1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.26.1 Uzziah: or, Azariah 2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.26.5 in the visions…: Heb. in the seeing of God 6And 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 built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.26.6 about…: or, in the country of Ashdod 7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.26.8 spread…: Heb. went 9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.26.9 fortified: or, repaired 10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.26.10 digged…: or, cut out many cisterns26.10 Carmel: or, fruitful fields26.10 husbandry: Heb. ground 11Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. 12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.26.13 an army: Heb. the power of an army 14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.26.14 slings…: Heb. stones of slings 15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.26.15 spread: Heb. went forth
16¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth 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. 19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. 20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 21And 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.26.21 several: Heb. free
22¶ Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ዖዝያን
26፥1-4 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 14፥21-22፤ 15፥1-3
26፥21-23 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 15፥5-7
1ከዚህ በኋላ የይሁዳ ሕዝብ በሙሉ ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት የነበረውን ዖዝያንን ወስደው በአባቱ በአሜስያስ ፈንታ አነገሡት። 2አሜስያስ እንደ አባቶቹ ሁሉ ካንቀላፋ በኋላ፣ ኤላትን እንደ ገና የሠራት፣ ወደ ይሁዳም የመለሳት ዖዝያን ነበር።
3ዖዝያን በነገሠ ጊዜ፣ ዕድሜው ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ሲሆን፣ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦ26፥3 ብዙ የዕብራይስጥ ትርጕሞች፣ የሰብዓ ሊቃናትና የሱርስቱ ቅጅ ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ አንዳንድ የዕብራስጥ ቅጆች ግን እንደ እግዚአብሔር ራእይ ባስተማረው ይላሉ። አምሳ ሁለት ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱ ይኮልያ የተባለች የኢየሩሳሌም ሴት ነበረች። 4እርሱም አባቱ አሜስያስ እንደ አደረገው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ቅን ነገር አደረገ። 5እግዚአብሔርን መፍራት ባስተማረው በዘካርያስ ዘመን እግዚአብሔርን ፈለገ፤ እግዚአብሔርን በፈለገ መጠንም አምላክ ነገሮችን አከናወነለት።
6በፍልስጥኤማውያን ላይ ዘምቶ የጌትን፣ የየብናንና የአዛጦንን ቅጥሮች አፈረሰ። ከዚያም በአዛጦን አጠገብና በቀሩትም የፍልስጥኤም ግዛቶች ውስጥ ከተሞችን እንደ ገና ሠራ። 7እግዚአብሔርም በፍልስጥኤማውያን፣ በጉርበኣል በሚኖሩ ዐረቦችና በምዑናውያን ላይ ድልን አቀዳጀው። 8አሞናውያን ለዖዝያን ግብር ገበሩለት፤ ኀይሉ ስለ ገነነም ዝናው እስከ ግብፅ ዳርቻ ወጣ።
9ዖዝያንም በኢየሩሳሌም በማእዘኑ በር፣ በሸለቆው በርና በቅጥሩ ማዕዘን ማማዎች ሠርቶ መሸጋቸው። 10እንዲሁም በየኰረብታው ግርጌና በየሜዳው ላይ ብዙ የቀንድ ከብት ስለ ነበረው፣ በምድረ በዳ የግንብ ማማዎች ሠራ፤ ብዙ የውሃ ጕድጓዶችም ቈፈረ። ግብርና ይወድ ስለ ነበረም በኰረብታዎችና ለም በሆኑ መሬቶች ላይ ዕርሻ የሚያርሱና ወይን የሚተክሉ ሠራተኞች ነበሩት።
11ዖዝያን ከንጉሡ ሹማምት አንዱ በሆነው በሐናንያ መሪነት፣ በጸሓፊው በይዒኤልና በአለቃው በመዕሤያ አማካይነት ተሰብስቦ በተቈጠረው መሠረት በየምድቡ ለጦርነት ዝግጁ ሆኖ የሚወጣ፣ በሚገባ የሠለጠነ ሰራዊት ነበረው። 12በተዋጊዎቹ ላይ የተሾሙት የየቤተ ሰቡ መሪዎች ጠቅላላ ቍጥር ሁለት ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ ነበር። 13በእነዚህም የሚመራ ሦስት መቶ ሰባት ሺሕ አምስት መቶ ሰው ያለው ሰራዊት አለ፤ ይህም ንጉሡ በጠላቶቹ ላይ በሚያደርገው ዘመቻ ለመሰለፍ የሚበቃ ጠንካራ ኀይል ነበር። 14ዖዝያን ለሰራዊቱ ሁሉ ጋሻ፣ ጦር፣ የራስ ቍር፣ ጥሩር፣ የቀስት ማስፈንጠሪያ ደጋንና የሚወነጨፍ ድንጋይ አደለ። 15በኢየሩሳሌምም፣ ንድፎቻቸው በባለሙያዎች የተዘጋጁ፣ በመጠበቂያ የግንብ ማማዎችና በየማእዘኑ መከላከያዎች ላይ ፍላጻ የሚስፈነጠርባቸውንና ትልልቅ ድንጋዮች የሚወረወርባቸውን መሣሪያዎች አሠራ። እስኪበረታም ድረስ በሚያስደንቅ ሁኔታ ስለ ታገዘ፣ ዝናው በርቀትና በስፋት ተሰማ።
16ዖዝያን ከበረታ በኋላ ግን ዕብሪቱ ለውድቀት ዳረገው። በዕጣን መሠዊያው ላይ ዕጣን ለማጠን ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ በመግባቱ አምላኩን እግዚአብሔርን በደለ፤ 17ካህኑም ዓዛርያስ ቈራጥ ከሆኑ ከሌሎች ሰማንያ የእግዚአብሔር ካህናት ጋር ተከትሎት ገባ። 18እነርሱም ፊት ለፊት በመጋፈጥ፣ “ዖዝያን ሆይ፤ ለእግዚአብሔር ማጠን ለተለዩትና የአሮን ዘሮች ለሆኑት ለካህናቱ እንጂ ለአንተ የተገባ አይደለም፤ እግዚአብሔርን በድለሃልና ከመቅደሱ ውጣ፤ ከእግዚአብሔር አምላክ ዘንድም ክብር አይሆንልህምና” አሉት።
19ጥና በእጁ ይዞ ዕጣን ለማጠን ዝግጁ የነበረው ዖዝያን ተቈጣ፤ በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥ በዕጣን መሠዊያው ፊት ሆኖ ካህናቱ ላይ እየተቈጣ ሳለ፣ በግንባሩ ላይ ለምጽ26፥19 የዕብራይስጡ ቃል በዚህም ሆነ በቍጥር 20፡21 እና 23 ላይ ማንኛውንም ዐይነት የቈዳ በሽታ የሚያመለክት ነው። ወጣበት። 20ሊቀ ካህናቱ ዓዛርያስና ሌሎቹ ካህናት ሁሉ በተመለከቱት ጊዜ፣ በግንባሩ ላይ ለምጽ እንደ ወጣበት አዩ። ስለዚህ አጣድፈው አስወጡት፤ በርግጥ እርሱም ራሱ ለመውጣት ቸኵሎ ነበር፤ እግዚአብሔር አስጨንቆታልና።
21ንጉሥ ዖዝያን እስከ ዕለተ ሞቱ ድረስ ለምጻም ነበረ። ለምጻም በመሆኑም ከቤተ መቅደስ ተወግዶ ነበርና በተለየ ቤት ተቀመጠ26፥21 ወይም ከኀላፊነቱ በሚርቅበት ቤት ተብሎ መተርጕም ይችላል።። ከዚያም ልጁ ኢዮአታም የቤተ መንግሥቱን አስተዳደር በኀላፊነት ተረክቦ የአገሩን ሕዝብ ይመራ ጀመር።
22በዖዝያን ዘመነ መንግሥት ከመጀመሪያው እስከ መጨረሻው የተከናወነውን ሌላውን ተግባር ሁሉ የአሞጽ ልጅ ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ ጽፎታል። 23ዖዝያንም እንደ አባቶቹ ሁሉ አንቀላፋ። ሕዝቡም “ለምጽ አለበት” ብለው የነገሥታቱ በሆነው መቃብር አጠገብ ባለው ቦታ ቀበሩት፤ ልጁም ኢዮአታም በእርሱ ፈንታ ነገሠ።
