1 J otão tinha vinte e cinco anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém. O nome da 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 o Senhor aprova, tal como seu pai, mas, ao contrário deste, não entrou no templo do Senhor. O povo, contudo, prosseguiu em suas práticas corruptas.

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 J otão reconstruiu a porta superior do templo do Senhor e fez amplos trabalhos no muro, na colina 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 C onstruiu cidades nos montes de Judá, bem como fortes e torres nas matas.

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

5 J otão guerreou contra o rei dos amonitas e o derrotou. Então os amonitas pagaram-lhe três toneladas e meia de prata, dez mil barris de trigo e dez mil de cevada, durante três anos seguidos.

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 J otão tornou-se cada vez mais poderoso, pois andava firmemente segundo a vontade do Senhor, o seu Deus.

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

7 O s demais acontecimentos do reinado de Jotão, inclusive todas as suas guerras e as suas outras realizações, estão escritos nos registros históricos 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 de idade 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 J otão descansou com os seus antepassados e foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi. Seu filho Acaz foi o seu sucessor.

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