< 歴代誌Ⅱ 27 >
1 ヨタムは王となった時二十五歳で、十六年の間エルサレムで世を治めた。その母はザドクの娘で名をエルシャといった。
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 ヨタムはその父ウジヤがしたように主の良しと見られることをした。しかし主の宮には、はいらなかった。民はなお悪を行った。
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 彼は主の宮の上の門を建て、オペルの石がきを多く築き増し、
He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the hill of Ophel he built much.
4 またユダの山地に数個の町を建て、林の間に城とやぐらを築いた。
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5 彼はアンモンびとの王と戦ってこれに勝った。その年アンモンの人々は銀百タラント、小麦一万コル、大麦一万コルを彼に贈った。アンモンの人々は第二年にも第三年にも同じように彼に納めた。
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 ヨタムはその神、主の前にその行いを堅くしたので力ある者となった。
So Jotham became powerful because he walked firmly before Yahweh his God.
7 ヨタムのその他の行為、そのすべての戦いおよびその行いなどは、イスラエルとユダの列王の書にしるされている。
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 彼は王となった時、二十五歳で、十六年の間エルサレムで世を治めた。
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9 ヨタムはその先祖と共に眠ったので、ダビデの町に葬られ、その子アハズが彼に代って王となった。
Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Ahaz, his son, became king in his place.