የይሁዳ ንጉሥ ኢዮአታም
27፥1-4፡7-9 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 15፥33-38
1ኢዮአታም በነገሠ ጊዜ፣ ዕድሜው ሃያ አምስት ዓመት ሲሆን፣ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦ ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ገዛ። እናቱም ኢየሩሳ የተባለች የሳዶቅ ልጅ ነበረች። 2አባቱ ዖዝያን እንዳደረገው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ቅን ነገር አደረገ፤ ይሁን እንጂ እንደ አባቱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ አልገባም። ሕዝቡም በበደሉ እንደ ገፋበት ነበር። 3ኢዮአታም የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ የላይኛውን በር እንደ ገና ሠራው፤ በዖፌልም በኩል ባለው ቅጥር ላይ፣ አያሌ የማሻሻል ተግባር አከናወነ። 4በይሁዳ ኰረብታዎች ላይ ከተሞችን፣ ደን በለበሱ ስፍራዎችም ምሽጎችንና ማማዎችን ሠራ።
5ኢዮአታም የአሞናውያንን ንጉሥ ወግቶ ድል አደረጋቸው። በዚያ ዓመትም አሞናውያን አንድ መቶ መክሊት27፥5 3.4 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው። ጥሬ ብር፣ ዐሥር ሺሕ ቆሮስ27፥5 2,200 ኪሎ ሊትር ያህል ነው። ስንዴና ዐሥር ሺሕ ቆሮስ ገብስ ገበሩለት። አሞናውያን በሁለተኛውና በሦስተኛው ዓመት ይህንኑ ግብር አመጡለት።
6ኢዮአታም በአምላኩ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በታማኝነት ስለ ተመላለሰ፣ እየበረታ ሄደ።
7በኢዮአታም ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው ሌላው ተግባር፣ ያደረጋቸው ጦርነቶችና የሠራቸው ነገሮች በሙሉ በእስራኤልና በይሁዳ ነገሥታት መጽሐፍ ተጽፏል። 8እርሱም በነገሠ ጊዜ ዕድሜው ሃያ አምስት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ዐሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ገዛ። 9ኢዮአታም እንደ አባቶቹ ሁሉ አንቀላፋ፤ በዳዊት ከተማ ተቀበረ፤ ልጁ አካዝም በእርሱ ፈንታ ነገሠ።
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.
