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.

[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 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.

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

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

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

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 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’.

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

他即位時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。

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

約堂與祖先同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。