| 編年紀下 |
2 Chronicles |
| 1約堂登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡十六年；他的母親名叫耶魯沙，是匝克多的女兒。 |
1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Jerusa, daughter of Zadok. |
| 2約堂行了上主視為正義的事，完全像他父親所作的一樣，只是沒有進入上主的聖所；但百姓仍然敗壞。 |
2He pleased the LORD just as his father Uzziah had done, though he did not enter the temple of the LORD; the people, however, continued to act sinfully. |
| 3他建築了上主殿宇的上門，在敖斐耳城墻上，也作了許多工程， |
3He built the upper gate of the LORD'S house and had much construction done on the wall of Ophel. |
| 4在猶大山地建築了一些城池，在叢林中也建了一些營寨和堡壘。 |
4Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forest land he set up fortresses and towers. |
| 5約堂與阿孟子民的君王交戰，戰勝了他們，因此阿孟子民那一年給他進貢：銀子一百「塔冷通」，小麥一萬「苛爾」，大麥一萬「苛爾」。以後第二第三年，阿孟子民仍進了這些貢物。 |
5He fought with the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him one hundred talents of silver, together with ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. They brought the same to him also in the second and in the third year. |
| 6約堂因為在上主他的天主前，時常履行正道，所以日漸強盛。 |
6Thus Jotham continued to grow strong because he lived resolutely in the presence of the LORD, his God. |
| 7約堂其餘的事蹟，以及他的戰績和作為，都記載在《以色列和猶大列王實錄》上。 |
7The rest of the acts of Jotham, his wars and his activities, can be found written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. |
| 8他即位時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。 |
8He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. |
| 9約堂與祖先同眠，葬在達味城；他的兒子阿哈次繼位為王。 |
9Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David, and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king. |
