2 Meʻa Hokohoko 27

1 Naʻe uofulu taʻu mo e taʻu ʻe nima ʻae motuʻa ʻo Sotami ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma ono ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē foki ko Selusa, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Satoki.

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2 Pea naʻe fai lelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe heʻene tamai ko ʻUsaia: ka naʻe ʻikai hū ia ki he faletapu ʻo Sihova. Pea naʻe kei fai kovi ʻe he kakai.

And he did that which was right in the sight of YHWH, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of YHWH. And the people did yet corruptly.

3 Naʻe ngaohi ʻe ia ʻae matapā māʻolunga ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, pea naʻa ne langa hake ʻaupito ki he ʻā maka ʻo Ofili.

He built the high gate of the house of YHWH, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

4 Pea naʻa ne langa foki ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga ʻo Siuta, pea ne langa ʻi he ngaahi vao ʻakau ʻae ngaahi fale mālohi mo e fale māʻolunga.

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

5 Pea naʻe tau ia mo e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmoni, pea naʻe mālohi ia kiate kinautolu. Pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni ʻi he taʻu pe ko ia ʻae taleniti siliva ʻe teau, mo e puha fua ʻoe uite ʻe taha mano, mo e taha mano ʻoe paʻale. naʻe ʻatu ʻae meʻa lahi pehē ni ʻi hono ua ʻoe taʻu, mo hono tolu.

He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

6 Ko ia naʻe hoko ʻo mālohi lahi ʻa Sotami, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene vakai ki hono ngaahi hala ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko hono ʻOtua.

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before YHWH his Elohim.

7 Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa Sotami, mo ʻene ngaahi tau kotoa pē, mo ʻene ngaahi anga, vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta.

Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 Naʻe uofulu taʻu ia mo e taʻu ʻe nima ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ʻe ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma ono ʻi Selūsalema.

He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

9 Pea naʻe mohe ʻa Sotami mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi he kolo ʻa Tevita: pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe hono foha ko ʻAhasi.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.