1 Chronicles 4
1 The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
Amadodana kaJuda: OPerezi, uHezironi, loKarmi, loHuri, loShobhali.
2 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.
UReyaya indodana kaShobhali wasezala uJahathi; uJahathi wasezala uAhumayi loLahadi. Laba babezinsendo zamaZorathi.
3 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.
Laba babengabakayise kaEtamu: OJizereyeli loIshma loIdibhashi; lebizo likadadewabo lalinguHazeleliponi.
LoPenuweli uyise kaGedori, loEzeri uyise kaHusha. Laba babengamadodana kaHuri, izibulo likaEfratha, uyise kaBhethelehema.
5 [Hezron’s son] Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives whose names were Helah and Naarah.
Njalo uAshuri uyise kaThekhowa wayelabafazi ababili, oHela loNahara.
6 The sons of Asshur and his wife Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
UNahara wasemzalela uAhuzama loHeferi loTemeni loHahashitari. Laba babengamadodana kaNahara.
7 The sons of [Ashhur and his wife] Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
Lamadodana kaHela: OZerethi loIzohari loEthinani.
8 and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
UKhozi wasezala uAnubi loZobeba, lensendo zikaAhariheli indodana kaHarumi.
9 [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.”
Njalo uJabezi wayelodumo kulabafowabo; unina wasemutha ibizo wathi nguJabezi, esithi: Ngoba ngamzala ngisosizini.
10 [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.
UJabezi wasebiza uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli esithi: Kungathi ungangibusisa lokungibusisa, uqhelise umngcele wami, lesandla sakho sibe lami, ungivikele ebubini ukuze bungangidabuli! UNkulunkulu wenza kwenzakala lokho akucelayo.
11 [Another descendant of Judah was] Shuhah. His [younger] brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
UKelubi umfowabo kaShuha wasezala uMehiri, onguyise kaEshitoni.
12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah founded Nahash [town], but their families lived in Recah [town].
UEshitoni wasezala uBeti-Rafa loPhaseya loTehina uyise kaIri-Nahashi. Laba babengabantu bakaReka.
13 [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).
Lamadodana kaKenazi: O-Othiniyeli loSeraya. Lamadodana kaOthiniyeli: UHathathi.
UMeyonothayi wasezala uOfira. USeraya wasezala uJowabi uyise wesigodi seHarashi, ngoba babezingcitshi.
Lamadodana kaKalebi indodana kaJefune: OIru, uEla, loNahamu; lamadodana kaEla, ngitsho uKenazi.
16 [Another descendant of Judah was] Jehallelel. His sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
Lamadodana kaJehaleleli: OZifi, loZifa, uTiriya, loAsareli.
17 [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.
Lamadodana kaEzra: OJetheri loMeredi loEferi loJaloni. Wasezala oMiriyamu loShamayi loIshiba uyise kaEshithemowa.
Umkakhe umJudakazi wasezala uJeredi uyise kaGedori, loHeberi uyise kaSoko, loJekuthiyeli uyise kaZanowa. Lalabo babengamadodana kaBithiya indodakazi kaFaro, uMeredi amthathayo.
19 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.
Lamadodana omkaHodiya, udadewabo kaNahama, uyise kaKeyila umGarmi, loEshithemowa umMahakathi.
20 [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.
Njalo amadodana kaShimoni: OAmnoni, loRina, uBheni-Hanani, loThiloni. Lamadodana kaIshi: OZohethi loBheni-Zohethi.
21 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,
Amadodana kaShela indodana kaJuda: OEri uyise kaLeka, loLahada uyise kaMaresha, lensendo zendlu yabenzi belembu elicolekileyo bendlu kaAshibeya,
22 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.
loJokimi, lamadoda akoKhozeba, loJowashi, loSarafi ababebusa amaMowabi, loJashubi-Lehema. Lalezizindaba zindala.
23 They made pottery for the king; some of them lived in Netaim [town] and some of them lived in Gederah [town].
Labo babengababumbi, labakhileyo ezilimeni lezintangweni; bahlala lapho lenkosi emsebenzini wayo.
24 Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
Amadodana kaSimeyoni: ONemuweli, loJamini, loJaribi, uZera, uShawuli,
25 Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma.
uShaluma indodana yakhe, uMibhisamu indodana yakhe, uMishima indodana yakhe.
26 Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei.
Lamadodana kaMishima: UHamuweli indodana yakhe, uZakuri indodana yakhe, uShimeyi indodana yakhe.
27 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.
Njalo uShimeyi wayelamadodana alitshumi lesithupha lamadodakazi ayisithupha; kodwa abafowabo babengelabantwana abanengi, losendo lonke lwabo kalwandanga njengabantwana bakoJuda.
28 The descendants of Simeon lived in [these cities and towns]: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual,
Basebehlala eBherishebha leMolada leHazari-Shuwali
29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
leBiliha leEzema leToladi
30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
leBethuweli leHorma leZikilagi
31 Beth-Marcaboth, Hazar-Susim, Beth-Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king.
leBeti-Marikabothi leHazari-Susimi leBeti-Biri leShaharayimi. Le yayiyimizi yabo kwaze kwaba sekubuseni kukaDavida.
32 They also lived in villages near those towns: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan.
Lemizana yabo: IEtamu, leAyini, iRimoni, leTokeni, leAshani, imizi emihlanu,
33 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.
layo yonke imizana yayo, eyayiyizingelezele leyomizi, kuze kube seBahali. Lezi zindawo zabo zokuhlala, njalo baba lombhalo wosendo lwabo.
34 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.
LoMeshobabi loJamileki loJosha indodana kaAmaziya,
loJoweli loJehu indodana kaJoshibhiya indodana kaSeraya indodana kaAsiyeli,
loEliyohenayi loJahakoba loJeshohaya loAsaya loAdiyeli loJesimiyeli loBhenaya,
loZiza indodana kaShifi indodana kaAloni indodana kaJedaya indodana kaShimiri indodana kaShemaya.
Laba abaqanjwe ngamabizo babeyizikhulu ensendweni zabo, lezindlu zaboyise zanda kakhulu ngobunengi.
39 They went outside of Gedor [town] on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep.
Basebesiya ekungeneni kweGedori, baya ngempumalanga kwesihotsha, ukudingela imihlambi yabo idlelo.
40 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.
Bafica idlelo elivundileyo lelihle, lommango obanzi emaceleni, lolokuzola, lolokuthula; ngoba abakoHamu babehlala khona endulo.
41 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.
Lalabo ababebhalwe ngamabizo bafika ensukwini zikaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, batshaya amathente lendawo zokuhlala ezazitholakala khona, babatshabalalisa kuze kube lamuhla; bahlala endaweni zabo, ngoba kwakukhona lapho idlelo lezimvu zabo.
42 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].
Kwasekuphuma kubo, ebantwaneni bakoSimeyoni, amadoda angamakhulu amahlanu, aya entabeni yeSeyiri. LoPelatiya loNeyariya loRefaya loUziyeli amadodana kaIshi babezinhloko zabo.
43 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].
Basebetshaya insali yabaphephayo bamaAmaleki, bahlala khona kuze kube lamuhla.
