Mambo Jothamu we Juda
(2 Bomambo 15:32-38)1 Jothamu wakatangisa busa ali makole ali makumi mabili ana makole ali mashanu (25) ngono wakabusa makole ali gumi lina makole ali tathatu (16) mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe lili Jerusha nkololokadzi wa Zadoki. 2 Wakathama ndulamo mbeli kwa Yahwe, koga sekwakathama tate babe Uziya, koga iye kasingine mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe. Bathu ibo bakadwilila nge zila dzabo dze kutjinya. 3 Jothamu wakabaka Nkoba upezhugwi we Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono kashinga nshingo usinshoma emusa makuma ku Ofele. 4 Mu matombo e Juda kabaka mizi mikulu ngono ku zwishaka kabaka matizhilo ne thungamakole. 5 Jothamu kagwa na mambo we Baamoni ngono kabakunda. Ngono mu gole ilelo Baamoni bakanlipa talenta dze siliva dzili zana ne dzitani dzili tjiwulu (1 000) tje masaka e mathunde ne dzitani dzili tjiwulu (1 000) tje mathunde e bhali. Baamoni bakalipa ngo fanana kwe gole linotobela nenge le butatu. 6 Jothamu kasima kwazo ngobe wakabe egalabgwe Yahwe Ndzimu uwe. 7 Mimwe mishingo ye mbuso wa Jothamu ne ngwa dzaakagwa ne zwimwe zwaakathama zwakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Bomambo be Iziraela ne Juda. 8 Jothamu wakabe ali makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu (25) paakabe etangisa bumambo ngono kabusa mu Jerusalema makole ali gumi lina makole ali tathatu (16). 9 Jothamu kafa ngono kabinganyiwa ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Ngono Ahazi nkololo uwe kagala thaka kube mambo.
King Jotham of Judah
(2 Kings 15.32-38)1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. Jerushah his mother was the daughter of Zadok.
2 Jotham obeyed the Lord and did right. He followed the example of his father Uzziah, except he never burned incense in the temple as his father had done. But the people of Judah kept sinning against the Lord.
3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple and did a lot of work to repair the wall near Mount Ophel. 4 He built towns in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defense towers in the forests.
5 During his rule he attacked and defeated the Ammonites. Then every year for the next three years, he forced them to pay 3.4 tons of silver, 1,000 tons of wheat, and 1,000 tons of barley.
6 Jotham remained faithful to the Lord his God and became a very powerful king.
7 Everything else Jotham did while he was king, including the wars he fought, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 After he had ruled Judah 16 years, he died at the age of 41. 9 He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became king.