1 约坦登基的时候， 是二十五岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王共十六年； 他的母亲名叫耶路沙， 是撒督的女儿。 2 约坦行耶和华看为正的事， 像他父亲乌西雅一切所行的， 只是没有进入耶和华的殿； 但人民还是行败坏的事。 3 约坦建造了耶和华殿的上门； 在俄斐勒的城墙上， 他也有很多建设。 4 他在犹大山地建造城市， 又在树林中建造一些营寨和瞭望楼。 5 约坦和亚扪人的王交战， 战胜了他们； 那一年， 亚扪人就献给他三千四百公斤银子， 一千公吨小麦， 一千公吨大麦； 第二年和第三年， 亚扪人也献给他这个数目。 6 约坦在耶和华他的 神面前坚守正道， 所以日渐强盛。 7 约坦其余的事迹， 他的一切战争和作为， 都记在以色列和犹大列王记上。 8 他登基的时候是二十五岁； 他在耶路撒冷作王共十六年。 9 约坦和他的列祖同睡， 埋葬在大卫城里； 他的儿子亚哈斯接续他作王。

1 A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok.2 And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly.3 He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;4 and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.5 And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third.6 And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.7 And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.8 A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;9 and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.