1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.
2约堂行了上主视为正义的事，完全像他父亲所作的一样，只是没有进入上主的圣所；但百姓仍然败坏。
2He did what is pleasing to Yahweh, just as his father Uzziah had done. But he did not enter the sanctuary of Yahweh. As for the people, they went on sinning.
3他建筑了上主殿宇的上门，在敖斐耳城墙上，也作了许多工程，
3He built the Upper Gate of Yahweh's House and carried out considerable work on the wall of the Ophel.
4在犹大山地建筑了一些城池，在丛林中也建了一些营寨和堡垒。
4He built towns in the highlands of Judah, and fortified places and towers in the fertile lands.
5He fought against the king of the Ammonites. He defeated them, and that year the Ammonites gave him four tons of silver, fifty thousand bushels of wheat and ten thousand of barley. And they had to pay him the same for the second and third years.
6约堂因为在上主他的天主前，时常履行正道，所以日渐强盛。
6Jotham became powerful because he faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God.
7约堂其余的事蹟，以及他的战绩和作为，都记载在以色列和犹大列王实录上。
7The rest of the deeds of Jotham, all his wars and his policy, are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
8他即位时年二十五岁，在耶路撒冷作王十六年。
8He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.
9约堂与祖先同眠，葬在达味城；他的儿子阿哈次继位为王。
9Then Jotham rested with his ancestors and they buried him in the City of David; his son Ahaz succeeded him.
