Omukwaniilwa gwaJuda Jotam
(2 Aak. 15:32-38)1 Jotam okwa ningi omukwaniilwa mepipi lyomimvo omilongo mbali nantano, nokwa lele muJerusalem omimvo omulongo nahamano. Yina oJerusha yaSadok. 2 Okwa longo shoka sho opalela Omuwa, ngashika naanaa he a ningile; ihe ina yona a fa he, a fike ando iitsinino motempeli, ihe oshigwana osha tsikile ngaa muulunde.
3 Jotam okwa tungu Osheelo shuumbangalantu wotempeli. Okwa tungu wo ombinga onene yedhingililokuma lyomuOfel muJerusalem. 4 Okwa tungitha iilando moondundu dhaJuda, nomomakuti okwa tungitha mo omapopilongulu nooshungo. 5 Okwa kondjitha omukwaniilwa gwaAmmon netangakwiita lye e te ya sindi. Nena okwa thiminike Aayammoni, ye mu fute omumvo kehe omimvo ndatu oshisiliveli shookilograma 3400, osiima yoolata 1000 niishokelya yoolata 1000. 6 Jotam okwa ningi omunankondo, oshoka okwa vulika lela kOmuwa, Kalunga ke. 7 Iiningwanima yilwe mepangelo lyaJotam, iita ye nomulandupangelo gwe oya nyolelwa membo lyondjokonona yaakwaniilwa yaIsrael naJuda. 8 Jotam okwa li e na omimvo omilongo mbali nantano, sho a ningi omukwaniilwa, nokwa lele muJerusalem omimvo omulongo nahamano. 9 Okwa si e ta fumvikwa moshilando shaDavid, nomwana Ahas okwe mu landula muukwaniilwa.
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.
