1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
1約坦登基的時候年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年，他母親名叫耶路沙，是撒督的女兒。
2He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly.
2約坦行耶和華眼中看為正的事，效法他父烏西雅一切所行的，只是不入耶和華的殿。百姓還行邪僻的事。
3He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.
3約坦建立耶和華殿的上門，在俄斐勒城上多有建造，
4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded [hills].
4又在猶大山地建造城邑，在樹林中建築營寨和高樓。
5He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this [amount] in the second and in the third year.
5約坦與亞捫人的王打仗勝了他們，當年他們進貢銀一百他連得，小麥一萬歌珥，大麥一萬歌珥；第二年、第三年也是這樣。
6So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
6約坦在耶和華─他神面前行正道，以致日漸強盛。
7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
7約坦其餘的事和一切爭戰，並他的行為，都寫在以色列和猶大列王記上。
8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
8他登基的時候年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。
9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.
9約坦與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛城裡。他兒子亞哈斯接續他作王。