1 Khokhuen 5
1 Israel caming Reuben koca ah amah te caming ni. Tedae a napa kah rhaenghmuen te a poeih pah dongah a caminghamsum te Israel capa Joseph koca taengla a paek. Te dongah caminghamsum kah a khuui la om voel pawh.
And the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel (for he [was] the firstborn; but because of his going up to his father's couch, [his father] gave his blessing to his son Joseph, [even] the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as firstborn;
2 Judah khaw a manuca lakli ah tah len tih amah lamloh rhaengsang cakhaw caminghamsum tah Joseph taengah ni a om.
for Judas [was] very mighty even amongst his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was] Joseph's).
3 Israel caming Reuben koca ah Enok, Pallu, Khetsron neh Karmee.
The sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.
4 Joel koca ah, a capa Shemaiah, Shemaiah capa Gog, Gog capa Shimei.
The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei.
5 Shimei capa Maikah, Mikah capa Reaiah, Reaiah capa Baal.
His son [was] Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,
6 Baal capa Beerah. Anih te Reuben kah a khoboei la om dae Assyria manghai Tiglathpileser loh a poelyoe.
his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he [is] the chief of the Rubenites.
7 A manuca khaw amah koca ah tah a khuui la ana om van. Amih rhuirhong khuikah a lu la Jeiel, Zekhariah,
And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and Zacharia.
8 Azaz capa Bala, Shema capa Azaz, Joel capa Shema loh Aroer neh Nebo Baalmeon duela kho a sak.
And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he lived in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson.
9 Amih kah boiva he Gilead khohmuen ah a ping pah dongah khocuk ah Perath tuiva lamloh khosoek hmoi hil kho a sak.
And he lived eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.
10 Saul tue vaengah tah Hagri taengah caemtloek a saii tih amih kut ah cungku uh. Te vaengah amih kah dap ah Gilead khocuk imdan pum ah kho a sak uh.
And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners [in the land]; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.
11 Amih hmatoeng te Gad koca rhoek tih Bashan khohmuen ah Salkhah duela kho a sak uh.
The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Basan even to Sela.
12 Bashan ah a lu la Joel tih a hnukthoi ah Shapham, Janai neh Shaphat om.
Joel the firstborn, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.
13 A napa imkhui ah a manuca rhoek tah Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakhan, Zia, Eber neh parhih louh.
And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven.
14 Abihail koca rhoek he Huri koca, Jaorah koca, Gilead koca, Michael koca, Jeshishai capa, Jahdo koca, Buz koca la om.
These [are] the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz,
15 Guni koca Abdiel capa Ahi he a napa imkhui ah a lu la om.
[who was] the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, [he was] chief of the house of their families.
16 Te dongah Gilead ah khaw, Bashan ah khaw a vang khui neh Sharon khocaak pum ah a hmoi duela kho a sak uh.
They lived in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and [in] all the country round about Saron to the border.
17 Amih boeih te Judah manghai Jotham tue ah khaw, Israel manghai Jeroboam tue ah khaw a khuui a thuep coeng.
The enumeration of [them] all took place in the days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 Reuben koca, Gad koca, photling neh cunghang aka muk, lii aka oei, caemtloek neh aka phaep uh tih caempuei la aka pawk, Manasseh koca rhakthuem lamkah hlang, tatthai capa he thawng sawmli thawng li ya rhih sawmrhuk lo.
The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, [were] forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.
19 Te vaengah Hagri, Jetur, Naphish neh Nodab taengah caemtloek la thoo uh.
And they made war with the Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans,
20 Caemtloek vaengah khaw Pathen taengah pang uh tih amah dongah a pangtung uh dongah amih ham khaw a rhoi pah. Te dongah amih te a bom tih Hagri neh a taengkah boeih te amih kut ah a paek.
and they prevailed against them: and the Agaraeans were given into their hands, [they] and all their tents: for they cried to God in the battle, and he listened to them, because they trusted on him.
21 Amih kah boiva te a sol uh tih a kalauk thawng sawmnga, boiva thawng yahnih thawng sawmnga, laak thawng hnih, hlang kah hinglu thawng yakhat lo.
And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
22 Pathen taeng lamkah caemtloek la a om dongah a rhok la muep cungku uh. Te dongah a vangsawn khohnin hil tah amih yueng la kho a sak uh.
For many fell slain, because the war [was] of God. And they lived in their place until the captivity.
23 Manasseh koca hlangvang ca rhoek khaw khohmuen ah Bashan lamloh Baalhermon hil kho a sak uh. Senir neh Hermon tlang ah khaw amih te ping uh.
And the half-tribe of Manasse lived from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and [to] the mount Aermon: and they increased in Libanus.
24 A napa rhoek kah imkhui kah a lu he tah, Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel. He tah a napa rhoek imkhui kah a lu la aka om hlang neh tatthai hlangrhalh hlang kah a ming ni.
And these were the heads of the houses of their families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia, and Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of their families.
25 Tedae a napa rhoek kah Pathen taengah boe a koek uh tih Pathen loh amih mikhmuh lamkah a mitmoeng sak khohmuen pilnam kah pathen roek taengla cukhalh uh.
But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them.
26 Te dongah Israel Pathen loh Assyria manghai Pul kah mueihla neh Assyria manghai Tiglathpileser kah mueihla te a haeng pah. Te vaengah amih, Reuben neh Gad, Manasseh koca hlangvang te a poelyoe. Te phoeiah amih te Halah, Habor, Hara neh tahae khohnin hil Gozan tuiva la a khuen.
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.
