Jotam ohamba yaJuda
1 Omido daJotam da li omilongo mbali nanhano, ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela muJerusalem omido omulongo nahamano. Nedina laina la li Jerusa, omona waSadok. 2 Nokwa ninga osho sha yuka momesho Omwene ngaashi xe Ussia a ninga. Ashike ina ya mo motembeli yOmwene. Ndelenee ovanhu va enda natango nokunyona. 3 Ye okwa tunga oshivelo shopombadelela shongulu yOmwene nokwa tunga unene ohotekuma yopuOfel. 4 Nokwa tunga vali oilando keemhunda daJuda nokwa tunga eehotengulu neehoteshungo momifitu. 5 Okwa lwifa yo ohamba yOvaammoni nokwe va ta, onghee ovana vaAmmoni ve mu pa momudo ou oisiliveli yeekilograma omayovi atatu nomafele ane nomahangu eetona eyovi noilyavala eetona eyovi. Ovana vaAmmoni ve i yandja yo kuye momudo omutivali nomomudo omutitatu. 6 Ndele Jotam okwa mona eenghono shaashi eendjila daye e di yukifa koshipala shOmwene Kalunga kaye. 7 Noinima imwe tai hepaululula Jotam, noita yaye aishe noilonga yaye aishe, tala, oya shangwa membo leehamba daIsrael nodaJuda. 8 Omido daye da li omilongo mbali nanhano ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela muJerusalem omido omulongo nahamano. 9 Ndele Jotam okwa ka nangala pooxe nokwa pakwa moshilando shaDavid. Nomona waye Ahas okwa ninga ohamba ponhele yaye.
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.
