2 Mbiri
27:1 Yotamu anali wa zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu pamene anayamba kulamulira, ndipo iye anakhala mfumu
anacita ufumu zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi cimodzi ku Yerusalemu. dzina la amake ndiye Yerusha;
mwana wamkazi wa Zadoki.
27:2 Ndipo iye anachita zoongoka pamaso pa Yehova, monga mwa
zonse adazichita atate wake Uziya, koma sanalowa m'kachisi
wa Yehova. Ndipo anthuwo anachita moipitsitsa.
3 Anamanganso chipata cham'mwamba cha nyumba ya Yehova, ndi pa khoma la
Ofeli anamanga zambiri.
27:4 Anamanganso mizinda m'mapiri a Yuda ndi m'nkhalango
anamanga mipanda ndi nsanja.
27:5 Analimbananso ndi mfumu ya ana a Amoni, ndipo anapambana
iwo. Ndipo ana a Amoni anampatsa iye chaka chomwecho zana
matalente asiliva, ndi miyeso ya tirigu zikwi khumi, ndi miyeso zikwi khumi
wa balere. Momwemo ana a Amoni anampatsa iye zambiri
chaka chachiwiri, ndi chachitatu.
27:6 Choncho Yotamu anakhala wamphamvu, chifukwa anakonza njira zake pamaso pa Yehova
Mulungu wake.
27:7 Tsopano zochita zina za Yotamu, ndi nkhondo zake zonse, ndi njira zake, taonani!
Zalembedwa m’buku la mafumu a Isiraeli ndi Yuda.
27:8 Iye anali wa zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu pamene anayamba kulamulira, ndipo analamulira
zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ku Yerusalemu.
27:9 Ndipo Yotamu anagona ndi makolo ake, ndipo anamuika iye mu mzinda wa
Davide: ndipo Ahazi mwana wake anakhala mfumu m’malo mwake.