1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

2 He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.

4 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

5 He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

6 He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

7 And God gave him help against the Philistines, and against the Arabians living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunim.

8 The Ammonites gave offerings to Uzziah: and news of him went out as far as the limit of Egypt; for he became very great in power.

9 Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

10 And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

11 In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

12 The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.

13 And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.

14 And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.

15 And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

16 But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.

17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty of the Lord's priests, who were strong men;

18 And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

20 And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

21 So King Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death, living separately in his private house; for he was cut off from the house of God; and Jotham his son was ruling over his house, judging the people of the land.

22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were recorded by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

23 So Uzziah went to rest with his fathers; and they put his body into the earth in the field used for the resting-place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his place.

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.