歷代志下 27

1 [約堂為王]約堂登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡十六年；他的母親名叫耶魯沙，是匝克多的女兒。

Jotham was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

2 約堂行了上主視為正義的事，完成像他父親所作的一樣，只是沒有進入上主的聖所；但百姓仍然敗壞。

He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done, and he did not enter the Lord's Temple as his father had. But the people still acted corruptly.

3 他建築了上主殿宇的上門，在敖斐耳城牆上，也作了許多工程，

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.

4 在猶大山地建築了一些城池，在叢林中也建了一些營寨和堡壘。

He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and forests.

5 約堂與阿孟子民的君王交戰，戰勝了他們，因此阿孟子民那一年給他進貢：銀子一百「塔冷通，」小麥一萬「苛爾，」大麥一萬「苛爾。」以後第二第三年，阿孟子民仍進了這些貢物。

Jotham fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. The Ammonites gave him every year for three years one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley.

6 約堂因為在上主他的天主前，時常履行正道，所以日漸強盛。

Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of the Lord his God.

7 約堂其餘的事蹟，以及他的戰績和作為，都記載在以色列和猶大列王實錄上。

The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

8 他即位時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。

He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years.

9 約堂與祖先同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。

Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.