2 Chronicles 27

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

1 Jotham avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò sedici anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Jerusha, figliuola di Tsadok.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

2 Egli fece ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno, interamente come avea fatto Uzzia suo padre; soltanto non entrò nel tempio dell’Eterno, e il popolo continuava a corrompersi.

3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

3 Egli costruì la porta superiore della casa dell’Eterno, e fece molti lavori sulle mura di Ofel.

4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

4 Costruì parimente delle città nella contrada montuosa di Giuda, e dei castelli e delle torri nelle foreste.

5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

5 E mosse guerra al re de’ figliuoli di Ammon, e vinse gli Ammoniti. I figliuoli di Ammon gli diedero quell’anno cento talenti d’argento, diecimila cori di grano e diecimila d’orzo; e altrettanto gli pagarono il secondo e il terzo anno.

6 So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

6 Così Jotham divenne potente, perché camminò con costanza nel cospetto dell’Eterno, del suo Dio.

7 As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

7 Il rimanente delle azioni di Jotham, tutte le sue guerre e le sue imprese si trovano scritte nel libro dei re d’Israele e di Giuda.

8 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.

8 Avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò sedici anni a Gerusalemme.

9 And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.

9 Jotham s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto nella città di Davide. Ed Achaz, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.