猶大王約坦
1約坦二十五歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政十六年。他母親叫耶路莎，是撒督的女兒。 2約坦效法他父親烏西雅，做耶和華視為正的事，只是沒有進耶和華的殿。民眾仍繼續敗壞。 3約坦建造耶和華殿的上門，大力修建俄斐勒的城牆。 4他還在猶大山區建造城邑，在樹林中建造營寨和瞭望塔。 5他與亞捫人的王交戰，打敗了他們。在以後的三年中，亞捫人每年進貢三點四噸銀子、小麥和大麥各二百二十萬公升。 6約坦日漸強盛，因為他堅守他的上帝耶和華的道。 7約坦其他的事蹟、所有戰事和作為都記在以色列和猶大的列王史上。 8他二十五歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政十六年。 9約坦與祖先同眠後，葬在大衛城。他兒子亞哈斯繼位。
Jotham King of Judah
1Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother’s name was Jerusha. She was the daughter of Zadok. 2Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done. But Jotham didn’t enter the Lord’s temple as Uzziah had done. The people, however, continued to do very sinful things. 3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. He did a lot of work on the wall at the hill of Ophel. 4He built towns in the hill country of Judah. He also built forts and towers in areas that had a lot of trees in them.
5Jotham went to war against the king of Ammon. He won the battle over the Ammonites. That year they paid Jotham almost four tons of silver. They paid him 1,800 tons of wheat and 1,500 tons of barley. They also brought him the same amount in the second and third years.
6Jotham became powerful. That’s because he had worshiped the Lord his God with all his heart.
7The other events of Jotham’s rule are written down. That includes all his wars and the other things he did. All these things are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 16 years. 9Jotham joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Jotham’s son Ahaz became the next king after him.
