2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of [the priest] Zadok.

یوتام در سن بیست و پنج سالگی بر تخت سلطنت نشست و شانزده سال در اورشلیم سلطنت نمود. (مادرش یروشا نام داشت و دختر صادوق بود.)

2 Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh.

او مانند پدرش عزیا آنچه در نظر خداوند پسندیده بود انجام می‌داد اما مانند او با سوزاندن بخور در خانهٔ خداوند مرتکب گناه نشد. با این حال مردم هنوز به فساد ادامه می‌دادند.

3 Jotham’s [workers] rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel [Hill].

یوتام دروازهٔ بالایی خانهٔ خداوند را بازسازی کرد و آن قسمت از حصار اورشلیم را که عوفل نام داشت تعمیر اساسی نمود.

4 They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests.

در کوهستان یهودا شهرها ساخت و در جنگلها، قلعه‌ها و برجها درست کرد.

5 During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley.

او با عمونی‌ها وارد جنگ شد و آنها را شکست داد و تا سه سال، سالیانه ۳٬۴۰۰ کیلوگرم نقره، ۱٬۰۰۰ تن گندم و ۱٬۰۰۰ تن جو از آنها باج گرفت.

6 Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king.

یوتام، پادشاه قدرتمندی شد، زیرا از خداوند، خدای خود با وفاداری پیروی می‌کرد.

7 A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘[the History of] the Kings of Israel and Judah’.

شرح بقیهٔ رویدادهای دوران سلطنت یوتام، فتوحات و اعمالش در کتاب «تاریخ پادشاهان اسرائیل و یهودا» نوشته شده است.

8 After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old.

یوتام در سن بیست و پنج سالگی به سلطنت رسید و شانزده سال در اورشلیم پادشاهی کرد.

9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king [of Judah].

وقتی مرد، او را در شهر داوود به خاک سپردند و پسرش آحاز به جای او پادشاه شد.