1 Weche Mag Ndalo 5
1 Reuben ne en wuod Israel makayo, to kane oterore gi chi wuon mare, to duongʼ mar ngʼat makayo nomi yawuot Josef ma wuod Israel, omiyo nyinge ne ok nyal wuok mokwongo ka indiko nying nyikwa Israel kaluwore gi chik mar kayo.
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 Kata obedo ni Juda ema ne tek moloyo owetene kendo ruoth nowuok kuome, to duongʼ mar kayo ne mar Josef.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
3 Yawuot Reuben wuod Israel makayo ne gin: Hanok, Palu, Hezron kod Karmi.
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 Joka Joel ne gin: Joel nonywolo Shemaya, Shemaya nonywolo Gog, Gog nonywolo Shimei,
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Shimei nonywolo Mika, Mika nonywolo Reaya, Reaya nonywolo Baal,
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Baal nonywolo Beera mane Tiglath-Pilesa ruodh Asuria otero e twech. Beera ema ne jatend joka Reuben.
and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
7 To owete kowuok e anywola, kaka ondikgi e chenro mar nywolgi ema: Jeyel ne jatelo, Zekaria,
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 kod Bela wuod Azaz, ma wuod Shema, wuod Joel. Negidak e gwengʼ kochakore Aroer nyaka Nebo kod Baal Meon.
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 Koa yo wuok chiengʼ, negidak e piny mokiewo gi thim kadhi nyaka Aora Yufrate nikech jambgi ne omedore e piny Gilead.
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 E ndalo loch Saulo, negikedo gi jo-Hagri mane giloyo ma gikawo kuondegi mag dak duto e piny machiegni gi Gilead.
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 Jo-Gad nodak e bathgi e piny Bashan nyaka chop Saleka.
The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
12 Joel ne jatendgi ka iluwe gi Shafam, Janai kod Shafat, e piny Bashan.
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 Owetene abiriyo kaluwore gi anywolagi ne gin: Mikael, Meshulam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia kod Eber.
Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
14 Magi ema ne yawuot Abihail wuod Huri, ma wuod Jaroa, wuod Gilead, wuod Mikael, wuod Jeshishai, wuod Jado, wuod Buz.
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 Ahi wuod Abdiel, wuod Guni ne en jatend anywolagi.
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.
16 Joka Gad nodak Gilead, Bashan to gi mier mokiewo kode kod lek mar Sharon duto.
They lived in Gilead in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as their borders.
17 Magi duto ne ondiki e nonro margi mar nywol e ndalo loch Jotham ruodh Juda kod Jeroboam ruodh Israel.
All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 Joka Reuben, joka Gad kod nus mar dhood joka Manase ne gin ji alufu piero angʼwen gangʼwen mia abiriyo gi piero auchiel mane oyikore ni lweny. Jolweny molony mane nyalo tiyo gi gige lweny machalo kuodi, ligangla kod atungʼ, nomi tiegruok ne lweny.
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 Negikedo gi jo-Hagri, jo-Jetur, jo-Nafish kod jo-Nodab.
They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 Ne okonygi kuom kedo kendo Nyasaye nomiyogi e lwetgi jo-Hagri, to gi jogo duto mane oriwore kodgi nikech ne giywagorene e ndalo lweny. To ne odwoko lamogi nikech negiketo yie margi kuome.
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 Negipeyo jamni mag jo-Hagri, ngamia alufu piero abich, rombe alufu mia ariyo gi piero abich, to gi punde alufu ariyo. To bende negimako ji alufu mia achiel ma gitero e twech,
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 to mamoko mangʼeny to neginego, nikech lweny ne mar Nyasaye. Pinyni nobedo margi nyaka ne otergi e twech.
For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
23 Nus mar dhood jo-Manase ne ngʼeny mokadho; negidak e piny jo-Bashan nyaka Baal Hermon, gi Senir ma en Got Hermon.
The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
24 Magi ema ne jotelo mar anywolagi: Efer, Ishi, Eliel Azriel, Jeremia, Hodavia kod Jadiel. Ne gin jolweny mathuondi kendo marahuma kendo jotend anywolagi.
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 To negiweyo Nyasach kweregi ma gindhogore kendgi gi nyiseche mag jopinyno mane Nyasaye owachonegi ni ginegi.
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 Omiyo Nyasach jo-Israel nojiwo chuny Pul ruodh jo-Asuria (ma bende iluongo ni Tiglath-Pilesa ruodh jo-Asuria), mane otero jo-Reuben, jo-Gad, kod nus mar dhood jo-Manase e twech. Ne oterogi Hala, Habor, Hera kod but aora Gozan kuma gidakie nyaka chil kawuono.
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.
