2. Tarihler 26

¹Bütün ülke halkı, on altı yaşındaki Ozias'ı alıp babası Amasias'ın yerine kral ilan etti.

²Kral, atalarıyla birlikte uyuduktan sonra, Ozias Ailath'ı yeniden inşa etti ve onu Yahuda'ya geri kazandırdı.

³Ozias on altı yaşında bir genç olarak tahta çıktı ve Yeruşalim'de elli iki yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Yeruşalimli Yehelia idi.

⁴Babası Amasias'ın yaptığı her şeyde olduğu gibi, o da Rabbin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı.

⁵Rab korkusunda derin bir kavrayışa sahip olan Zakarias'ın yaşadığı günlerde Tanrı'yı aradı; Rabbin izini sürdüğü günlerde Tanrı onun yolunu açıp onu başarılı kıldı.

⁶Sefere çıkıp yabancılara karşı savaştı; Gat, Yavne ve Aşdot surlarını yıktı; Aşdot bölgesinde ve yabancıların arasında yeni kentler kurdu.

⁷Rab ona yabancılara, kaya üzerinde oturan Araplara ve Minelilere karşı yardım edip onu üstün kıldı.

⁸Mineliler Ozias'a hediyeler sundular; ünü Mısır sınırına kadar yayıldı, çünkü gücü son derece artmıştı.

⁹Ozias Yeruşalim'de Köşe Kapısı'nda, Vadi Kapısı'nda ve surların köşelerinde kuleler inşa ederek buraları tahkim etti.

¹⁰Çölde de kuleler inşa etti ve çok sayıda sarnıç kazdı; çünkü Şefela'da ve düzlükte çok sayıda sürüsü vardı. Dağlık bölgede ve Karmel'de de bağcıları vardı, çünkü o toprakla uğraşan bir çiftçiydi.

¹¹Ozias'ın savaşa hazır, düzenli birlikler halinde sefere çıkan ve sayımla orduya katılan eğitimli bir askeri gücü vardı; bu güç, yazıcı Yeiel ile yargıç Maasiyas'ın tuttuğu kayıtlara göre, kralın halefi Hananyas'ın komutası altındaydı.

¹²Savaşçı yiğitlerin aile başlarının toplam sayısı iki bin altı yüzdü.

¹³Onların komutası altında, düşmanlara karşı krala yardım etmek üzere büyük bir kudretle savaşan üç yüz yedi bin beş yüz kişilik askeri bir ordu bulunuyordu.

¹⁴Ozias bütün bu ordu için kalkanlar, mızraklar, miğferler, zırhlar, yaylar ve sapan taşları hazırladı.

¹⁵Yeruşalim'de, kulelerin ve köşelerin üzerinde durup ok ve büyük taşlar fırlatmak amacıyla bir mühendisin tasarladığı makineler yaptırdı; ünü çok uzaklara yayıldı, çünkü güçlü bir konuma gelene dek kendisine hayranlık uyandırıcı bir şekilde yardım edildi.

¹⁶Ancak güçlendiğinde, yıkımına yol açacak şekilde yüreği kibirlendi ve Tanrısı Rabbe karşı haksızlık etti; buhur sunağında buhur yakmak için Rabbin tapınağına girdi.

¹⁷Kâhin Azaryas ve onunla birlikte Rabbin kâhini olan seksen yiğit adam arkasından içeri girdiler.

¹⁸Kral Ozias'ın karşısına dikilip şöyle dediler: "Ey Ozias, Rabbe buhur yakmak sana düşmez! Bu görev ancak Harun'un oğullarına, buhur yakmak için kutsanmış olan kâhinlere aittir. Kutsal yerden çık, çünkü Rabden uzaklaştın; bu durum Rab Tanrı katından sana bir onur getirmeyecektir."

¹⁹Elinde buhur yakmak için buhurdan tutan Ozias öfkelendi; kâhinlere öfkelendiği sırada, Rabbin tapınağında, buhur sunağının yanında, kâhinlerin gözü önünde alnında cüzam belirdi.

²⁰Başkâhin Azaryas ve diğer bütün kâhinler ona dönüp baktıklarında, alnında cüzam olduğunu gördüler; onu hemen oradan dışarı çıkardılar, kendisi de dışarı çıkmak için acele etti, çünkü Rab onu suçlu bulup cezalandırmıştı.

²¹Kral Ozias öldüğü güne kadar cüzamlı kaldı; cüzamlı olduğu için tecrit edilmiş bir evde yaşadı ve Rabbin tapınağından uzaklaştırıldı. Oğlu Yotam ise sarayın yönetimini üstlenerek ülke halkını yönetti.

²²Ozias'ın yaptığı diğer işler, başından sonuna dek, peygamber Yesias tarafından yazılmıştır.

²³Ozias atalarıyla birlikte uyudu ve onu atalarının yanına, kralların mezarlık alanına gömdüler; çünkü "O bir cüzamlıdır" dediler. Yerine oğlu Yotam kral oldu.

¹ΚΑΙ ἔλαβε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τὸν ᾿Οζίαν, καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν αὐτὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ᾿Αμασίου.

²αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Αἰλάθ, αὐτὸς ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὴν τῷ ᾿Ιούδᾳ μετὰ τὸ κοιμηθῆναι τὸν βασιλέα μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ.

³υἱὸς ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Οζίας καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ δύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιεχελία ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

⁴καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν ᾿Αμασίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

⁵καὶ ἦν ἐκζητῶν τὸν Κύριον ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ζαχαρίου τοῦ συνιόντος ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου· καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἐζήτησε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ εὐώδωσεν αὐτῷ Κύριος.

⁶καὶ ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἐπολέμησε πρὸς τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ κατέσπασε τὰ τείχη Γὲθ καὶ τὰ τείχη ᾿Ιαβνὴ καὶ τὰ τείχη ᾿Αζώτου καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε πόλεις ᾿Αζώτου καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις.

⁷καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ῎Αραβας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς Μιναίους.

⁸καὶ ἔδωκαν οἱ Μιναῖοι δῶρα τῷ ᾿Οζίᾳ, καὶ ἦν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἕως εἰσόδου Αἰγύπτου, ὅτι κατίσχυσεν ἕως ἄνω.

⁹καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ᾿Οζίας πύργους ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην τῆς γωνίας καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην τῆς φάραγγος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν γωνιῶν καὶ κατίσχυσε.

¹⁰καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε πύργους ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ ἐλατόμησε λάκκους πολλούς, ὅτι κτήνη πολλὰ ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῷ ἐν Σεφηλᾷ καὶ ἐν τῇ πεδινῇ καὶ ἀμπελουργοὶ ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ καὶ ἐν τῷ Καρμήλῳ, ὅτι γεωργὸς ἦν.

¹¹καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ ᾿Οζίᾳ δύναμις ποιοῦσα πόλεμον καὶ ἐκπορευομένη εἰς παράταξιν εἰς πόλεμον καὶ εἰσπορευομένη εἰς παράταξιν εἰς ἀριθμόν, καὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν διὰ χειρὸς ᾿Ιεϊὴλ τοῦ γραμματέως καὶ Μαασίου τοῦ κριτοῦ, διὰ χειρὸς ᾿Ανανίου τοῦ διαδόχου τοῦ βασιλέως.

¹²πᾶς ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν πατριαρχῶν τῶν δυνατῶν εἰς πόλεμον δισχίλιοι ἑξακόσιοι,

¹³καὶ μετ’ αὐτῶν δύναμις πολεμικὴ τριακόσιαι χιλιάδες καὶ ἑπτακισχίλιοι καί πεντακόσιοι· οὗτοι οἱ ποιοῦντες πόλεμον ἐν δυνάμει ἰσχύος βοηθῆσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπὶ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.

¹⁴καὶ ἡτοίμασεν αὐτοῖς ᾿Οζίας πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει θυρεοὺς καὶ δόρατα καὶ περικεφαλαίας καὶ θώρακας καὶ τόξα καὶ σφενδόνας εἰς λίθους.

¹⁵καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ μηχανὰς μεμηχανευμένας λογιστοῦ τοῦ εἶναι ἐπὶ τῶν πύργων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν γωνιῶν βάλλειν βέλεσι καὶ λίθοις μεγάλοις· καὶ ἠκούσθη ἡ κατασκευὴ αὐτῶν ἕως πόρρω, ὅτι ἐθαυμαστώθη τοῦ βοηθῆναι, ἕως οὗ κατίσχυσε.

¹⁶Καὶ ὡς κατίσχυσεν, ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταφθεῖραι, καὶ ἠδίκησεν ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν ναὸν Κυρίου θυμιάσαι ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῶν θυμιαμάτων.

¹⁷καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου ὀγδοήκοντα υἱοὶ δυνατοὶ

¹⁸καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ ᾿Οζίαν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· οὐ σοί, ᾿Οζία, θυμιάσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀλλ’ ἢ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν υἱοῖς ᾿Ααρὼν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις θυμιάσαι· ἔξελθε ἐκ τοῦ ἁγιάσματος, ὅτι ἀπέστης ἀπὸ Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο εἰς δόξαν παρὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ.

¹⁹καὶ ἐθυμώθη ᾿Οζίας, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ θυμιατήριον τοῦ θυμιάσαι ἐν τῷ ναῷ, καὶ ἐν τῷ θυμωθῆναι αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ ἡ λέπρα ἀνέτειλεν ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον τῶν ἱερέων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἐπάνω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τῶν θυμιαμάτων.

²⁰καὶ ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς αὐτὸν ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ πρῶτος καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς λεπρὸς ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ· καὶ κατέσπευσαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἔσπευσεν ἐξελθεῖν, ὅτι ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν Κύριος.

²¹καὶ ᾿Οζίας ὁ βασιλεὺς ἦν λεπρὸς ἕως ἡμέρας τῆς τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ ἀφφουσὼθ ἐκάθητο λεπρός, ὅτι ἀπεσχίσθη ἀπὸ οἴκου Κυρίου· καὶ ᾿Ιωάθαμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ κρίνων τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς.

²²καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι ᾿Οζίου οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ ἔσχατοι γεγραμμένοι ὑπὸ ᾿Ιεσσίου τοῦ προφήτου.

²³καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Οζίας μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ τῆς ταφῆς τῶν βασιλέων, ὅτι εἶπαν ὅτι λεπρός ἐστι. καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωάθαμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

¹Then all the people of the land took Ozias, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in the room of his father Amasias.

²He built Aelath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.

³Ozias began to reign at the age of sixteen years, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

⁴And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did.

⁵And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias, who understood the fear of the Lord; and in his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him.

⁶And he went out and fought against the Philistines, and pulled down the walls of Geth, and the walls of Jabner, and the walls of Azotus, and he built cities [near] Azotus, and among the Philistines.

⁷And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock, and against the Minaeans.

⁸And the Minaeans gave gifts to Ozias; and his fame spread as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly.

⁹And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem, both at the gate of the corners, and at the valley gate, and at the corners and he fortified them.

¹⁰And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was a husbandman.

¹¹And Ozias had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was [made] by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maasias the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king’s deputy.

¹²The whole number of the chiefs of families of the mighty men of war [was] two thousand six hundred;

¹³and with them was a warrior force, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred: these waged war mightily to help the king against [his] enemies.

¹⁴And Ozias prepared for them, [even] for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and slings for stones.

¹⁵And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: and [the fame] of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, till he was strong.

¹⁶And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of incense.

¹⁷And there went in after him Azarias the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men.

¹⁸And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him, [It is] not for thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for thou hast departed from the Lord; and this shall not be for glory to thee from the Lord God.

¹⁹And Ozias was angry, and in his hand [was] the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense.

²⁰And Azarias the chief priest, and the [other] priests, turned [to look] at him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him.

²¹And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt [as] a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joatham his son [was set] over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.

²²And the rest of the acts of Ozias, the first and the last, [are] written by Jessias the prophet.

²³And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial [place] of the kings, for they said, He is a leper; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.