2 Crónicas 26
1 Entonces todo el pueblo de Judá tomó a Ocías, que tenía diez y seis años, y lo proclamaron rey en lugar de su padre Amasías.
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 Él edificó a Elat y la restituyó a Judá, después que el rey (Amasías) había ido a descansar con sus padres.
3 Diez y seis años tenía Ocías cuando empezó a reinar, y reinó cincuenta y dos años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Jecolía, de Jerusalén.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Hizo lo que era recto a los ojos de Yahvé, según todo lo que había hecho su padre Amasías.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Cuidó de buscar a Dios durante la vida de Zacarías, que le instruyó en el temor de Dios; y por cuanto buscó a Yahvé, Dios le dio prosperidad.
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 Salió a campaña contra los filisteos y derribó el muro de Gat, el muro de Jabné y el muro de Azoto, y edificó ciudades en (el territorio de) Azoto y entre los filisteos.
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 Dios le ayudó contra los filisteos, contra los árabes que habitaban en Gurbaal, y contra los meunitas.
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 Los ammonitas trajeron presentes a Ocías, y su fama llegó hasta la frontera de Egipto; porque se había hecho sumamente poderoso.
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 Ocías construyó torres en Jerusalén sobre la puerta del Ángulo, sobre la puerta del Valle y en el ángulo, y las fortificó.
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 Construyó también torres en el desierto, y excavó muchas cisternas; pues poseía muchos ganados, en la Sefelá y en el Mischor, también labradores y viñadores en las montañas y en los campos fértiles, porque amaba la agricultura.
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 Ocías tenía un ejército de guerra, que salía a campaña en divisiones, conforme al número del censo de ellos, hecho por el secretario Jeiel y el escriba Maasías, a las órdenes de Hananías, uno de los príncipes del rey.
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 El número total de los jefes de las casas paternas, guerreros valerosos, era de dos mil seiscientos.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 A sus órdenes estaba un ejército de trescientos siete mil quinientos hombres, que hacían la guerra con gran pujanza, ayudando al rey contra el enemigo.
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 Ocías les proporcionó, a todo aquel ejército, escudos y lanzas, yelmos y corazas, arcos y hondas para tirar piedras.
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 Hizo construir en Jerusalén máquinas, inventadas por hombres ingeniosos, para colocarlas sobre las torres y los ángulos y para arrojar saetas y piedras grandes. Su fama se extendió lejos, porque fue socorrido maravillosamente, de manera que llegó a ser poderoso.
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 Mas una vez fortalecido en su poder, se engrió su corazón hasta acarrearle la ruina. Pues prevaricó contra Yahvé su Dios, entrando en el Templo de Yahvé, para quemar incienso sobre el altar del incienso.
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 Entró tras él Azarías, el sacerdote, y con él ochenta sacerdotes de Yahvé, hombres valientes;
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 que se opusieron al rey Ocías y le dijeron: “No te corresponde a ti, oh Ocías, quemar incienso a Yahvé, sino a los sacerdotes, los hijos de Aarón, que han sido consagrados para quemar el incienso. ¡Sal del Santuario, porque has pecado, y no será esto para honra tuya ante Yahvé Dios!”
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 Entonces Ocías, que tenía en la mano un incensario para ofrecer incienso, se llenó de ira, y en tanto que se irritaba contra los sacerdotes, brotó la lepra en su frente, a vista de los sacerdotes, en la Casa de Yahvé, frente al altar del incienso.
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 Azarías, el Sumo Sacerdote, y todos los sacerdotes dirigieron hacia él sus miradas, y he aquí que tenía la lepra en su frente. Por lo cual lo echaron de allí a toda prisa; y él mismo se apresuró a salir, porque Yahvé le había herido.
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 El rey Ocías quedó leproso hasta el día de su muerte, y habitó en una casa apartada, como leproso, porque había sido excluido de la Casa de Yahvé, y su hijo Joatán gobernaba la casa del rey, y juzgaba al pueblo del país.
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 Los demás hechos de Ocías, los primeros y los postreros, los escribió el profeta Isaías, hijo de Amós.
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 Ocías se durmió con sus padres, y le sepultaron con sus padres en el campo de los sepulcros de los reyes, porque decían: “Es un leproso.” En su lugar reinó su hijo Joatán.
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].
