Yahuuda mansa Yotamu
(2 Mansoolu 15:32-38)1 Yotamu siyo be nuŋ sanji muwaŋ niŋ luulu le, biriŋ a be ke la mansa ti. A ye sanji taŋ niŋ wooro le ke maraloo la Yerusalaamu. A baamaa too mu Yerusa le ti, Sadoki dimmusoo. 2 Yotamu baarata kuu betoo le la Yaawe ñaa koto. A bulata a faamaa Usiya sinnoo le nooma fo kuu kiliŋ, ate nene maŋ duŋ Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo* kono ka cuuraayi sadaa* siisindi jee. Bari jamaa moolu, wolu tententa le ka bula kuu kuruŋ kewo nooma. 3 Ate le ye Yaawe Batudulaa dundaŋ daa lookuu, ì ka a fo daameŋ ye Santo Dundaŋ Daa, aduŋ a ye dookuu baa le ke saatee tata sansaŋo to Yerusalaamu maafaŋo la, meŋ too mu Ofeli ti. 4 A ye saatewolu loo Yahuuda konkotundoo* kaŋ, a ye tata jaŋolu loo aniŋ a ye dulaalu tata wuloo kono.
5 A la maraloo waatoo la, a ye Ammoni mansa kele, a ye a noo. Bituŋ a ka ì foriseetoo joorindi kodiforo kilo wuli saba kilo keme naani la, wiiti* siimaŋo tooni wuli kiliŋ aniŋ baali* siimaŋo tooni wuli kiliŋ fo sanji saba.
6 Yotamu tuta bulariŋ Yaawe la siloolu nooma, a la Alla. Bituŋ a keta mansa sembemaa baa ti.
7 A kekuu koteŋolu, a ye keloolu mennu bee ke, aniŋ a taaraŋ siloolu bee be safeeriŋ Banisirayila niŋ Yahuuda Mansoolu la Kitaaboo le kono. 8 A be nuŋ sanji muwaŋ niŋ luulu le, biriŋ a be ke la mansa ti, a ye sanji taŋ niŋ wooro ke maraloo la Yerusalaamu. 9 Yotamu naata bele ka kafu a mumuñolu ma, ì ye a baadee Dawuda la Saatewo* to. Bituŋ a dinkewo Ahasi keta a noo to mansa ti.
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.
