1 T inha Jotão vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém. E o nome de sua mãe era Jerusa, filha de Zadoque,

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerushah, daughter of Zadok.

2 E le fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que fizera Uzias, seu pai; todavia não invadiu o templo do Senhor. Mas o povo ainda se corrompia.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

3 E le construiu a porta superior da casa do Senhor, e edificou extensivamente sobre o muro de Ofel.

It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

4 T ambém edificou cidades na região montanhosa de Judá, e castelos e torres nos bosques.

And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

5 G uerreou contra o rei dos amonitas e prevaleceu sobre eles; de modo que os amonitas naquele ano lhe deram cem talentos de prata, dez mil coros de trigo e dez mil de cevada. Isso lhe trouxeram os amonitas também no segundo e no terceiro ano.

And he fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. This the children of Ammon brought again to him also in the second year, and in the third.

6 A ssim Jotão se tornou poderoso, porque dirigiu os seus caminhos na presença do Senhor seu Deus.

And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.

7 O ra, o restante dos atos de Jotão, e todas as suas guerras e os seus caminhos, eis que estão escritos no livro dos reis de Israel e de Judá.

And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

8 T inha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

9 E Jotão dormiu com seus pais, e o sepultaram na cidade de Davi. E Acaz, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.