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 twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. 2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the Lord. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices. 3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel. 4He built towns in the hill country of Judah and forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents27:5 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons of silver, ten thousand cors27:5 That is, probably about 1,800 tons or about 1,600 metric tons of wheat of wheat and ten thousand cors27:5 That is, probably about 1,500 tons or about 1,350 metric tons of barley of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.
6Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord his God.
7The other events in Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. 9Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
