2 Nyakati 27
1 Yothamu alikuwa na umri wa mika ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; alitawala miaka kumi na sita katika Yerusalemu. Jina la mama yake lilikuwa Yerusha; alikuwa binti Sadoki.
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.
2 Akafanya yaliyomema katika macho ya Yawe, akiufuta mfano wa baba yake, Uzia, katika mabo yote. Pia alijiepusha kuingia katika hekalu la Yahwe. Lakini watu bado walikuwa wanaenda katika njia za uovu.
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.
3 Akalijenga tena lango la juu la nyumba ya Yahwe, na juu ya kilima cha Ofeli akajenga sana.
He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
4 Vilevile alijenga miji katika kilima cha Yuda, na katika mistu alijenga ngome na minara.
and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.
5 Pia alipigana na mfalme wa watu wa Amoni na akawashinda. Katika mwaka huo huo, watu wa Amoni walimpa talanta mia moja za fedha, kori elfu kumi za ngano, kori elfu kumi za shayiri. Watu wa Amoni wakampa hivyo hivyo katika mwaka wa pili na wa tatu.
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.
6 Kwa hiyo Yothamu akawa na nguvu sana kwa sababu alitembea imara mbele za Yahwe Mungu wake.
And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
7 Kwa mambo mengine kuhusu Yothamu, vita vyake vyote, na njia zake zote, ona, yameandikwa katika kitabu cha wafalme wa Israeli na Yuda.
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.
8 Alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; alitawala kwa miaka kumi na sita kataika Yerusalemu.
A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
9 Yothamu akalala pamoja na babu zake, na wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi. Ahazi, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake.
and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.
