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.
Yothamu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na sita. Mama yake aliitwa Yerusha binti Sadoki.
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.
Akafanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana kama Uzia baba yake alivyokuwa amefanya, lakini tofauti na yeye, hakuingilia huduma za hekaluni mwa Bwana. Lakini hata hivyo, watu wakaendelea na desturi zao mbaya.
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.
Yothamu akajenga upya Lango la Juu la Hekalu la Bwana na kufanya kazi kubwa kwenye ukuta katika kilima cha Ofeli.
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Akajenga miji katika vilima vya Yuda pamoja na ngome na minara mwituni.
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.
Yothamu akafanya vita na mfalme wa Waamoni na kumshinda. Mwaka ule Waamoni wakamlipa talanta 100 za fedha, kori 10,000 za ngano na kori 10,000 za shayiri. Waamoni wakamletea kiasi hicho hicho mwaka wa pili na wa tatu.
6 So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God.
Yothamu akaendelea kuwa na nguvu kwa sababu alienenda kwa ukamilifu mbele za Bwana Mungu wake.
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.
Matukio mengine ya utawala wa Yothamu, pamoja na vita vyake vyote na vitu vingine alivyofanya, vimeandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda.
8 Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.
Alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala, naye akatawala huko Yerusalemu miaka kumi na sita.
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.
Yothamu akalala na baba zake na akazikwa katika Mji wa Daudi. Naye Ahazi mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
