1 Alle i Juda tok Ussia, som var seksten år gammel, og gjorde ham til konge i stedet for sin far Amasja.

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

2 Han bygde Elot og tok det tilbake for Juda etter kongens død.

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

3 Ussia var seksten år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i femtito år; hans mor het Jekilja fra Jerusalem.

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 Han gjorde det som var rett i Herrens øyne, slik hans far Amasja hadde gjort.

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

5 Han søkte Gud i Sakarias dager, som gjorde folk vise i gudsfrykt; og så lenge han holdt seg til Herren, gjorde Gud det godt for ham.

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 Han dro ut og førte krig mot filisterne, rev ned murene i Gat, Jabne og Asdod, og bygde byer rundt Asdod og blant filisterne.

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 Gud hjalp ham mot filisterne, araberne som bodde i Gur-Baal, og meunittene.

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

8 Ammons barn gav gaver til Ussia, og ryktet om ham spredte seg helt til Egypts grense; for han ble svært mektig.

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 Ussia bygde tårn i Jerusalem, ved Vinkelen, Dalporten og ved murbuen, og befestet dem.

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 Han bygde tårn i ørkenen og gravde mange brønner, fordi han hadde mye buskap, både i lavlandet og på slettelandet; og han hadde jordbrukere og vingårdsmenn i fjellene og det fruktbare landet, for han elsket jordbruk.

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 Dessuten hadde Ussia en hær av krigere som dro ut i krig i avdelinger, slik de var oppført av Jehiel skriveren og Maaseja lederen, under ledelse av Hananja, en av kongens høvedsmenn.

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 Overhodene for familiene, dyktige krigere, var to tusen seks hundre.

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

13 Under deres kommando var en hær av tre hundre og sju tusen fem hundre trente menn, sterke i krig, som støttet kongen mot fiender.

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 Ussia utrustet hele hæren med brynjer, spyd, hjelmer, rustninger, buer og slyngesteiner.

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 I Jerusalem lagde han maskiner, oppfunnet av dyktige menn, til å plassere på tårnene og murhjørnene for å skyte piler og store steiner. Hans navn ble kjent vidt og bredt, for han fikk stor hjelp inntil han ble sterk.

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 Men da han ble sterk, ble hans hjerte stolt til hans fall; og han gjorde ondt mot Herren, sin Gud; for han gikk inn i Herrens tempel for å brenne røkelse på røkelsesalteret.

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 Azarja, presten, gikk inn etter ham med åtti av Herrens prester, modige menn.

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

18 De konfronterte kong Ussia og sa: "Det er ikke din oppgave, Ussia, å brenne røkelse for Herren, men prestene, Arons sønner, som er innviet til dette arbeid. Gå ut av helligdommen, for du har gjort galt, og dette vil ikke gi deg ære for Gud."

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 Da ble Ussia sint; han holdt en røkelsekar i hånden da han ble sint på prestene, og spedalskhet brøt ut på hans panne i prestene sitt åsyn, der i Herrens hus ved røkelsesalteret.

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 Azarja, ypperstepresten, og alle prestene så på ham, og se, han hadde spedalskhet på pannen, og de jaget ham ut derfra, og selv skyndte han seg ut, for Herrens straff hadde rammet ham.

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 Så var kong Ussia spedalsk til sin død, og han bodde i et separat hus, avskåret fra Herrens hus; mens Jotam, hans sønn, styrte kongens hus og dømte folkene i landet.

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 Resten av Ussias historie, fra begynnelse til slutt, ble skrevet av profeten Jesaja, Amos' sønn.

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

23 Da Ussia døde, ble han gravlagt med sine fedre på kongenes gravmark, for de sa: "Han var spedalsk." Jotam, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

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.