< 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。
Twenty and five years old was Jotham when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yerushah, the 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。
And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father 'Uzziyahu had done: only he entered not into the temple of the Lord. But the people acted still 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,
He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the hill-fort he built much.
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。
Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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。
And he likewise fought with the king of the sons of 'Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of 'Ammon gave him in that same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of 'Ammon pay unto him again, both in the second year, and in the third.
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。
So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before 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。
And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.
9 約堂與祖先同眠,葬在達味城;他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.