Deuxième livre des Chroniques 26

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Tout le peuple de Juda choisit Ozias, qui avait seize ans, et le fit roi à la place de son pèreAmasias.	1 Then all the people of Judah appointed his son, Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, as king in place of his father, Amaziah.
2 C'est lui qui rebâtit Elat et la rendit à Juda, après que le roi se fut couché avec ses pères.	2 He built up Eloth, and he restored it to the dominion of Judah. After this, the king slept with his fathers.
3 Ozias avait seize ans à son avènement et il régna 52 ans à Jérusalem; sa mère s'appelaitYekolyahu et était de Jérusalem.	3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jecoliah, from Jerusalem.
4 Il fit ce qui est agréable à Yahvé, comme tout ce qu'avait fait son père Amasias;	4 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, in accord with all that his father, Amaziah, had done.
5 il s'appliqua à rechercher Dieu tant que vécut Zekaryahu, celui qui l'instruisait dans la craintede Dieu. Tant qu'il chercha Yahvé, celui-ci le fit réussir.	5 And he sought the Lord, during the days of Zechariah, who understood and saw God. And while he was seeking the Lord, he directed him in all things.
6 Il partit combattre les Philistins, démantela les murailles de Gat, celles de Yabné etd'Ashdod, puis restaura des villes dans la région d'Ashdod et chez les Philistins.	6 Indeed, he went out and fought against the Philistines. And he destroyed the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Also, he built towns in Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7 Dieu l'aida contre les Philistins, les Arabes, les habitants de Gur-Baal et les Méûnites.	7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, who were living in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.
8 Les Ammonites payèrent tribut à Ozias. Sa renommée s'étendit jusqu'au seuil de l'Egypte, caril était devenu extrêmement puissant.	8 And the Ammonites weighed out gifts to Uzziah. And his name became widely known, even to the entrance of Egypt, because of his frequent victories.
9 Ozias construisit des tours à Jérusalem, à la porte de l'Angle, à la porte de la Vallée, àl'Encoignure, et il les fortifia.	9 And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem, above the gate of the corner, and above the gate of the valley, and others on the same side of the wall, and he fortified them.
10 Il construisit aussi des tours dans le désert et creusa de nombreuses citernes, car il disposaitd'un cheptel abondant dans le Bas-Pays et sur le Plateau, de laboureurs et de vignerons dans les montagnes et lesvergers; il avait en effet le goût de l'agriculture.	10 Then he also constructed towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, because he had much cattle, both in the plains and in the starkness of the wilderness. Also, he had vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains and at Carmel. Certainly, he was a man devoted to agriculture.
11 Ozias eut une armée entraînée, prête à entrer en campagne, répartie en groupes recenséssous la surveillance du scribe Yeïel et du greffier Maaséyahu; elle était sous les ordres de Hananyahu, l'un desofficiers royaux.	11 Now the army of his warriors, who would go forth to battle, was under the hand of Jeiel, the scribe, and Maaseiah, the teacher, and under the hand of Hananiah, who was among the king’s commanders.
12 Le nombre total des chefs de famille de ces preux vaillants était de 2.600.	12 And the entire number of the leaders, by the families of strong men, was two thousand six hundred.
13 Ils avaient sous leurs ordres l'armée de campagne, soit 307.500 guerriers, d'une grandevaleur militaire pour prêter main-forte au roi contre l'ennemi.	13 And the entire army under them was three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, who were fit for war, and who fought on behalf of the king against the adversaries.
14 A chaque campagne Ozias leur distribuait boucliers, lances, casques, cuirasses, arcs etpierres de fronde.	14 Also, Uzziah prepared for them, that is, for the entire army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, as well as slings for the casting of stones.
15 Il fit faire à Jérusalem des engins inventés par les ingénieurs, à placer sur les tours et lessaillants pour lancer des flèches et de grosses pierres. Son renom s'étendit au loin, et il dut sa puissance à unsecours vraiment miraculeux.	15 And in Jerusalem, he made various kinds of machines, which he placed in the towers, and at the corners of the walls, so as to shoot arrows and large stones. And his name went forth to far away places, for the Lord was helping him and had strengthened him.
16 Quand il fut devenu puissant, son coeur s'enorgueillit jusqu'à le perdre: il prévariqua enversYahvé son Dieu. Il vint dans la grande salle du Temple de Yahvé pour faire l'encensement sur l'autel desparfums.	16 But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up, even to his own destruction. And he neglected the Lord his God. And entering into the temple of the Lord, he intended to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17 Le prêtre Azaryahu, ainsi que 80 vertueux prêtres de Yahvé, vinrent	17 And entering immediately after him, Azariah the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, very valiant men,
18 s'opposer au roi Ozias et lui dirent: "Ce n'est pas à toi, Ozias, d'encenser Yahvé, mais auxprêtres descendants d'Aaron consacrés à cet effet. Quitte le sanctuaire, car tu as prévariqué et tu n'as plus droit àla gloire qui vient de Yahvé Dieu."	18 withstood the king, and they said: “It is not your office, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord; rather, it is the office of the priests, that is, of the sons of Aaron, who have been consecrated for this same ministry. Depart from the sanctuary, otherwise you will be in contempt. For this act will not be reputed to you for your glory by the Lord God.”
19 Ozias, tenant dans ses mains l'encensoir à parfum, s'emporta. Mais alors qu'il s'emportaitcontre les prêtres, la lèpre bourgeonna sur son front, en présence des prêtres, dans le Temple de Yahvé, près del'autel des parfums!	19 And Uzziah, having become angry, while holding in his hand the censer so that he might burn incense, threatened the priests. And immediately a leprosy arose on his forehead, in the sight of the priests, in the house of the Lord, at the altar of incense.
20 Azaryahu, premier prêtre, et tous les prêtres se tournèrent vers lui et lui virent la lèpre aufront. Ils l'expulsèrent en hâte et il se hâta lui-même de sortir, car Yahvé l'avait frappé.	20 And when the high priest Azariah, and all the rest of the priests, had gazed upon him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, and they hurried to expel him. Then too, he himself, becoming terrified, rushed to depart, because immediately he had become aware of the wound of the Lord.
21 Le roi Ozias fut affligé de la lèpre jusqu'au jour de sa mort. Il demeura confiné à lachambre, lépreux, vraiment exclu du Temple de Yahvé. Son fils Yotam était maître du palais et administrait lepeuple du pays.	21 And so, king Uzziah was a leper, even until the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, being full of leprosy, because of which he had been ejected from the house of the Lord. Then Jotham, his son, directed the house of the king, and he was judging the people of the land.
22 Le reste de l'histoire d'Ozias, du début à la fin, a été écrit par le prophète Isaïe, fils d'Amoç.	22 But the rest of the words of Uzziah, the first and the last, were written by the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.
23 Puis Ozias se coucha avec ses pères et on l'enterra avec eux dans le terrain des sépulturesroyales, car on disait: "C'est un lépreux." Son fils Yotam devint roi à sa place.	23 And Uzziah slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchers, because he was a leper. And Jotham, his son, reigned in his place.