1 Chronicles 5
1 Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. Therefore, he should have received the special rights/privileges that belonged to firstborn sons. But he had sex with his father’s slave wife, so [his father] gave the rights if a firstborn son to the sons of Reubers younger brother Joseph. And in the family records, Reuben is not mentioned first, like the firstborn sons always are.
[勒烏本支派]以色列的長子勒烏本的子孫：─他雖是長子，但因他玷污了父親的床榻，他長子的權利已轉給了以色列的兒子若瑟的兩個兒子，不過後者在譜系上並沒有列為長子；
2 Although Judah became more influential than his brothers, and a ruler of the tribe descended from him, Joseph’s family received the rights that belonged to firstborn sons.
長子的權利雖歸若瑟，但兄弟中猶大最為強盛，因為領袖由他而生。
3 But Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son. Reuben’s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
以色列的長子勒烏本的兒子：哈諾客、帕路、赫茲龍和加爾米。
4 [Another descendant of Reuben was Joel]. Joel’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei.
約厄耳的子孫：約厄耳的兒子舍瑪雅，舍瑪雅的兒子哥格，哥格的兒子史米，
5 Shimei’s son was Micah. Micah’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah’s son was Baal.
史米的兒子米加，米加的兒子勒阿雅，勒阿雅的兒子巴耳，
6 Baal’s son was Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the tribe/descendants of Reuben. But Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria captured him and took him to Assyria.
巴耳的兒子貝厄辣；他為亞述王提革拉特丕肋色爾擄去；他是勒烏本人的族長。
7 The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records. The first [name written was] Jeiel. Then Zechariah,
他的兄弟們按家族歷代的譜系，為族長的是耶厄耳、則加黎雅、
8 and then Bela. Bela was the son of Azaz, and Azaz was the son of Shema, and Shema was the son of Joel. Reuben’s clan was very large. Some of them lived near Aroer [city] as far [north] as Nebo [town] and Baal-Meon [city].
阿匝次的兒子貝拉；阿匝次是舍瑪的兒子，舍瑪是約厄耳的兒子。勒烏本居住在阿洛厄爾，直到乃波和巴耳默紅一帶，
9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert [south of] the Euphrates River. [They went there] because they had a huge amount of cattle, [with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them] in [the] Gilead [region].
向東延至幼發拉的河岸曠野邊，因為他在基勒阿得地方有大批的牲畜。
10 When Saul was king [of Israel], Bela’s clan fought against the descendants of Hagar and defeated them. After that, Bela’s clan lived in the tents that the descendants of Hagar had lived in previously, in all the area east of [the] Gilead [region].
在撒烏耳時代，他們同哈革爾人作戰，哈革爾人失敗，勒烏本子孫佔領了基肋阿得東部所有的地域，佔有他們的帳幕。[加得支派]
11 The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in [the] Bashan [region], all the way [east] to Salecah [town].
加得的子孫靠近他們，住在巴商地方直到撒耳加：
12 Joel was their chief; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat.
約厄耳為首，沙凡為副，其次為雅乃和巴商的沙法特。
13 Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
按家族，他們的兄弟是：米加耳、默叔藍、舍巴、約賴、雅甘、齊雅和厄貝爾七人。
14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was Huri’s son. Huri was Jaroah’s son. Jaroah was Gilead’s son. Gilead was Michael’s son. Michael was Jeshishai’s son. Jeshishai was Jahdo’s son. Jahdo was the son of Buz.
他們都是阿彼海耳的子孫：阿彼海耳是胡黎的兒子，胡黎是雅洛亞的兒子，雅洛亞是基肋阿得的兒子，基肋阿得是米加耳的兒子，米加耳是耶史賽的兒子，耶史賽是雅多的兒子，雅多是步次的兒子。
15 Ahi was Abdiel’s son. Abdiel was Guni’s son. Ahi was the leader of their clan.
古尼的孫子，阿貝狄耳的兒子阿希，是他們一家的族長。
16 The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland on [the] Sharon [plain].
他們住在基肋阿得、巴商和所屬各村鎮，以及息黎雍直到邊界所有的牧場：
17 All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel.
以上所有的加得人，是在猶大王約堂與以色列王雅洛貝罕時代所統計的。
18 There were 44,760 soldiers from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh. They all carried shields and swords and bows [and arrows]. They [were all trained to] fight well in battles.
勒烏本、加得和默納協半支派的子孫，都是英勇的軍人；能持盾操刀，善射好戰，出征上陣的人，有四萬四千七百六十。
19 They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab [cities].
曾同哈革爾人、耶突爾人、納菲士人和諾達布人作過戰。
20 The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat [IDM] the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
作戰時蒙天主助佑，哈革爾人和所有聯軍都落在他們手中，因為他們作戰時呼求了天主，依賴了天主，也蒙了垂允。
21 They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people.
他們掠奪了敵人的牲畜：駱駝五萬，羊二十五萬，驢二千，人口十萬。
22 But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until [the army of] Babylonia [captured them and] took them away to Babylon.
因有天主助戰，敵人傷亡慘重。他們居住在那地方，直到充軍的時期。[默納協半支派]
23 There were many people who belonged to the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They lived in [the] Bashan [region east of the Jordan River], as far [north] as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Hermon Mountain.
默納協半支派的子孫居住的地方，由巴商直到巴耳赫爾孟、色尼爾和赫爾孟山；他們人數眾多。
24 Their clan leaders were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all strong, brave, and famous soldiers, and leaders of their clans.
他們各家的族長如下：厄斐爾、依史、厄里耳、阿次黎耳、耶勒米雅、曷達委雅和雅狄耳：都是英勇的軍人，出名的人物，家族的首領。
25 But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods/idols that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy!
但是，他們卻背叛了自己祖先的天主，而事奉了當地人民的神，這些人民原是天主曾在他們前所消滅的。
26 So the God whom the Israelis [worshiped] caused Pul, the king of Assyria, to conquer those tribes. Pul’s other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His [army] captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to [various places in Assyria]: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. [They have lived in those places from that time] to the present time.
因此，以色列的天主激起了亞述王普耳，即亞述王提革拉丕肋色爾的心，將勒烏本人、加得人和默納協半支派的人擄走，送到哈拉、哈波爾、哈辣和哥倉河一帶；他們直到今日仍在那裏。[充軍前亞郎的子孫]
