2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Jotham était âgé de vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Yeroucha, fille de Çadok.

2 He did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he did not enter into the LORD's temple. The people still did corruptly.

Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur, agissant en tout comme avait agi Ouzzia, son père. Toutefois, il ne fréquenta pas les sanctuaires de l’Eternel, et le peuple persévéra dans ses crimes.

3 He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he carried out considerable work on the wall of Ophel.

Ce fut lui qui bâtit la porte supérieure de la maison de l’Eternel, et il travailla beaucoup à l’édification du mur de l’Ophel.

4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

Il bâtit aussi des villes sur les montagnes de Juda, et sur les collines boisées il bâtit des forteresses et des tours.

5 He fought also with the king of the people of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The people of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon gave that much to him in the second year also, and in the third.

Il fit aussi la guerre au roi des Ammonites et triompha d’eux; les Ammonites lui remirent cette année-là cent kikkar d’argent, dix mille kôr de froment et dix mille kôr d’orge, et ils lui en remirent autant la deuxième et la troisième année.

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

Jotham devint puissant, car il se conduisait bien devant l’Eternel, son Dieu.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Pour le surplus de l’histoire de Jotham, toutes ses guerres et ses actions, tout est consigné dans le livre des Rois d’Israël et de Juda.

8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Il avait vingt-cinq ans à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem.

9 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

Jotham s’endormit avec ses aïeux et on l’ensevelit dans la Cité de David. Achaz, son fils, lui succéda sur le trône.