< 2 Chronicles 27 >

1 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.
Fem og tjuge år gamall var Jotam då han vart konge, og sekstan år styrde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Jerusa Sadoksdotter.
2 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.
Han gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo, plent som Uzzia, far hans, hadde gjort, so nær som at han ikkje gjekk inn i Herrens hus. Men folket heldt ved og gjorde det som vondt var.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.
Han bygde den øvre porten i Herrens hus, og bygde dessutan mykje på Ofelmuren.
4 He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and forests.
Han bygde upp byar i Judafjelli og borger og tårn i skogarne.
5 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.
Han hadde krig med kongen yver Ammons-borni og vann yver deim, so at Ammons-borni svara skatt til honom i det året, tvo hundrad og femti våger sylv, tretti tusund tunnar kveite og tretti tusund tunnor bygg; det same svara Ammons-borni honom året etter og det tridje året med.
6 Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of the Lord his God.
Soleis vart Jotam megtig, av di han stødt førde si livsferd for Herren, sin Gud.
7 The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
Det som elles er å fortelja um Jotam, um alle krigarne hans og um alle fyretaki hans, er uppskrive i Israels og Judas kongebok.
8 He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years.
Fem og tjuge år var han då han vart konge, og sekstan år styrde han i Jerusalem.
9 Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.
So lagde Jotam seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og dei gravlagde honom i Davidsbyen, og Ahaz, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.

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