歷代志下 27
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
猶大王約坦
27 約坦二十五歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政十六年。他母親叫耶路莎，是撒督的女兒。 2 約坦效法他父親烏西雅，做耶和華視為正的事，只是沒有進耶和華的殿。民眾仍繼續敗壞。 3 約坦建造耶和華殿的上門，大力修建俄斐勒的城牆。 4 他還在猶大山區建造城邑，在樹林中建造營寨和瞭望塔。 5 他與亞捫人的王交戰，打敗了他們。在以後的三年中，亞捫人每年進貢三點四噸銀子、小麥和大麥各二百二十萬公升。 6 約坦日漸強盛，因為他堅守他的上帝耶和華的道。 7 約坦其他的事蹟、所有戰事和作為都記在以色列和猶大的列王史上。 8 他二十五歲登基，在耶路撒冷執政十六年。 9 約坦與祖先同眠後，葬在大衛城。他兒子亞哈斯繼位。
2 Chronicles 27
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 27
Jotham. 1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 2 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord just as his father had done, although he did not enter the temple of the Lord. However, the people continued their corrupt practices.
3 Jotham built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and he supervised the extensive construction on the wall of Ophel.[a] 4 He also built towns in the hill country of Judah as well as forts and towers in the wooded areas.
5 Later Jotham went to war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. As a result, the Ammonites had to give him one hundred talents of silver, together with ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid him the same amount in the second and third year afterward. 6 Jotham became very powerful because he followed an unswerving course in the presence of the Lord, his God.
7 The rest of the acts of Jotham, all his wars and other projects, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was twenty-five years old when he ascended the throne, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 Jotham slept with his ancestors, and he was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz succeeded him.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 27:3 Ophel: the southern spur of the temple mount.
