に眠った後であった。
3 ウジヤは王となった時十六歳で、エルサレムで五十二年の間世を治めた。その母はエルサレムの者で名をエコリヤといった。
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 ウジヤは父アマジヤがしたように、すべて主の良しと見られることを行った。
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 彼は神を恐れることを自分に教えたゼカリヤの世にある日の間、神を求めることに努めた。彼が主を求めた間、神は彼を栄えさせられた。
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 彼は出てペリシテびとと戦い、ガテの城壁、ヤブネの城壁およびアシドドの城壁をくずし、アシドドの地とペリシテびとのなかに町を建てた。
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 神は彼を助けてペリシテびとと、グルバアルに住むアラビヤびとおよびメウニびとを攻め撃たせられた。
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 アンモンびとはウジヤにみつぎを納めた。ウジヤは非常に強くなったので、その名はエジプトの入口までも広まった。
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 ウジヤはまたエルサレムの隅の門、谷の門および城壁の曲りかどにやぐらを建てて、これを堅固にした。
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 彼はまた荒野にやぐらを建て、また多くの水ためを掘った。彼は平野にも平地にもたくさんの家畜をもっていたからである。彼はまた農事を好んだので、山々および肥えた畑には農夫とぶどうをつくる者をもっていた。
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 ウジヤはまたよく戦う一軍団を持っていた。彼らは書記エイエルと、つかさマアセヤによって調べた数に従って組々に分れ、皆王の軍長のひとりハナニヤの指揮下にあった。
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 その氏族の長である大勇士の数は合わせて二千六百人であった。
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 その指揮下にある軍勢は三十万七千五百人で、皆大いなる力をもって戦い、王を助けて敵に当った。
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 ウジヤはその全軍のために盾、やり、かぶと、よろい、弓および石投げの石を備えた。
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 彼はまたエルサレムで技術者の考案した機械を造って、これをやぐらおよび城壁のすみずみにすえ、これをもって矢および大石を射出した。こうして彼の名声は遠くまで広まった。彼が驚くほど神の助けを得て強くなったからである。
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 ところが彼は強くなるに及んで、その心に高ぶり、ついに自分を滅ぼすに至った。すなわち彼はその神、主にむかって罪を犯し、主の宮にはいって香の祭壇の上に香をたこうとした。
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 その時、祭司アザリヤは主の祭司である勇士八十人を率いて、彼のあとに従ってはいり、
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 ウジヤ王を引き止めて言った、「ウジヤよ、主に香をたくことはあなたのなすべきことではなく、ただアロンの子孫で、香をたくために清められた祭司たちのすることです。すぐ聖所から出なさい。あなたは罪を犯しました。あなたは主なる神から栄えを得ることはできません」。
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 するとウジヤは怒りを発し、香炉を手にとって香をたこうとしたが、彼が祭司に向かって怒りを発している間に、らい病がその額に起った。時に彼は主の宮で祭司たちの前、香の祭壇のかたわらにいた。
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 祭司の長アザリヤおよびすべての祭司たちが彼を見ると、彼の額にらい病が生じていたので、急いで彼をそこから追い出した。彼自身もまた主に撃たれたことを知って、急いで出て行った。
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 ウジヤ王は、死ぬ日までらい病人であった。彼はらい病人であったので、離れ殿に住んだ。主の宮から断たれたからである。その子ヨタムが王の家をつかさどり、国の民を治めた。
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 ウジヤのその他の始終の行為は、アモツの子預言者イザヤがこれを書きしるした。
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 ウジヤは先祖たちと共に眠ったので、人々は「彼はらい病人である」と言って、王たちの墓に連なる墓地に、その先祖たちと共に葬った。その子ヨタムが彼に代って王となった。
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].
