2 Setouknae 27
1 Jotham teh siangpahrang a tawk navah, kum 25 touh a pha. Jerusalem vah kum 16 touh a bawi. A manu min teh Jerusha, Zadok e canu doeh.
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 A na pa Uzziah ni a sak e hno a sak van teh, BAWIPA e mithmu vah hawinae ouk a sak. BAWIPA e im dawk teh kâen hoeh. Hatei khocanaw ni teh thoenae a sak pouh awh rah.
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 BAWIPA im dawk lathueng lae longkha a sak. Hahoi Ophel rapan thung vah im moikapap 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 ram monrui dawk khopui moikapap hoi ratu dawk im kalennaw hoi imrasangnaw a sak.
They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests.
5 Ammonnaw e siangpahrang a tuk teh a tâ. Hahoi Ammonnaw ni hote kum dawk ngun tangka talen 100 touh hoi cakang tangthung 10, 000 touh hoi, catun tangthung 10, 000 touh a poe awh. Hottelah Ammonnaw ni kum pahni hoi kum pâthum nah hai a poe awh.
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 Jotham ni BAWIPA Cathut hmalah, lamthung kahawicalah a pouk dawkvah a thao.
Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.
7 Hottelah Jotham tawksaknae dawk e kaawm rae pueng hoi taran a tuknae naw pueng hoi khosaknae naw pueng teh, khenhaw! Isarel hoi Judah siangpahrangnaw e kong thutnae dawkvah thut lah ao.
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 a tawk navah, kum 25 touh a pha teh, Jerusalem vah kum 16 touh a bawi.
After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.
9 Jotham teh mintoenaw koe a i teh Devit khopui dawk a pakawp awh. Hahoi a capa Ahaz ni a yueng lah a bawi.
He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].
