UYotam Ulungisa Iindlela Zakhe Phambi koBawo
UYotam wakha iSango Elingaphezulu, aqinise iinduli, aze oyise oonyana baka-Amon ngerhafu enzima. Isizathu esinikwayo silula—wayilungisa indlela yakhe phambi koBawo wakhe—kwaye akayiphindanga isono sikayise sokungena etempileni, nangona abantu babeselenza ngokungendawo.
27 1UYotam wayeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka elishumi elinamithandathu engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina belinguYerusha, intombi kaTsadoki. 2Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaBawo wethu, njengoko wenzayo uUziya uyise—kodwa akangena endlwini kaBawo wethu. Kanti abantu babeselenza ngokungendawo. 3Wasakha iSango Elingaphezulu lendlu kaBawo wethu; waza wakha okukhulu eludongeni lwaseOfeli. a a v3 IOfeli yayiluthambeka olunqatyisiweyo olusezantsi kwintaba yetempile, oluyinxalenye yodonga lwangaphakathi lomzi waseYerusalem. 4Wakha imizi kwiinduli zakwaYuda; nasemahlathini wakha iinqaba neenqaba zokulinda. 5Walwa nokumkani woonyana baka-Amon, wabeyisa. Loo nyaka oonyana baka-Amon bamnika iishekele zesilivere ezilikhulu, namashumi amahlanu amawaka eekore zengqolowa, namashumi amahlanu amawaka erhasi; benjenjalo oonyana baka-Amon ukumnika ngomnyaka wesibini nowesithathu. 6UYotam waba namandla ke, ngenxa yokuba wayilungisa indlela yakhe phambi koBawo wakhe. 7Ezinye izinto zikaYotam, zonke iimfazwe zakhe nezenzo zakhe, zibhaliwe encwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli nabakwaYuda. 8Wayeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka elishumi elinamithandathu engukumkani eYerusalem. 9UYotam walala kooyise; bamngcwabela emzini kaDavide; uAhazi, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
