2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham [is] a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

[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。

2 And he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father Uzziah did; only, he has not come into the temple of YHWH; and again the people are doing corruptly.

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。

3 He has built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the wall of Ophel he has built abundantly;

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，

4 and he has built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and he has built palaces and towers in the forests.

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。

5 And he has fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevails over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley; the sons of Ammon have returned this to him both in the second year and in the third.

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。

6 And Jotham strengthens himself, for he has prepared his ways before his God YHWH.

約堂因為在上主他的天主前，時常履行正道，所以日漸強盛。

7 And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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。

8 He was a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem;

他即位時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。

9 and Jotham lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Ahaz reigns in his stead.

約堂與祖先同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。