2 Cronica 26
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Paghahari ni Uzia sa Juda(A)
26 Ang ipinalit ng mga mamamayan ng Juda kay Amazia bilang hari ay ang anak nitong si Uzia[a] na 16 na taong gulang. 2 Siya ang bumawi ng Elat[b] at ang muling nagpatayo nito matapos mamatay ang ama niyang si Amazia. 3 Si Uzia ay 16 na taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 52 taon. Ang ina niya ay si Jecolia na taga-Jerusalem. 4 Matuwid ang ginawa ni Uzia sa paningin ng Panginoon, katulad ng ginawa ng ama niyang si Amazia. 5 Dumulog siya sa Dios nang panahon ni Zacarias, na siyang nagturo sa kanya sa paggalang sa Dios. Hanggaʼt dumudulog siya sa Panginoon, binibigyan siya nito ng katagumpayan.
6 Nakipaglaban siya sa mga Filisteo at winasak niya ang mga pader sa mga lungsod ng Gat, Jabne at Ashdod. Pagkatapos, nagpatayo siya ng bagong mga bayan malapit sa Ashdod at sa iba pang mga bayan ng Filisteo. 7 Tinulungan siya ng Dios sa kanyang pakikipaglaban sa mga Filisteo, Meuneo at sa mga Arabo na nakatira sa Gur Baal. 8 Nagbabayad ng buwis ang mga Ammonita sa kanya, at naging tanyag siya hanggang sa Egipto, dahil naging makapangyarihan siya.
9 Pinatatag pa ni Uzia ang Jerusalem sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatayo ng mga tore sa Sulok na Pintuan, sa Pintuan na Nakaharap sa Lambak, at sa likuan ng pader. 10 Nagpatayo rin siya ng mga tore sa ilang at nagpahukay ng mga balon na imbakan ng mga tubig, dahil marami ang kanyang mga hayop sa mga kaburulan sa kanluran at sa kapatagan. May mga tauhan siya na nag-aalaga sa kanyang bukirin at ubasan sa kabundukan at sa kapatagan, dahil mahilig siyang magtanim.
11 May mahuhusay na sundalo si Uzia na laging handa sa labanan. Silaʼy binuo nina Jeyel na kalihim at Maaseya na opisyal, sa ilalim ng pamamahala ni Hanania na isa sa mga opisyal ng hari. 12 Ang mga kumander ng matatapang na sundalo ay ang mga pinuno ng mga pamilya na 2,600 lahat. 13 Ang kabuuang bilang ng mga sundalo ay 307,500. Silaʼy mahuhusay sa labanan at handa sa pagtulong sa hari laban sa mga kaaway niya. 14 Binigyan sila ni Uzia ng mga pananggalang, sibat, helmet, kasuotang panangga ng katawan, pana at tirador. 15 Nagpagawa rin si Uzia sa mahuhusay na manggagawa ng makina para gamitin sa pamamana at sa paghahagis ng malalaking bato mula sa mga tore at sa mga sulok ng mga pader. Naging tanyag si Uzia kahit saan, dahil tinulungan siya ng Panginoon hanggang sa naging makapangyarihan siya.
16 Pero nang naging makapangyarihan siya, naging mayabang siya. At ito ang nagpabagsak sa kanya. Hindi siya sumunod sa Panginoon na kanyang Dios, dahil pumasok siya sa templo ng Panginoon at personal na nagsunog ng insenso sa altar. 17 Sinundan siya ni Azaria na punong pari at ng 80 pang matatapang na mga pari ng Panginoon, 18 at sinaway. Sinabi nila, “Uzia, hindi ka dapat magsunog ng insenso para sa Panginoon. Ang gawaing iyan ay para lang sa mga pari na mula sa angkan ni Aaron. Sila ang pinili ng Panginoon para magsunog ng insenso. Lumabas ka sa templo dahil hindi ka sumunod sa Panginoon. Hindi ka pagpapalain ng Panginoong Dios.”
19 Labis na nagalit si Uzia sa mga pari. At habang hawak niya ang sisidlan ng insenso sa may altar sa templo ng Panginoon, tinubuan ng malubhang sakit sa balat[c] ang kanyang noo. 20 Nang makita ni Azaria at ng mga kasama niyang pari na tinubuan ng malubhang sakit sa balat ang noo ni Uzia, nagmadali silang ilabas ito. Hindi naman ito tumutol sapagkat naramdaman niyang siyaʼy pinarusahan ng Panginoon.
21 May malubhang sakit sa balat si Haring Uzia hanggang sa araw na namatay siya. Nakatira siya sa isang bukod na bahay, at hindi pinayagang makapasok sa templo. Si Jotam na anak niya ang siyang namahala sa palasyo at sa mga mamamayan ng Juda. 22 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Uzia, mula sa simula hanggang sa katapusan ay isinulat ni Propeta Isaias na anak ni Amoz. 23 Nang mamatay si Uzia, inilibing siya malapit sa libingan ng mga ninuno niyang hari. Hindi siya isinama sa kanila, dahil may malubhang sakit siya sa balat. At ang anak niyang si Jotam ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.
2 Chronicles 26
Wycliffe Bible
26 Forsooth all the people of Judah made Uzziah[a], his son, of sixteen years age, king for his father Amaziah. (Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, or Azariah, Amaziah’s son, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father.)
2 He builded Eloth (And he rebuilt Eloth), and restored it to the lordship of Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
3 Uzziah was of sixteen years (Uzziah was sixteen years old), when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Jecoliah, of Jerusalem.
4 And he did that, that was rightful in the sight of the Lord, by all things which Amaziah, his father, had done.
5 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zechariah, understanding and seeing God (who had understanding in the visions of God); and when he sought God, God ruled him in all things.
6 And he went out, and fought against (the) Philistines, and destroyed the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he builded strong places in Ashdod, and in Philistines (and he built fortified cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistines).
7 And the Lord helped him both against Philistines, and against Arabians that dwelled in Gurbaal, and against Ammonites. (And the Lord helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs who lived in Gurbaal, and against the Meunites/and the Mehunims.)
8 [And] Ammonites paid gifts to Uzziah (And the Ammonites paid tribute, or taxes, to Uzziah), and his name was published unto the entering of Egypt for his oft victories.
9 And Uzziah builded towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and other towers in the same side of the wall (and other towers on the same side of the wall); and he made those steadfast, or strong.
10 Also he builded towers in the wilderness, and digged full many cisterns; for he had many beasts, as well in the field places, as in the vastness of desert (for he had many beasts, in the fields, and in the vast wilderness). Also he had vineries, and tillers of vines in the hills/in the great mountain(s), and in Carmel; for he was a man given to earth-tilling.
11 And (he had) the host of his warriors, that went forth to battles, under the hand of Jeiel, (the) scribe, and of Maaseiah, the teacher, and under the hand of Hananiah, that was of the dukes of the king. (And he had the army of his warriors, who went forth to battle, all listed, or registered, by Jeiel, the writer, or the royal secretary, and Maaseiah, the teacher, and Hananiah, who was one of the king’s leaders;)
12 and all the number of (the) princes, by their families, was of strong men two thousand and six hundred. (and the number of all the leaders of his fighting men, by their families, was two thousand and six hundred.)
13 And under them was all the host, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that were able to battle (who were well able for battle), and fought for the king against (his) adversaries.
14 And Uzziah made ready to them, that is, to all the host, shields, and spears, and basinets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. (And Uzziah had made for all his army, many shields, and spears, helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and slings to throw stones.)
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kind, which he set in towers, and in the corners of walls, that those should cast out arrows and great stones (from which they would send out arrows and great stones); and his name went out far, for the Lord helped him, and had made him strong.
16 But when he was made strong, his heart was raised up into his perishing; and he despised the Lord his God (for he defied the Lord his God); and he entered into the temple of the Lord, and would burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17 And anon Azariah, the priest, entered after him, and with him sixty priests of the Lord, men full noble; (And at once, the High Priest Azariah went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord, all very noble men;)
18 which against-stood the king, and said to him, Uzziah, it is not of thine office, that thou burn incense to the Lord, but of the priests of the Lord, that is, the sons of Aaron, that be hallowed to such service; go thou out of the saintuary; and despise thou not God; for this thing shall not be areckoned of the Lord God to thee into glory. (who stood against the king, and said to him, Uzziah, it is not thy duty to burn incense to the Lord, but only the duty of the priests of the Lord, that is, the sons of Aaron, who be consecrated for such service; go thou out of the sanctuary; offend thou not; for this thing shall not be counted as glory for thee by the Lord God.)
19 And Uzziah was wroth, and he held in his hand the censer for to offer incense, and he menaced the priests; and anon leprosy was sprung forth in his forehead, before the priests in the house of the Lord, upon the altar of incense. (And Uzziah was angry, and he held in his hand the censer to offer incense, and he threatened the priests; and at once leprosy sprung out on his forehead, in front of the priests in the House of the Lord, as they stood by the altar of incense.)
20 And when Azariah, the bishop, had beheld him, and also all the other priests, they saw leprosy in his forehead, and anon they putted the king out of the temple; but also he was afeared, and hasted to go out; for he feeled anon the vengeance of the Lord. (And when the High Priest Azariah, and all the other priests, beheld him, and they saw that leprosy had sprung out on his forehead, they put the king out of the Temple at once; and he was afraid, and hastened to go out; for he felt at once the vengeance of the Lord.)
21 Therefore king Uzziah was leprous unto the day of his death, and dwelled in an house by itself (and lived in a house set apart), and he was full of leprosy; for which he was cast out of the house of the Lord. And Jotham, his son, governed the house of the king, and deemed the people of the land.
22 And Isaiah, the prophet, the son of Amoz, wrote the residue of the former and of the last words of Uzziah. (And the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, wrote down the rest of the first and the last deeds of Uzziah.)
23 And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried not him in the field of the kings’ sepulchres, for he was leprous; and Jotham, his son, reigned for him. (And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a field, and not in the tombs of the kings, for he was leprous; and his son Jotham reigned for him.)
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 26:1 Also known as Azariah.
2 Chronicles 26
Evangelical Heritage Version
Uzziah (Azariah) King of Judah
26 All the people of Judah took Uzziah,[a] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 He was the one who built Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah[b] from Jerusalem.
4 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like everything that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He continued to seek God throughout the days of Zechariah, who trained him in the fear[c] of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
6 He went out and waged war against the Philistines. He broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Javneh, and the wall of Ashdod. He built cities in the territory of Ashdod and among the Philistines. 7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites.
8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah. His reputation spread as far as the border of Egypt because he had become very strong. 9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the Angle, and he fortified them.
10 He built towers in the wilderness. He dug many cisterns because he had large herds both in the Shephelah and on the plains. He also had farmers and vineyard workers in the highlands and in the fertile lands,[d] because he loved the soil.
11 Uzziah had an army, well trained and ready for war, organized in divisions based on the numbers from the census taken by Jeiel the secretary and Ma’aseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.
12 The total number of the leading fathers[e] who led the powerful warriors was 2,600. 13 Under their command there was a strong army of 307,500 men, able to wage war as a very powerful force, to help the king against the enemy. 14 Uzziah supplied the whole army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slingshots. 15 In Jerusalem he made war machines produced by clever inventors to be mounted on the towers and at the corners, to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. His reputation spread far and wide because he received marvelous help until he was strong.
Uzziah’s Sinful Pride and Death
16 But when he had grown powerful, the pride in his heart led to his destruction. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God. He entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
17 Azariah the priest went in after him. He was followed by eighty priests of the Lord, brave men. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, because you have been unfaithful. This action will not result in any praise for you from the Lord God.”
19 Uzziah became angry. He had a censer for burning incense in his hand. When he became angry with the priests, leprosy[f] broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests, beside the altar of incense in the House of the Lord. 20 When Azariah, the head priest, and all the other priests looked at him, they immediately realized he had leprosy on his forehead. They rushed him out of there. He himself also was in a hurry to leave because the Lord had struck him.
21 King Uzziah remained a leper until the day of his death. He lived in a quarantined house because he was a leper. He was excluded from the House of the Lord. Jotham his son was in charge of the palace of the king and administered justice for the people of the land.
22 The rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, were recorded by Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.
23 Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, because they said, “He is a leper.” His son Jotham ruled as king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 26:1 He is called Azariah in 2 Kings.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3 Also called Jekiliah. Such spelling variants are common in biblical personal names.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5 A Hebrew variant is visions.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 Hebrew carmel, which may be translated as a proper name Carmel
- 2 Chronicles 26:12 Fathers is a common name for the heads of societal units in Israel since they were organized along family lines.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 The Hebrew word covers a wider range of skin diseases than the disease presently known as leprosy.
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