Liber II Paralipomenon, 26

1. omnis autem populus Juda filium ejus Oziam annorum sedecim constituit regem pro patre suo Amasia

1. And all the people of Juda took his son Ozias, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of Amasias his father.

2. ipse ædificavit Ahilath et restituit eam dicioni Judæ postquam dormivit rex cum patribus suis

2. He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

3. sedecim annorum erat Ozias cum regnare cœpisset et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris ejus Hiechelia de Hierusalem

3. Ozias was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

4. fecitque quod erat rectum in oculis Domini juxta omnia quæ fecerat Amasias pater ejus

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

5. et exquisivit Deum in diebus Zacchariæ intellegentis et videntis Deum cumque requireret Dominum direxit eum in omnibus

5. And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias that understood and saw God: and as long as he sought the Lord, he directed him in all things.

6. denique egressus est et pugnavit contra Philisthim et destruxit murum Geth et murum Jabniæ murumque Azoti ædificavit quoque oppida in Azoto et in Philisthim

6. Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.

7. et adiuvit eum Deus contra Philisthim et contra Arabas qui habitabant in Gurbaal et contra Ammanitas

7. And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.

8. pendebantque Ammanitæ munera Oziæ et divulgatum est nomen ejus usque ad introitum Ægypti propter crebras victorias

8. And the ammonites gave gifts to Ozias: and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt for his frequent victories.

9. ædificavitque Ozias turres in Hierusalem super portam Anguli et super portam Vallis et reliquas in eodem muri latere firmavitque eas

9. And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall, and fortified them.

10. extruxit etiam turres in solitudine et fodit cisternas plurimas eo quod haberet multa pecora tam in campestribus quam in heremi vastitate vineas quoque habuit et vinitores in montibus et in Carmelo erat quippe homo agriculturæ deditus

10. And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry.

11. fuit autem exercitus bellatorum ejus qui procedebant ad prœlia sub manu Hiehihel scribæ Maasiæque doctoris et sub manu Ananiæ qui erat de ducibus regis

11. And the army of his fighting men, that went out to war, was under the hand of Jehiel the scribe, and Maasias the doctor, end under the hand of Henanias, who was one of the king's captains.

12. omnisque numerus principum per familias virorum fortium duum milium sescentorum

12. And the whole number of the chiefs by the families of valiant men were two thousand six hundred.

13. et sub eis universus exercitus trecentorum et septem milium quingentorum qui erant apti ad bella et pro rege contra adversarios dimicabant

13. And the whole army under them three hundred and seven thousand five hundred: who were fit for war, and fought for the king against the enemy.

14. præparavit quoque eis Ozias id est cuncto exercitui clypeos et hastas et galeas et loricas arcusque et fundas ad jaciendos lapides

14. And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

15. et fecit in Hierusalem diversi generis machinas quas in turribus conlocavit et in angulis murorum ut mitterent sagittas et saxa grandia egressumque est nomen ejus procul eo quod auxiliaretur ei Dominus et corroborasset illum

15. And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows, and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad, for the Lord helped him, and had strengthened him.

16. sed cum roboratus esset elevatum est cor ejus in interitum suum et neglexit Dominum Deum suum ingressusque templum Domini adolere voluit incensum super altare thymiamatis

16. But when he was made strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction, and he neglected the Lord his God: and going into the temple of the Lord, he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

17. statimque ingressus post eum Azarias sacerdos et cum eo sacerdotes Domini octoginta viri fortissimi

17. And immediately Azarias the priest going in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, most valiant men,

18. restiterunt regi atque dixerunt non est tui officii Ozia ut adoleas incensum Domino sed sacerdotum hoc est filiorum Aaron qui consecrati sunt ad hujuscemodi ministerium egredere de sanctuario ne contempseris quia non reputabitur tibi in gloriam hoc a Domino Deo

18. Withstood the king and said: It doth not belong to thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but to the priests, that is, to the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated for this ministry: go out of the sanctuary, do not despise: for this thing shall not be accounted to thy glory by the Lord God.

19. iratusque est Ozias et tenens in manu turibulum ut adoleret incensum minabatur sacerdotibus statimque orta est lepra in fronte ejus coram sacerdotibus in domo Domini super altare thymiamatis

19. And Ozias was angry, and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense, threatened the priests. And presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests, in the house of the Lord at the altar of incense.

20. cumque respexisset eum Azarias pontifex et omnes reliqui sacerdotes viderunt lepram in fronte ejus et festinato expulerunt eum sed et ipse perterritus adceleravit egredi eo quod sensisset ilico plagam Domini

20. And Azarias the high priest, and all the rest of the priests looked upon him, and saw the leprosy in his forehead, and they made haste to thrust him out. Yea himself also being frightened, hasted to go out, because he had quickly felt the stroke of the Lord.

21. fuit igitur Ozias rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suæ et habitavit in domo separata plenus lepra ob quam et ejectus fuerat de domo Domini porro Joatham filius ejus rexit domum regis et judicabat populum terræ

21. And Ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy, for which he had been cast out of the house of the Lord. And Joatham his son governed the king's house, and judged the people of the land.

22. reliqua autem sermonum Oziæ priorum et novissimorum scripsit Esajas filius Amos propheta

22. But the rest of the acts of Ozias first and last were written by Isaias the son of Amos, the prophet.

23. dormivitque Ozias cum patribus suis et sepelierunt eum in agro regalium sepulchrorum eo quod esset leprosus regnavitque Joatham filius ejus pro eo

23. And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres, because he was a leper: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.