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ユダの王ヨタム
1ヨタムは二十五歳で王となり、十六年間、エルサレムで治めました。母はエルシャといい、ツァドクの娘でした。 2彼は、おおむね良い模範を残した父ウジヤの信仰にならいましたが、神殿の聖所に入るようなことはしませんでした。にもかかわらず、民はますます堕落していきました。
3ヨタム王は神殿の上の門を建て、また、神殿が建っていた丘の上の城壁を再建し、拡張しました。 4ユダの山地にも町々を建て、森林地帯には要塞とやぐらを築きました。
5アモン人と戦って勝った彼は、それからの三年間、彼らに百タラントの銀、小麦一万コル（二百三十万リットル）、大麦一万コルを貢ぎ物として納めさせました。 6ヨタムは彼の神、主の道を踏みはずさないよう注意したので、勢力を増し加えました。
7ヨタム王のその他の記録、彼の戦いや行いについては、『イスラエルとユダ諸王の年代記』に記されています。 8彼は二十五歳で王となり、十六年間エルサレムで治めたのち、 9死んでエルサレムに葬られ、その子アハズが新しく王となりました。
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.
