2 Dungkrhoekhaih 27
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 twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah; she was the daughter of 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.
He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, Uzziah, in everything. He also refrained from going into the temple of Yahweh. But the people were still behaving in evil ways.
3 Jotham mah Angraeng ih kasang khongkha to sak, Ophel sipae to kacakah a sak.
He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the hill of Ophel he built much.
4 Judah mae nuiah vangpuinawk to a sak moe, praezaek ah misa abuephaih hoi imsangnawk to a sak.
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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.
He fought also with the king of the people of Ammon and defeated them. In that same year, the people of Ammon gave him one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand measures of wheat, ten thousand measures of barley. The people of Ammon gave him the same in the second and third years.
6 Angmah ih Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah katoeng ah a caeh pongah, Jotham loe len aep aep.
So Jotham became powerful because he walked firmly before Yahweh his God.
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.
As for the other matters concerning Jotham, all his wars, and his ways, see, they are written in the book 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.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 Jotham loe ampanawk khaeah anghak moe, David vangpui ah aphum o. Anih zuengah a capa Ahaz mah prae to uk.
Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Ahaz, his son, became king in his place.
