2 Tarihi 27
1 Yotam yana da shekara ashirin da biyar sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Yerusha,’yar Zadok.
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
2 Ya yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji, kamar yadda mahaifinsa Uzziya ya yi, sai dai bai kutsa cikin haikalin Ubangiji kamar mahaifinsa ba. Mutane kuwa, suka ci gaba da aikata ayyukan lalaci.
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he did not enter into the LORD’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.
3 Yotam ya sāke ginin Ƙofar Bisa na haikalin Ubangiji, ya kuma yi aiki sosai a katanga a tudun Ofel.
He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
4 Ya gina garuruwa a tuddan Yahuda, ya giggina katanga da gine-gine masu tsawo a wuraren da suke a kurmi.
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
5 Yotam ya yi yaƙi da sarkin Ammonawa ya kuma ci su. A wannan shekara Ammonawa suka biya shi haraji talenti ɗari na azurfa, garwan alkama dubu goma da kuma garwa dubu goma na sha’ir. Ammonawa suka kawo masa wannan kuma a shekara ta biyu da ta uku.
He also fought with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. The children of Ammon also gave that much to him in the second year, and in the third.
6 Yotam ya ƙaru a iko saboda ya daidaita al’amuransa a gaban Ubangiji Allahnsa.
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
7 Sauran ayyuka a mulkin Yotam, haɗe da dukan yaƙe-yaƙensa da waɗansu abubuwan da ya yi, suna a rubuce a littafin sarakunan Isra’ila da na Yahuda.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8 Yana da shekara ashirin da biyar sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida.
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 Yotam ya huta tare da kakanninsa, aka kuma binne shi a Birnin Dawuda. Sai Ahaz ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki.
Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
