2 Chroniques 27
1 Jotham était âgé de vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Yeroucha, fille de Çadok.
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah; she was the daughter of Zadok.
2 Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur, agissant en tout comme avait agi Ouzzia, son père. Toutefois, il ne fréquenta pas les sanctuaires de l’Eternel, et le peuple persévéra dans ses crimes.
He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, following the example of his father, Uzziah, in everything. He also refrained from going into the temple of Yahweh. But the people were still behaving in evil ways.
3 Ce fut lui qui bâtit la porte supérieure de la maison de l’Eternel, et il travailla beaucoup à l’édification du mur de l’Ophel.
He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the hill of Ophel he built much.
4 Il bâtit aussi des villes sur les montagnes de Juda, et sur les collines boisées il bâtit des forteresses et des tours.
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5 Il fit aussi la guerre au roi des Ammonites et triompha d’eux; les Ammonites lui remirent cette année-là cent kikkar d’argent, dix mille kôr de froment et dix mille kôr d’orge, et ils lui en remirent autant la deuxième et la troisième année.
He fought also with the king of the people of Ammon and defeated them. In that same year, the people of Ammon gave him one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand measures of wheat, ten thousand measures of barley. The people of Ammon gave him the same in the second and third years.
6 Jotham devint puissant, car il se conduisait bien devant l’Eternel, son Dieu.
So Jotham became powerful because he walked firmly before Yahweh his God.
7 Pour le surplus de l’histoire de Jotham, toutes ses guerres et ses actions, tout est consigné dans le livre des Rois d’Israël et de Juda.
As for the other matters concerning Jotham, all his wars, and his ways, see, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8 Il avait vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 Jotham s’endormit avec ses aïeux et on l’ensevelit dans la Cité de David. Achaz, son fils, lui succéda sur le trône.
Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Ahaz, his son, became king in his place.
