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.
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright.
2 Judah khaw a manuca lakli ah tah len tih amah lamloh rhaengsang cakhaw caminghamsum tah Joseph taengah ni a om.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
3 Israel caming Reuben koca ah Enok, Pallu, Khetsron neh Karmee.
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 Joel koca ah, a capa Shemaiah, Shemaiah capa Gog, Gog capa Shimei.
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Shimei capa Maikah, Mikah capa Reaiah, Reaiah capa Baal.
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Baal capa Beerah. Anih te Reuben kah a khoboei la om dae Assyria manghai Tiglathpileser loh a poelyoe.
and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
7 A manuca khaw amah koca ah tah a khuui la ana om van. Amih rhuirhong khuikah a lu la Jeiel, Zekhariah,
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 Azaz capa Bala, Shema capa Azaz, Joel capa Shema loh Aroer neh Nebo Baalmeon duela kho a sak.
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;
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 even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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.
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
11 Amih hmatoeng te Gad koca rhoek tih Bashan khohmuen ah Salkhah duela kho a sak uh.
The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
12 Bashan ah a lu la Joel tih a hnukthoi ah Shapham, Janai neh Shaphat om.
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 A napa imkhui ah a manuca rhoek tah Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakhan, Zia, Eber neh parhih louh.
Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
14 Abihail koca rhoek he Huri koca, Jaorah koca, Gilead koca, Michael koca, Jeshishai capa, Jahdo koca, Buz koca la om.
These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15 Guni koca Abdiel capa Ahi he a napa imkhui ah a lu la om.
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.
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 Gilead in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as their borders.
17 Amih boeih te Judah manghai Jotham tue ah khaw, Israel manghai Jeroboam tue ah khaw a khuui a thuep coeng.
All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, 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 Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty that were able to go out to war.
19 Te vaengah Hagri, Jetur, Naphish neh Nodab taengah caemtloek la thoo uh.
They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
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.
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in 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.
They took away their livestock: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
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. 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.
The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
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.
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
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.
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed 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.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
