King Jotham of Judah
(2 Kings 15.32-38)1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. Jerushah his mother was the daughter of Zadok.
2 Jotham obeyed the Lord and did right. He followed the example of his father Uzziah, except he never burned incense in the temple as his father had done. But the people of Judah kept sinning against the Lord.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple and did a lot of work to repair the wall near Mount Ophel. 4 He built towns in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defense towers in the forests.
5 During his rule he attacked and defeated the Ammonites. Then every year for the next three years, he forced them to pay 3.4 tons of silver, 1,000 tons of wheat, and 1,000 tons of barley.
6 Jotham remained faithful to the Lord his God and became a very powerful king.
7 Everything else Jotham did while he was king, including the wars he fought, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 After he had ruled Judah 16 years, he died at the age of 41. 9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became king.
Jotam ma rire ombara mOjuda
(2Ozo 15:32-38)1 Jotam wa rira ombara, tja ri nozombura omirongo vivari nandano; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure wozombura omurongo na hamboumwe. Ina wa ri Jerusa, omusuko wa Sadok. 2 Eye wa tjita imbi mbyaa vi tjata ku Muhona tjimuna ihe Usija tja tjitire, nungwari kee rikotamenene mondjuwo ya Muhona. Nungwari otjiwaṋa tja kaenda komurungu okutjita ouvi.
3 Jotam ongwa ungura Omuvero wOkombanda wondjuwo ya Muhona, na ungura oviungura ovingi korumbo rwotjihuro Jerusalem ndu isanewa kutja Ofel. 4 Eye wa tunga ovihuro mozondundu za Juda, noviṱunga notuhungu movihwa wina. 5 Jotam wa tjita ovita kuna ombara yOvaamoni notjimbumba tjayo tjovita, e ve havere na ṋiṋikiza kutja Ovaamoni ve mu sute otjisuta tjouhona oure wozombura ndatu, okutja osilveri yondjinda yozokirograma mangara 3 400, novirya vyondjinda yozokirograma omangete omengi tjinene, novikokotwa vyondjinda ndji ṱeki mbo wina. 6 Jotam wa rira omunamasa, tjinga a kara aruhe nonḓuviro ku Muhona, Ndjambi we. 7 Ovitjitwa avihe vyokuhonapara kwa Jotam, ovita vye nozondyero ze, avihe mbi vya tjangwa mEkuruhungi rOzombara za Israel noza Juda. 8 Jotam wa ri nozombura omirongo vivari nandano tja rira ombara; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure wozombura omurongo na hamboumwe. 9 Eye wa koka na pakwa mOtjihuro tja David. Nomuzandu we Ahas we mu pingena okurira ombara.
