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17 Sinundan siya ng paring si Azarias, kasama ang walumpung matatapang na pari ni Yahweh. 18 Nang(A) makita siya ay sinabi nila, “Haring Uzias, wala po kayong karapatang magsunog ng insenso para kay Yahweh. Tanging ang mga paring mula sa angkan ni Aaron lamang ang inatasan ng Diyos sa katungkulang ito. Lumabas na kayo rito sa banal na dako. Nagkakasala kayo sa ginagawa ninyong iyan. Hindi sinasang-ayunan ng Panginoong Yahweh ang ginagawa ninyo.”

19 Nagalit si Haring Uzias sa mga pari. Siya ay nakatayo noon sa tabi ng altar na sunugan ng insenso. Ngunit nang sandaling iyon ay nagkaroon siya ng sakit sa balat na parang ketong sa noo.

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17 Azariah(A) the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests,(B) the descendants(C) of Aaron,(D) who have been consecrated to burn incense.(E) Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the Lord God.”

19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy[a](F) broke out on his forehead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:19 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 20, 21 and 23.