¹ 1 Jothamu abeneminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nakuhlanu budzala nakacala kubusa; Wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka lelishumi nesitfupha. Libito lenina wakhe bekungu Jeshura,indvodzakati yaSadoki. 2 ² Jothamu wenta lokuhle emehlweni aSimakadze,njengobe uyise Uziya abentile. Kodvwa yena akatange ashise imphepho ethempelini laSimakadze. Noko bantfu bachubeka ngetindlela tabo temonakalo. ^{4 3} Jothamu wakha kabusha lisango lengenhla lasethempelini laSimakadze, waphindze wenta umsebenti lomkhulu elubondzeni egcumeni i-Ofeli. 4 Wakha emadolobha emagcumeni akaJuda, futsi emahlatsini wakha tinqaba nemibhoshongo. ⁵ 5Jothamu wahlasela inkhosi yema - Amoni wayehlula. kowona lowo mnyaka ema-Amoni etfula kuye isiliva leyayingemakhilogremu ⁶ Jothamu wakhula waba nemandla ngobe abehamba ngeketsembeka embikwa Simakadze . ⁷ Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwa Jothamu, tonkhe timphi takhe, kanye nalokunye lakwenta kubhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi aka-Israyeli newakaJuda. ⁸ Abeminyaka lengemashumi lamabili nesihlanu budzala nakacala kubusa; Wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka lelishumi nesitfupha. ⁹ Jothamu wase uyakhotsama,wafihlwa eDolobheni laDavive. Ahazi indvodana yakhe waba yinkhosi esikhundleni sakhe.