2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of [the priest] Zadok.

١ كَانَ يُوثَامُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَرُوشَةُ بِنْتُ صَادُوقَ.

2 Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh.

٢ وَصَنَعَ كُلَّ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا نَهَجَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُوهُ عُزِّيَّا، إِلّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُغِرْ عَلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، إلّا أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ ثَابَرَ عَلَى ارْتِكَابِ الآثَامِ.

3 Jotham’s [workers] rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel [Hill].

٣ وَقَدْ قَامَ يُوثَامُ بِبِنَاءِ الْبَابِ الأَعْلَى لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَأَضَافَ كَثِيراً إِلَى سُورِ الأَكَمَةِ.

4 They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests.

٤ وَبَنَى مُدُناً فِي جَبَلِ يَهُوذَا وَشَيَّدَ أَبْرَاجاً وَقِلاعاً فِي الْغَابَاتِ.

5 During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley.

٥ وَحَارَبَ مَلِكَ عَمُّونَ وَهَزَمَهُ، فَدَفَعُوا لَهُ الْجِزْيَةَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ: مِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَعَشَرَةَ آلافِ كِيسِ قَمْحٍ وَعَشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ. وَقَدْ أَدَّى لَهُ الْعَمُّونِيُّونَ نَفْسَ الْجِزْيَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَالثَّالِثَةِ.

6 Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.

٦ وَعَظُمَ نُفُوذُ يُوثَامَ لأَنَّهُ سَلَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ فِي طَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

7 A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘[the History of] the Kings of Israel and Judah’.

٧ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يُوثَامَ وَكُلُّ حُرُوبِهِ وَمُنْجَزَاتِهِ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا؟

8 After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.

٨ كَانَ يُوثَامُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].

٩ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ آحَازُ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.