1 Então todo o povo de Judá tomou a Uzias, que tinha dezesseis anos, e o fizeram rei em lugar de seu pai Amazias.

2 Ele edificou Elote, e a restituiu a Judá, depois que o rei dormiu com seus pais.

3 Tinha Uzias dezesseis anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou cinqüenta e dois anos em Jerusalém. E o nome de sua mãe era Jecolia, de Jerusalém.

4 Ele fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que fizera Amazias seu pai.

5 E buscou a Deus enquanto viveu Zacarias, que o instruiu no temor de Deus; e enquanto buscou ao Senhor, Deus o fez prosperar.

6 Saiu e guerreou contra os filisteus, e derrubou o muro de Gate, o muro de Jabné e o muro de Asdode; e edificou cidades no país de Asdode e entre os filisteus;

7 porque Deus, o ajudou contra os filisteus e contra os árabes que habitavam em Gur-Baal, e contra os meunitas.

8 Os amonitas pagaram tributo a Uzias; e a sua fama se espalhou até a entrada do Egito, pois se tornou muito poderoso.

9 Também Uzias edificou torres em Jerusalém, à porta da esquina, à porta do vale e ao ângulo do muro, e as fortificou.

10 Edificou torres no deserto, e cavou muitos poços, porque tinha muito gado tanto nos vales como nas campinas; e tinha lavradores e vinhateiros nos montes e nos campos férteis, pois era amigo da agricultura.

11 Tinha também Uzias um exército de homens destros nas armas, que saíam à guerra em tropas, segundo o número da sua resenha feita pelo escrivão Jeiel e o oficial Maaséias, sob as ordens de Hananias, um dos príncipes do rei.

12 O número total dos chefes das casas paternas, homens valorosos, era de dois mil e seiscentos.

13 E sob as suas ordens havia um exército disciplinado de trezentos e sete mil e quinhentos homens, que guerreavam valorosamente, para ajudarem o rei contra os inimigos.

14 Uzias proveu o exército inteiro de escudos, lanças, capacetes, couraças e arcos, e até fundas para atirar pedras.

15 E em Jerusalém fabricou máquinas, inventadas por peritos, para que fossem colocadas nas torres e nos cantos das muralhas, a fim de se atirarem com elas flechas e grandes pedras. E voou a sua fama até muito longe; porque foi maravilhosamente ajudado, até que se tornou poderoso.

16 Mas, quando ele se havia tornado poderoso, o seu coração se exaltou de modo que se corrompeu, e cometeu transgressões contra o Senhor, seu Deus; pois entrou no templo do Senhor para queimar incenso no altar do incenso.

17 Mas o sacerdote Azarias entrou após ele, com oitenta sacerdotes do Senhor, homens valorosos,

18 e se opuseram ao rei Uzias, dizendo-lhe: A ti, Uzias, não compete queimar incenso perante o Senhor, mas aos sacerdotes, filhos de Arão, que foram consagrados para queimarem incenso. Sai do santuário, pois cometeste uma transgressão; e não será isto para honra tua da parte do Senhor Deus.

19 Então Uzias se indignou; e tinha na mão um incensário para queimar incenso. Indignando-se ele, pois, contra os sacerdotes, nasceu-lhe a lepra na testa, perante os sacerdotes, na casa de Senhor, junto ao altar do incenso.

20 Então o sumo sacerdote Azarias olhou para ele, como também todos os sacerdotes, e eis que já estava leproso na sua testa. E apressuradamente o lançaram fora, e ele mesmo se apressou a sair, porque o Senhor o ferira.

21 Assim ficou leproso o rei Uzias até o dia da sua morte; e, por ser leproso, morou numa casa separada, pois foi excluído da casa do Senhor. E Jotão, seu filho, tinha o cargo da casa do rei, julgando o povo da terra.

22 Quanto ao restante dos atos de Uzias, desde os primeiros até os últimos, o profeta Isaías, filho de Amoz, o escreveu.

23 Assim dormiu Uzias com seus pais, e com eles o sepultaram, isto é, no campo de sepultura que era dos reis; pois disseram: ele é leproso. E Jotão, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

1 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.

6 And 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 he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. 8 And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry. 11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. 12 The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. 13 And 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. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men: 18 and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, 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 honor from Jehovah God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.