2 Chronicles 26

1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, sixteen years old, and made him king in succession to his father Amaziah.

猶大眾民立亞瑪謝的兒子烏西雅接續他父作王，那時他年十六歲。（

2 He rebuilt Eloth and brought it back into the kingdom of Judah after Amaziah died.

亞瑪謝與他列祖同睡之後，烏西雅收回以祿仍歸猶大，又重新修理。）

3 Uzziah was sixteen when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah and she came from Jerusalem.

烏西雅登基的時候年十六歲，在耶路撒冷作王五十二年。他母親名叫耶可利雅，是耶路撒冷人。

4 He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Amaziah had done.

烏西雅行耶和華眼中看為正的事，效法他父亞瑪謝一切所行的；

5 He worshiped God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him to respect God. As long as he followed the Lord, God made him successful.

通曉上帝默示，撒迦利亞在世的時候，烏西雅定意尋求上帝；他尋求耶和華，上帝就使他亨通。

6 Uzziah went to war against the Philistines, and he demolished the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities around Ashdod and in other Philistine areas.

他出去攻擊非利士人，拆毀了迦特城、雅比尼城，和亞實突城；在非利士人中，在亞實突境內，又建築了些城。

7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians living in Gurbaal, and against the Meunites.

上帝幫助他攻擊非利士人和住在姑珥‧巴力的阿拉伯人，並米烏尼人。

8 The Meunites brought gifts as tribute to Uzziah. His reputation spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he became very powerful.

亞捫人給烏西雅進貢。他的名聲傳到埃及，因他甚是強盛。

9 Uzziah built defensive towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and the Valley Gate, and at the corner, and strengthened them.

烏西雅在耶路撒冷的角門和谷門，並城牆轉彎之處，建築城樓，且甚堅固；

10 He also built towers in the desert and cut many water cisterns out of the rock, because he had a great deal of livestock in the foothills and on the plains. He had farmers and vineyard workers in the hills and in the fertile lowlands, for he loved the soil.

又在曠野與高原和平原，建築望樓，挖了許多井，因他的牲畜甚多；又在山地和佳美之地，有農夫和修理葡萄園的人，因為他喜悅農事。

11 Uzziah had an army of battle-ready soldiers, in divisions according to the numbers in the listing made by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders.

烏西雅又有軍兵，照書記耶利和官長瑪西雅所數點的，在王的一個將軍哈拿尼雅手下，分隊出戰。

12 The total number of family leaders was 2,600 fighting men.

族長、大能勇士的總數共有二千六百人，

13 Under their command was an army of 307,500 trained for battle, who had the power to help the king fight against the enemy.

他們手下的軍兵共有三十萬七千五百人，都有大能，善於爭戰，幫助王攻擊仇敵。

14 Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones for the whole army.

烏西雅為全軍預備盾牌、槍、盔、甲、弓，和甩石的機弦，

15 He also made skillfully designed war machines to fire arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the wall. His reputation spread far and wide, for he received extraordinary help until he became really powerful.

又在耶路撒冷使巧匠做機器，安在城樓和角樓上，用以射箭發石。烏西雅的名聲傳到遠方；因為他得了非常的幫助，甚是強盛。

16 But because he was powerful he became arrogant, and this sled to his ruin. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and he himself entered the Lord's Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

他既強盛，就心高氣傲，以致行事邪僻，干犯耶和華－他的上帝，進耶和華的殿，要在香壇上燒香。

17 Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty brave priests of the Lord.

祭司亞撒利雅率領耶和華勇敢的祭司八十人，跟隨他進去。

18 They stood up to him, and told him, “It's not your place to burn incense to the Lord. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been set apart as holy may burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned, and the Lord God will not bless you.”

他們就阻擋烏西雅王，對他說：「烏西雅啊，給耶和華燒香不是你的事，乃是亞倫子孫承接聖職祭司的事。你出聖殿吧！因為你犯了罪。你行這事，耶和華上帝必不使你得榮耀。」

19 Uzziah, who was holding a censer in his hand to offer incense, became furious. But as he raged at the priests in the Lord's Temple in front of the altar of incense, leprosy appeared on his forehead.

烏西雅就發怒，手拿香爐要燒香。他向祭司發怒的時候，在耶和華殿中香壇旁眾祭司面前，額上忽然發出大痲瘋。

20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him and saw the leprosy on his forehead, they rushed him out. In fact he too was in a hurry to leave, because the Lord had struck him.

大祭司亞撒利雅和眾祭司觀看，見他額上發出大痲瘋，就催他出殿；他自己也急速出去，因為耶和華降災與他。

21 King Uzziah was a leper until the day he died. He lived by himself as a leper, barred from entering the Lord's Temple, while his son Jotham was placed in charge or the king's affairs and governed the country.

烏西雅王長大痲瘋直到死日，因此住在別的宮裏，與耶和華的殿隔絕。他兒子約坦管理家事，治理國民。

22 The rest of what Uzziah did, from beginning to end, was written down by the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz.

烏西雅其餘的事，自始至終都是亞摩斯的兒子先知以賽亞所記的。

23 Uzziah died and was buried near them in a cemetery belonging to the kings, for people said, “He was a leper.” His son Jotham took over as king.

烏西雅與他列祖同睡，葬在王陵的田間他列祖的墳地裏；因為人說，他是長大痲瘋的。他兒子約坦接續他作王。