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 became king at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 He did what was pleasing to the Lord, just as his father had done; but unlike his father he did not sin by burning incense in the Temple. The people, however, went on sinning.
3 It was Jotham who built the North Gate of the Temple and did extensive work on the city wall in the area of Jerusalem called Ophel. 4 In the mountains of Judah he built cities, and in the forests he built forts and towers. 5 He fought against the king of Ammon and his army and defeated them. Then he forced the Ammonites to pay him the following tribute each year for three years: four tons of silver, fifty thousand bushels of wheat, and fifty thousand bushels of barley. 6 Jotham grew powerful because he faithfully obeyed the Lord his God. 7 The other events of Jotham's reign, his wars, and his policies, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. 8 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for sixteen years. 9 He died and was buried in David's City and his son Ahaz succeeded him as king.