Uzziah

Sa’an nan dukan mutanen Yahuda suka ɗauki Azariya, wanda yake ɗan shekaru goma sha shida da haihuwa, suka naɗa shi sarki a madadin mahaifinsa Amaziya.

A shekara ta ashirin da bakwai ta mulkin Yerobowam sarkin Isra’ila, Azariya ɗan Amaziya, sarkin Yahuda ya fara mulki.

Game da sauran ayyukan mulkin Azariya, duk a rubuce suke a cikin littafin tarihin sarakunan Yahuda.

Azariya ya huta tare da kakanninsa, aka kuma binne shi kusa da su a Birnin Dawuda. Yotam ɗansa, kuma ya gāje shi.

A shekara ta talatin da takwas ta mulkin Azariya sarkin Yahuda, Zakariya ɗan Yerobowam ya zama sarkin Isra’ila a Samariya, ya kuma yi mulki wata shida.

Shallum ɗan Yabesh ya zama sarki a shekara ta talatin da tara ta mulkin Uzziya sarkin Yahuda, ya kuma yi mulki na wata ɗaya a Samariya.

A shekara ta talatin da takwas ta mulkin Azariya sarkin Yahuda, Menahem ɗan Gadi ya zama sarkin Isra’ila, ya yi mulki a Samariya shekara goma.

A shekara ta hamsin ta mulkin Azariya sarkin Yahuda, Fekahiya ɗan Menahem ya zama sarkin Isra’ila a Samariya, ya kuma yi mulki shekara biyu.

A shekara ta hamsin da biyu ta mulkin Azariya sarkin Yahuda, Feka ɗan Remaliya ya zama sarkin Isra’ila a Samariya, ya yi mulki shekara ashirin.

Sa’an nan Hosheya ɗan Ela ya ƙulla wa Feka ɗan Remaliya maƙarƙashiya. Ya fāɗa masa ya kuma kashe shi, sa’an nan ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki a shekara ta shirin ta mulkin Yotam ɗan Uzziya.

A shekara ta biyu ta mulkin Feka ɗan Remaliya sarkin Isra’ila, Yotam ɗan Uzziya sarkin Yahuda ya fara mulki.

Ya aikata abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji yadda mahaifinsa Uzziya ya yi.

da Amaziya, da Azariya, da Yotam,

Sai dukan mutanen Yahuda suka ɗauki Uzziya wanda yake da shekara goma sha shida da haihuwa, suka naɗa shi sarki a madadin mahaifinsa Amaziya.

Uzziya yana da shekara goma sha shida sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara hamsin da biyu. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Yekoliya ce; ita daga Urushalima ce.

Ammonawa suka kawo haraji wa Uzziya, sunan da ya yi kuwa ya bazu har iyakar Masar, domin ya zama mai iko sosai.

Uzziya ya gina hasumiyoyi a Urushalima a Ƙofar Kusurwa, a Ƙofar Kwari da kuma a kusurwar katanga, ya kuma yi musu katanga.

Uzziya ya kasance da gogaggun mayaƙa, a shirye su fito ɓangarori-ɓangarori bisa ga yawansu yadda Yehiyel magatakarda, da Ma’asehiya jarumi, suka karkasa su bisa ga umarnin Hananiya, ɗaya daga cikin fadawa.

Uzziya ya tanada garkuwoyi, māsu, hulunan kwano, kayan sulke, baka da majajjawa don mayaƙan gaba ɗaya.

Suka kalubalance shi suka ce, “Ba daidai ba ne, Uzziya, ka ƙone turare ga Ubangiji. Wannan aikin firistoci zuriyar Haruna ne, waɗanda aka tsarkake don ƙone turare. Ka bar wuri mai tsarki, gama ka kasance marar aminci; kuma Ubangiji Allah ba zai girmama ka ba.”

Uzziya wanda yake da farantin wuta a hannunsa a shirye don ƙone turare, ya husata. Yayinda yake fushi da firistocin a gabansu a gaban bagaden turare a haikalin Ubangiji, sai kuturta ta faso a goshinsa.

Sarki Uzziya ya kasance da kuturta har ranar mutuwarsa. Ya zauna a gidan da aka ware, da kuturci, aka kuma ware shi daga haikalin Ubangiji. Yotam ɗansa ya lura da fadan ya kuma yi mulkin mutanen ƙasar.

Sauran ayyukan mulkin Uzziya daga farko zuwa ƙarshe, suna a rubuce ta hannun annabi Ishaya ɗan Amoz.

Uzziya ya huta da kakanninsa aka kuma binne shi kusa da su a fili don binnewar da take ta sarakuna, domin mutane sun ce, “Yana da kuturta.” Sai Yotam ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki.

Ya yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji, kamar yadda mahaifinsa Uzziya ya yi, sai dai bai kutsa cikin haikalin Ubangiji kamar mahaifinsa ba. Mutane kuwa, suka ci gaba da aikata ayyukan lalaci.