2 Krönikeboken 26
1 Då tog hele Juda folk Ussia, som var sexton åra gammal, och gjorde honom till Konung i hans faders Amazia stad.
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 Han byggde Eloth, och lät det igenkomma till Juda, sedan Konungen afsomnad var med sina fäder.
3 Sexton åra gammal var Ussia, då han Konung vardt, och regerade tu och femtio år i Jerusalem; hans moder het Jecholia af Jerusalem.
Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
4 Och han gjorde det Herranom väl behagade, såsom hans fader Amazia gjort hade.
Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done.
5 Och han sökte Gud, så länge Zacharia lefde, den läraren i Guds syner; och så länge han sökte Herren, lät honom Gud väl gå.
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 Ty han drog ut, och stridde emot de Philisteer, och bröt neder murarna i Gath, och murarna i Jabne, och murarna i Asdod, och ibland de Philisteer.
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 Ty Gud halp honom emot de Philisteer, emot de Araber, dem i Gurbaal, och emot de Menniter.
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 Och de Ammoniter gåfvo Ussia skänker, och han vardt namnkunnig allt intill der man kommer in i Egypten; ty han vardt ju starkare och starkare.
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 Och Ussia byggde torn i Jerusalem på hörnportenom, och på dalportenom, och på annor hörn, och befäste dem.
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 Han byggde ock slott i öknene, och grof många brunnar; ty han hade mycken boskap, både i dalar och slättmark, desslikes åkermän och vingårdsmän på bergen, och på Carmel; förty han hade lust till åkerverk.
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 Och Ussia hade en magt till strid, af krigsmän som i här drogo, i tal räknade under Jegiels skrifvarens hand, och Maaseja befallningsmansens, under Hanania hand, den af Konungens öfverstar var.
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 Och talet på de yppersta fäder af de starka örligsmän var tutusend och sexhundrad.
There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers.
13 Och under deras hand härsmagten trehundradtusend, och sjutusend och femhundrad, skickelige till strid i härskraft, till att hjelpa Konungenom emot fienderna.
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 Och Ussia fick dem till hela hären sköldar, spjut, hjelmar, pansar, bågar, och slungor till att kasta sten med;
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 Och gjorde i Jerusalem bröstvärn konsteliga, som skulle vara på tornen och hörnen, till att der utskjuta med pil och stora stenar. Och hans rykte kom vidt ut, derföre, att honom besynnerliga hulpet vardt, tilldess han mägtig blef.
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 Och då han var mägtig vorden, hof hans hjerta sig upp till hans förderf; ty han förtog sig på Herranom sinom Gud, och gick in i Herrans tempel, till att röka på rökaltaret.
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 Men Asaria Presten gick efter honom, och åttatio Herrans Prester med honom, starke män;
Azariah the [Supreme] Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple.
18 Och stodo emot Konung Ussia, och sade till honom: Det hörer icke dig till, Ussia, att röka för Herranom; utan Prestomen, Aarons barnom, som till att röka helgade äro. Gack härutu helgedomenom; ty du förtager dig, och det kommer dig till ingen äro för Herranom Gud.
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 Men Ussia vardt vred, och hade ett rökelsekar i handene; och som han trätte med Presterna, gick spitelska ut i hans änne, för Presterna i Herrans hus, inför rökaltaret.
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 Och Asaria öfverste Presten vände sig till honom, och alle Presterna; och si, då var han spitelsk i hans änne; och de drefvo honom dädan. Skyndade han sig ock sjelf ut; ty hans plåga var af Herranom.
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 Alltså var Konung Ussia spitelsk allt intill sin död, och bodde uti ett fritt hus spitelsk; ty han vardt utdrifven af Herrans hus. Men Jotham hans son stod Konungshuset före, och dömde folket i landena.
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 Hvad nu mer af Ussia sägande är, både det första och det sista, hafver den Propheten Esaia, Amos son, skrifvit.
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 Och Ussia afsomnade med sina fäder, och de begrofvo honom med sina fäder i åkrenom när Konungagrafvarna; ty de sade: Han är spitelsk. Och Jotham hans son vardt Konung i hans stad.
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].
