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

وَكانَ يُوثامُ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ، وَحَكَمَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَأُمُّهُ هِيَ يَرُوشَةُ بِنْتُ صادُوقَ.

2 A nd he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the Lord ). But still the people acted corruptly.

وَعَمِلَ يُوثامُ ما يُرضِي اللهَ كَأبِيهِ عُزِّيّا، كَما أنَّهُ لَمْ يَنتَهِكْ هَيكَلَ اللهِ ليَحْرِقَ بَخُوراً، كَما فَعَلَ أبُوهُ. لَكِنَّ الشَّعبَ لَمْ يَتَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ ارْتِكاب الآثامِ وَالابْتِعادِ عَنْ طَرِيقِ اللهِ.

3 H e built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.

وَبَنَى يُوثامُ البَوّابَةَ العُليا لبَيتِ اللهِ ، وَبَنَى كَثِيراً عَلَى السُّورِ فِي المَكانِ المُسَمَّى عُوفِلَ.

4 M oreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

وَبَنَى يُوثامُ أيضاً مُدُناً فِي مِنطَقَةِ يَهُوذا الجَبَلِيَّةِ. وَبَنَى فِيها حُصُوناً وَأبْراجاً مِنْ أخْشابِ الغاباتِ المُحيطَةِ.

5 H e also fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also.

وَحارَبَ مَلِكَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ وَانتَصَرَ عَلَيهِ. فَدَفَعَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ لِيُوثامَ مِئَةَ قِنْطارٍ منَ الفِضَّةِ، وَعَشْرَةَ آلافِ كِيسٍ مِنَ القَمْحِ، وَعَشْرَةَ آلافِ كِيسٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ. وَدَفَعَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ مِثلَ هَذا المِقْدارِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّالِيَةِ وَالَّتِي تَلِيها.

6 S o Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

وَازدادَ يُوثامُ قُوَّةً لأنَّهُ كانَ أمِيناً فِي طاعَةِ إلَهِهِ.

7 N ow the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يُوثامُ وَالحُرُوبُ الَّتي خاضَها، فَهِيَ مُدّوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ إسْرائِيلَ وَيَهُوذا.

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

اعتَلَى يُوثامُ العَرْشَ وَهُوَ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَحَكَمَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

9 S o Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

ثُمَّ ماتَ يُوثامُ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ في الحُكمِ ابنُهُ آحازَ.