2 Chronicles 27

1 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned 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 doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people 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 hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath 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 cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.

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 hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned 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 doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

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, lo, they are written on the book 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 A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;

他即位時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。

9 and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son 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。