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1 Jotham siangpahrang ah oh tangsuek naah saning pumphae pangato oh boeh; anih mah saning hatlai tarukto thung Jerusalem to uk. Amno loe Zadok canu Jerushah, tiah kawk o.
Jotham was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of [the priest] Zadok.
2 Anih loe ampa Uzziah baktiah, Angraeng mikhnukah katoeng hmuennawk to sak; toe anih loe Angraeng ih im thungah akun ai. Toe prae kaminawk loe kahoih ai hmuen to sak o toengtoeng vop.
Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh.
3 Jotham mah Angraeng ih kasang khongkha to sak, Ophel sipae to kacakah a sak.
Jotham’s [workers] rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel [Hill].
4 Judah mae nuiah vangpuinawk to a sak moe, praezaek ah misa abuephaih hoi imsangnawk to a sak.
They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests.
5 Anih mah Amon siangpahrang to tuk moe, nihcae to pazawk. Misa pazawkhaih saning thungah Amon kaminawk mah, sumkanglung talent cumvaito, takaw cang phawh sang hato hoi barley cang phawh sang hato paek o. Saning hnetto hoi saning thumto haih naah doeh to tiah a paek o.
During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley.
6 Angmah ih Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah katoeng ah a caeh pongah, Jotham loe len aep aep.
Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.
7 Khenah, Jotham siangpahrang ah oh nathung sak ih hmuennawk, misa angtukhaihnawk hoi a sak ih toknawk boih loe, Israel hoi Judah siangpahrangnawk ih cabu thungah tarik o.
A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘[the History of] the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
8 Siangpahrang ah oh amtong naah, anih loe saning pumphae pangato oh boeh moe, Jerusalem to saning hatlai tarukto thung a uk.
After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.
9 Jotham loe ampanawk khaeah anghak moe, David vangpui ah aphum o. Anih zuengah a capa Ahaz mah prae to uk.
He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].

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