2 Berɛsosɛm 27
1 Yotam dii ɔhene no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduonu enum. Ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfirinhyia dunsia. Na ne maame a ɔyɛ Sadok babaa no din de Yerusa.
Jotham was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in for Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.
2 Ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani sɛdeɛ nʼagya Usia yɛeɛ no. Yotam deɛ, wankɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu sɛdeɛ nʼagya yɛeɛ no. Nanso, ɔmanfoɔ no toaa wɔn nnebɔneyɛ so.
He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done, and he did not enter the Lord's Temple as his father had. But the people still acted corruptly.
3 Yotam sane yɛɛ Atifi Ɛpono a ɛwɔ Awurade Asɔredan no ho, ɛnna ɔsane yɛɛ nnwuma bebree de siesiee ɔfasuo a ɛwɔ Ofel bepɔ so no.
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord's Temple, and did extensive building work on the wall at Ophel.
4 Ɔkyekyeree nkuro wɔ Yuda mmepɔ asase so, sisii aban ne abantenten wɔ mmeammea a wɔadua nnua.
He built towns in the hill country of Judah, and fortresses and towers in the mountains and forests.
5 Yotam tuu Amonfoɔ so sa, dii wɔn so nkonim. Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa a ɛdi ɛkan no deɛ, ɔgyee wɔn apeatoɔ a ɛyɛ dwetɛ tɔno 3.4, ayuo susukora ɔpeduonum ne atokoɔ susukora ɔpeduonum.
Jotham fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. The Ammonites gave him every year for three years one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley.
6 Ɔhene Yotam nyaa tumi kɛseɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔde ahwɛyie yɛɛ ɔsetie maa Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn.
Jotham grew powerful because he made sure what he did followed the ways of the Lord his God.
7 Yotam ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ a nʼakodie ne ne nneyɛeɛ ahodoɔ ka ho no, wɔatwerɛ agu Israel ahemfo ne Yuda ahemfo nwoma mu.
The rest of what Jotham did, his wars and other events, were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
8 Ɔdii adeɛ no, na wadi mfirinhyia aduonu enum, na ɔdii ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem mfirinhyia dunsia.
He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years.
9 Yotam wuiɛ no, wɔsiee no Dawid kurom na ne babarima Ahas, na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
Jotham died and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz took over as king.
