2 Chronicles 27
1 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.
Jotham était âgé de vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Yeroucha, fille de Çadok.
2 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.
Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur, agissant en tout comme avait agi Ouzzia, son père. Toutefois, il ne fréquenta pas les sanctuaires de l’Eternel, et le peuple persévéra dans ses crimes.
3 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.
Ce fut lui qui bâtit la porte supérieure de la maison de l’Eternel, et il travailla beaucoup à l’édification du mur de l’Ophel.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Il bâtit aussi des villes sur les montagnes de Juda, et sur les collines boisées il bâtit des forteresses et des tours.
5 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.
Il fit aussi la guerre au roi des Ammonites et triompha d’eux; les Ammonites lui remirent cette année-là cent kikkar d’argent, dix mille kôr de froment et dix mille kôr d’orge, et ils lui en remirent autant la deuxième et la troisième année.
6 So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God.
Jotham devint puissant, car il se conduisait bien devant l’Eternel, son Dieu.
7 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.
Pour le surplus de l’histoire de Jotham, toutes ses guerres et ses actions, tout est consigné dans le livre des Rois d’Israël et de Juda.
8 Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.
Il avait vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem.
9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.
Jotham s’endormit avec ses aïeux et on l’ensevelit dans la Cité de David. Achaz, son fils, lui succéda sur le trône.
