1 Setouknae 4
1 Judah casak teh Perez, Khetsron, Karmi, Hur, Shobal.
The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Shobal capa Reaiah ni Jahath a sak. Jahath ni Ahumai hoi Lahad a sak. Hetnaw teh Zorath e casaknaw doeh
Shobal’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the ancestors of the Zorath people-group.
3 Etam na pa e canaw teh Jezreel, Ishma hoi Idbash doeh, a tawncanu min teh Hazzelelponi doeh.
The oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrathah was Hur. Hur was the one who started/founded Bethlehem [town]. His three sons were Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam’s sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.
4 Gedor na pa Penuel hoi Hushah na pa Ezer. Hetteh Bethlehem na pa Epharath e camin Hur casak doeh.
5 Tekoa na pa Ashhur heh a yu kahni touh, Helah hoi Naarah a tawn.
[Hezron’s son] Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives whose names were Helah and Naarah.
6 Ahni hanlah Naarah ni Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, Haahashtari a sak pouh. Hetnaw heh Naarah casak lah ao.
The sons of Asshur and his wife Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
7 Helah casaknaw teh: Zereth, Zohar hoi Ethan.
The sons of [Ashhur and his wife] Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
8 Koz ni Anub hoi Zobebah a sak teh Harum capa Aharhel casak lah ao.
and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
9 Telah ao navah, Jabez teh a hmaunawnghanaw thung dawk minhmai khet e tami lah ao. A manu ni reithai nalaihoi ka khe e doeh ati teh, a min teh Jabez a phung.
[There was another descendant of Judah whose name was] Jabez. [He] was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez [which means ‘pain’] because she said, “I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him.”
10 Jabez teh Isarel Cathut koevah, Yawhawi na poe roeroe haw, ka ram teh kaw sak haw, na kut hoi na awmkhai nateh, lungmathoenae kai koe a pha hoeh nahanelah, yonnae thung hoi na hlout sak haw, telah a hram teh, ahni ni a hei e hah a poe.
[One day] he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelis [worshiped], saying, “Please greatly bless me and (enlarge my land/give me a lot of land/property). Remain [IDM] with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain.” And God did what Jabez requested him to do.
11 Shuhah e a nawngha Kelub ni Eshton na pa Mehir a sak.
[Another descendant of Judah was] Shuhah. His [younger] brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
12 Eshton ni Bethrapha, Paseah, Nahash khopui na pa Tehinah a sak. Hetnaw heh Rekah taminaw doeh.
Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah founded Nahash [town], but their families lived in Recah [town].
13 Kenaz casaknaw teh: Othniel, Seraiah. Othniel casak teh Hathath.
[Another descendant of Judah was] Jephunneh. His son was Caleb. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen’s Valley. The valley was named that because many of the people who lived there were (craftsmen/men who were experts in making things).
14 Meonothai ni Ophrah a sak teh Seraiah ni Gekharashim na pa Joab a sak.
15 Jephunneh capa Kaleb casak teh Iru, Elah hoi Naam, Elah e capa teh Kenaz doeh.
16 Jehallelel casak teh Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria hoi Asarel.
[Another descendant of Judah was] Jehallelel. His sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Ezrah casak teh Jether, Mered, Epher, Jalon doeh. Miriam ni Shammai hoi Eshtemoa na pa Ishbah a khe pouh.
[Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah.] Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Ezrah also had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Gedor, Heber was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Zanoah.
18 Ahnie yu Jehudijah ni Gedor na pa Jered, Sokoh na pa Heber, Zanoah na pa Jekuthiel a sak. Hetnaw teh Mered ni a la e Faro canu Bithiah canaw doeh.
19 Hodiah yu casak teh Karmi Keilah na pa Naham tawncanu hoi Maakath Eshtemoa doeh.
Hodiah’s wife, who was Naham’s sister, bore two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people-group, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maacath people-group.
20 Shimon casak teh Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, Tilon. Ishi casak teh Zoheth hoi Benzoheth.
[Another descendant of Judah was Shimon]. Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. [Another descendant of Judah was] Ishi. His descendants were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 Judah capa Shelah casak teh Lekah na pa Er, Mareshah na pa Laadah doeh. Ashbe imthung dawk teh loukloukkaang e lukkarei ka sak thai e hai ao.
One of Judah’s sons was Shelah. Shelah’s sons were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families of those who made things from linen at Beth-Ashbea,
22 Jokim hoi Kozeba tami hoi Joash, Moab vah yu ka lat e Seraph hoi Jashubilehem. Palang thut e naw doeh.
Jokim, and the men of Cozeba [town], and Joash and Saraph, two men who married women from [the] Moab [region] and later lived in Bethlehem (OR, and ruled in Jashubi-Lehem). All their names and a record of what they did are written in very old scrolls.
23 Hetnaw teh Netaim hoi Gederah vah kho ka sak e hlaam ka bo e naw doeh, siangpahrang koe tawngtang kho a sak awh.
They made pottery for the king; some of them lived in Netaim [town] and some of them lived in Gederah [town].
24 Simeon casak teh Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Sawl.
Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25 Sawl capa Shallum, Shallum capa Mibsam, Mibsam capa Mishma.
Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma.
26 Mishma casak lah, Mishma capa Hammuel, Hammuel capa Zakkur, Zakkur capa Shimei.
Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei.
27 Shimei te capa hlaitaruk touh hoi canu taruk touh ao awh ei, a hmaunawnghanaw teh ca moi tawn awh hoeh. Hatdawkvah, ahnimae canaw pueng teh Judah casak patetlah la pung awh hoeh.
Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children. So the descendants of Simeon never were as many as the descendants of [his younger brother] Judah.
28 Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
The descendants of Simeon lived in [these cities and towns]: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual,
29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31 Bethmarkaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, Shaaraim vah kho a sak awh. Hetnaw heh Devit a bawi nah totouh ahnimae khopui lah ao.
Beth-Marcaboth, Hazar-Susim, Beth-Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king.
32 Ahnimae khotenaw teh Etam, Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen, Ashan hoi kho panga touh.
They also lived in villages near those towns: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan.
33 Ahnimae khote pueng teh khopui tengpam vah Baal totouh ao awh. Hetnaw teh khosaknae lah ao awh teh, a napanaw e konglam thut e hai a tawn awh.
There were other villages where they lived, as far [southwest] as Baalath [town]. Those were the places where they lived, and their names, according to the family records.
34 Meshobab, Jamlekh hoi Amaziah capa Joshah.
The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was the son of Seraiah and the grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was the son of Shiphi and the grandson of Allon, who was the son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was the son of Shemaiah. Those families became very large/numerous.
35 Joel hoi Asiel casak Seraiah, Joshibiah capa Jehu.
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel hoi Benaiah.
37 Shiphi capa Ziza, Allon capa Shiphi, Jedaiah capa Allon, Shimri capa Jedaiah, Shemaiah capa Shimri.
38 Hete a min kaawm e naw teh casaknaw ka hrawi e lah ao teh, imthung teh moikapap a kamphung awh.
39 Ahnimanaw teh Gedor kâennae tanghling kanîtholah totouh saringnaw pâ nahane tawng hanelah a cei awh.
They went outside of Gedor [town] on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep.
40 Saringnaw pâ nahane, hram ca hane kahawipoung e ram lah a hmu awh. A ram a kaw teh karoumcalah onae hmuen lah ao. Hmaloe la kaawm e teh Ham catounnaw doeh.
They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet. Previously the descendants of [Noah’s son] Ham had lived there.
41 Hetteh Judah siangpahrang Hezekiah tue navah a min hoi a thut e naw doeh kamnuek. Hatnavah, ahnimae rimnaw hoi Mehunimnaw teh a thei awh teh atu totouh hote hmuen koe ao awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, saringnaw a pâ nahanlah ao dawkvah.
But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, the leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there, and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there, because there was good pastureland there for their sheep.
42 Simeon casak tami 500 touh hane Seir mon dawk a luen awh. Hatnavah Ishi canaw Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah hoi Uzziel tinaw teh a lû lah ao awh.
Ishi’s four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led 500 other descendants of Simeon [and attacked the people who were living] in the hilly area of the Edom [region].
43 Amalek miphun, ka yawng e naw dawk hoi kaawm e naw hah a tâ awh teh, atu totouh kho a sak sin awh.
They killed the few descendants of Amalek who were still alive. From that time until now, the descendants of Simeon have lived in [the] Edom [region].
