2 Chronicles 27
1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
Jotam var fem og tyve år da han blev konge, og regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Jerusa og var datter av Sadok.
2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
Han gjorde hvad rett var i Herrens øine, aldeles som hans far Ussias hadde gjort; men han gikk ikke inn i Herrens helligdom. Men folket vedblev med å gjøre hvad ondt var.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
Han bygget den øvre port til Herrens hus, og på Ofel-muren bygget han meget.
4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Han bygget også byer i Judafjellene, og i skogene bygget han borger og tårn.
5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
Han førte krig med Ammons barns konge og overvant dem, så at Ammons barn det år måtte gi ham hundre talenter sølv og ti tusen kor hvete og ti tusen kor bygg; det samme måtte Ammons barn gi ham også i det annet og det tredje år.
6 So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
Således blev Jotam mektig, fordi han stadig vandret for Herrens, sin Guds åsyn.
7 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
Hvad som ellers er å fortelle om Jotam, om alle hans kriger og alt det han tok sig fore, det er opskrevet i boken om Israels og Judas konger.
8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
Han var fem og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og regjerte seksten år i Jerusalem.
9 And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
Og Jotam la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og de begravde ham i Davids stad; og hans sønn Akas blev konge i hans sted.
