2 Nyakati 26
1 Kisha watu wote wa Yuda wakamtwaa Uzia, aliyekuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na sita, nao wakamfanya mfalme mahali pa Amazia baba yake.
And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 Ndiye alijenga upya Elathi kuirudisha kwa Yuda baada ya Amazia kulala pamoja na baba zake.
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3 Uzia alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na sita alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu kwa miaka hamsini na miwili. Mama yake aliitwa Yekolia wa Yerusalemu.
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
4 Akatenda yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana, kama Amazia baba yake alivyofanya.
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
5 Akamtafuta Mungu katika siku za Zekaria, aliyemwelekeza kumcha Mungu. Wakati wote alipomtafuta Bwana, Mungu alimfanikisha.
And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
6 Alipigana vita dhidi ya Wafilisti na kubomoa kuta za Gathi, Yabne na Ashdodi. Kisha akajenga upya miji karibu na Ashdodi na mahali pengine katikati ya Wafilisti.
And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7 Mungu akamsaidia dhidi ya Wafilisti na dhidi ya Waarabu walioishi Gur-Baali na dhidi ya Wameuni.
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
8 Waamoni wakamletea Uzia ushuru, umaarufu wake ukaenea hadi kwenye mpaka wa Misri, kwa sababu alikuwa amekuwa na nguvu sana.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong.
9 Uzia akajenga minara huko Yerusalemu katika Lango la Pembeni, katika Lango la Bondeni na katika pembe, mahali kuta zikutanapo, kisha akaijengea ngome.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
10 Akajenga pia minara jangwani na kuchimba visima vingi vya maji, kwa sababu alikuwa na mifugo mingi chini ya vilimani na kwenye nchi tambarare. Alikuwa na watu wanaofanya kazi katika mashamba yake na kwenye mashamba yake ya mizabibu huko vilimani na katika ardhi zenye rutuba, kwa kuwa aliupenda udongo.
And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
11 Zaidi ya hayo, Uzia alikuwa na jeshi lililofunzwa vizuri, lililokuwa tayari kwenda vitani kwa vikosi kufuatana na idadi yao kama walivyokusanywa na Yeieli mwandishi na Maaseya msimamizi chini ya maelekezo ya Hanania, mmojawapo wa maafisa wa mfalme.
Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning, made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
12 Idadi yote ya viongozi wa jamaa waliowaongoza hawa wapiganaji walikuwa 2,600.
The whole number of the heads of fathers’ [houses], even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred.
13 Chini ya uongozi wao kulikuwa na jeshi la askari 307,500 watu waliofundishwa kwa ajili ya vita, jeshi lenye nguvu la kumsaidia mfalme dhidi ya adui zake.
And under their hand was a trained army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
14 Uzia akalipatia jeshi lote ngao, mikuki, chapeo, dirii, pinde na mawe ya kombeo.
And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
15 Huko Yerusalemu watu wenye utaalamu mkubwa wakatengeneza mitambo iliyotumika katika minara na kwenye pembe za ulinzi ili kurusha mishale na kuvurumisha mawe makubwa. Sifa zake zikaenea mbali sana kwa sababu alisaidiwa mno mpaka akawa na nguvu sana.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
16 Lakini baada ya Uzia kuwa na nguvu sana, majivuno yake yakamsababishia kuanguka. Alikosa uaminifu kwa Bwana Mungu wake, naye akaingia hekaluni mwa Bwana ili afukize uvumba kwenye madhabahu ya kufukizia uvumba.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17 Azaria kuhani akiwa pamoja na makuhani wengine themanini wa Bwana wenye ujasiri wakamfuata huko ndani.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
18 Wakamkabili na kumwambia, “Siyo sawa kwako, Uzia, kumfukizia Bwana uvumba. Hiyo ni kazi ya makuhani, wazao wa Aroni, ambao wamewekwa wakfu ili kufukiza uvumba. Ondoka mahali patakatifu, kwa kuwa umekosa uaminifu nawe hutaheshimiwa na Bwana.”
and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
19 Uzia, ambaye alikuwa na chetezo mkononi mwake tayari kufukiza uvumba, akakasirika. Alipokuwa anawaghadhibikia makuhani mbele ya madhabahu ya kufukizia uvumba katika Hekalu la Bwana, ukoma ukamtokea penye kipaji chake cha uso.
Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense.
20 Azaria kuhani mkuu pamoja na makuhani wengine wote walipomtazama wakaona kwamba alikuwa na ukoma penye kipaji chake cha uso wakaharakisha kumtoa nje. Naam, hata yeye mwenyewe alikuwa anatamani kuondoka kwa sababu Bwana alikuwa amempiga.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
21 Mfalme Uzia alikuwa na ukoma mpaka siku ya kufa kwake. Akatengwa katika nyumba ya pekee akiwa mwenye ukoma, naye akawa ametengwa kutoka Hekalu la Bwana. Yothamu mwanawe akawa msimamizi wa jumba la mfalme, pia akawaongoza watu wa nchi.
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
22 Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Uzia, kuanzia mwanzo mpaka mwisho, yameandikwa na nabii Isaya mwana wa Amozi.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
23 Uzia akalala pamoja na baba zake, naye akazikwa karibu nao katika shamba la kuzikia lililokuwa mali ya wafalme, kwa kuwa watu walisema, “Alikuwa na ukoma.” Yothamu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
