27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
约坦登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王十六年;他母亲名叫耶路沙,是撒督的女儿。
27:2 And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he did not enter into the temple of Jehovah. Yet the people still acted corruptly.
约坦行耶和华眼中看为正的事,是照他父亲乌西雅一切所行的,只是不入耶和华的殿。百姓还是行败坏的事。
27:3 He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah and built much on the wall of the Ophel.
约坦建立耶和华殿的上门,在俄斐勒城墙上多有建造。
27:4 And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
又在犹大山地建造城邑,在树林中建筑营寨和高楼。
27:5 And he fought with the king of the children of Ammon and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him that same year one hundred talents of silver and ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. This much did the children of Ammon pay him also in the second and third years.