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1 Esiawoe nye Israel ƒe viŋutsuwo: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Yuda, Isaka, Zebulon,

And the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

2 Dan, Yosef, Benyamin, Naftali, Gad kple Aser.

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 Yuda dzi ŋutsuvi etɔ̃ kple Bat Sua, Kanaan ɖetugbi aɖe. Woawoe nye Er, Onan kple Sela. Via tsitsitɔ, Er, vɔ̃ɖi le Yehowa ƒe ŋkume ale gbegbe be, Yehowa wui.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him from the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite. But Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and so he killed him.

4 Er ƒe ahosi, Tamar kple Er fofo, Yuda, wodzi evenɔviwo: Perez kple Zera; ale viŋutsuvi atɔ̃ nɔ Yuda si.

Now Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Therefore, all the sons of Judah were five.

5 Perez ƒe viwoe nye: Hezron kple Hamul.

And the sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

6 Zera ƒe viwo nye: Zimri, Etan, Heman, Kalkol kple Dara.

Also, the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, as well as Calcol and Dara, five altogether.

7 Aka, Karmi ƒe vie nye ame si he fukpekpe va Israel dzi elabena efi nu kɔkɔewo.

The sons of Carmi: Achar, who disturbed Israel and sinned by the theft of what was anathema.

8 Etan ƒe vie nye Azaria.

The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

9 Hezron ƒe viwoe nye Yerameel, Ram kple Kelubai.

And the sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

10 Ram dzi Aminadab eye Aminadab dzi Nahson, ame si va zu Yuda to la ƒe kplɔla ɖeka.

Then Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon, a leader of the sons of Judah.

11 Nahson dzi Salma eye Salma hã dzi Boaz.

Also, Nahshon conceived Salma, from whom Boaz rose up.

12 Boaz dzi Obed ame si dzi Yese.

Truly, Boaz conceived Obed, who also himself conceived Jesse.

13 Yese ƒe vi gbãtɔe nye Eliab, eveliae nye Abinadab eye etɔ̃liae nye Simea;

Now Jesse conceived the firstborn Eliab, the second Abinadab, the third Shammah,

14 eneliae nye Netanel, atɔ̃liae nye Radai,

the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,

15 adelia nye Ozem eye adreliae nye David.

the sixth Ozem, the seventh David.

16 Srɔ̃a ma ke dzi vinyɔnuvi eve nɛ. Woawoe nye Zeruia kple Abigail. Zeruya ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye Abisai, Yoab kple Asahel.

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

17 Yeter, ame si nye ŋutsu aɖe tso Ismael nyigba dzi la ɖe Abigail eye wòdzi ŋutsuvi aɖe si wona ŋkɔe be Amasa la nɛ.

And Abigail conceived Amasa, whose father was Jether, the Ishmaelite.

18 Kaleb, Hezron ƒe vi ɖe srɔ̃ eve, Azuba kple Yeriot. Azuba ƒe viwoe nye: Yeser, Sobab kple Ardon.

Truly, Caleb, the son of Hezron, took a wife named Azubah, of whom he conceived Jerioth. And her sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19 Esi Azuba ku la, Kaleb ɖe Efrat eye wòdzi ŋutsuvi, Hur, nɛ.

And when Azubah had died, Caleb took as wife Ephratha, who bore to him Hur.

20 Hur ƒe vie nye Uri eye Uri hã dzi Bezalel.

Now Hur conceived Uri. And Uri conceived Bezalel.

21 Esi Hezron xɔ ƒe blaade la eɖe Makir ƒe vinyɔnu eye wòdzi ŋutsuvi, Segub nɛ. Makir ƒe vi bubue nye Gilead.

And afterwards, Hezron entered to the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead. And he took her when he was sixty years old. And she bore to him Segub.

22 Segub nye Yair fofo. Du blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃ nɔ Yair ƒe kpɔkplɔ te le Gileadnyigba dzi.

And then Segub conceived Jair, and he possessed twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 (Ke Gesur kple Aram xɔ Havot Yair kple Kenat kple du sue blaade siwo ƒo xlãe la le esi sesẽtɔe.) Ame siawo katã nye Makir, si nye Gilead fofo la ƒe viwo.

And he seized Geshur and Aram, towns of Jair, and Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead.

24 Esi Hezron ku le Kaleb Efrata la, Abiya, Hezron srɔ̃ dzi Asur, Tekoa fofo.

Then, when Hezron had died, Caleb entered to Ephratha. Also, Hezron had as wife Abia, who bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

25 Hezron ƒe vi tsitsitɔ, Yerameel ƒe viwoe nye: Ram ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔ, Buna, Oren, Ozem kple Ahiya.

Now sons were born to Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 Yerameel srɔ̃ evelia, Atara, dzi Onam.

Jerahmeel also married another wife, named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

27 Ram ƒe viwoe nye Maaz, Yamin kple Eker.

Then too, the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28 Onam ƒe viwoe nye Samai kple Yada. Samai dzi Nadab kple Abisur.

And Onam had sons: Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29 Abisur kple srɔ̃a Abihail dzi Aban kple Molid.

Truly, the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, who bore to him Ahban and Molid.

30 Nadab ƒe viwoe nye Seled kple Apaim. Seled medzi vi aɖeke hafi ku o.

Now the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children.

31 Apaim ƒe vie nye Isi, ame si dzi Sesan eye eya hã dzi Ahlai.

Truly, the son of Appaim was Ishi. And Ishi conceived Sheshan. Then Sheshan conceived Ahlai.

32 Samai nɔvi dzi ŋutsuvi eve: Yeter kple Yonatan. Yeter medzi vi aɖeke hafi ku o,

But the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Then Jether also died without children.

33 ke Yonatan dzi vi eve: Pelet kple Zaza. Ame siawoe nye Yerameel ƒe viwo.

And Jonathan conceived Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 Viŋutsu aɖeke menɔ Sesan si o; vinyɔnuwo koe nɔ esi. Egipte dɔlaŋutsu aɖe nɔ esi; eŋkɔe nye Yarha.

Now Sheshan did not have sons, but only daughters, and an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

35 Sesan tsɔ via nyɔnu na eƒe dɔlaŋutsu, Yarha, wòɖe eye wodzi Atai.

And so he gave to him his daughter as wife, who bore to him Attai.

36 Atai dzi Natan, ame si dzi Zabad,

Then Attai conceived Nathan, and Nathan conceived Zabad.

37 ame si dzi Eflal, ame si dzi Obed,

Also, Zabad conceived Ephlal, and Ephlal conceived Obed.

38 ame si dzi Yehu, ame si dzi Azaria.

Obed conceived Jehu; Jehu conceived Azariah.

39 Azaria dzi Helez, ame si dzi Eleasa,

Azariah conceived Helez, and Helez conceived Eleasah.

40 ame si dzi Sismai, ame si dzi Salum.

Eleasah conceived Sismai; Sismai conceived Shallum.

41 Salum dzi Yekamia ame si dzi Elisama.

Shallum conceived Jekamiah; then Jekamiah conceived Elishama.

42 Kaleb, Yerameel nɔvi ƒe vi tsitsitɔe nye Mesa, ame si dzi Zif, ame si dzi Maresa, ame si dzi Hebron.

And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mesha, the father of Hebron.

43 Hebron ƒe viwoe nye Korah, Tapua, Rekem kple Sema.

Now the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tapuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44 Sema dzi Raham ame si dzi Yorkeam. Rekem dzi Samai.

Then Shema conceived Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem conceived Shammai.

45 Samai dzi Maon eye Maon dzi Bet Zur.

The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

46 Kaleb kple eƒe ahiãvi, Efa, wodzi Haran, Moza kple Gazez. Haran dzi Gazez.

Now Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran conceived Gazez.

47 Yahdai dzi Regem, Yotam, Gesan, Pelet, Efa kple Saaf.

And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 Kaleb ƒe ahiãvi, Maaka, dzi Seber kple Tirhana.

And Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49 Egadzi Saaf, ame si nye Madmana fofo kple Seva, Makbena fofo kple Gibea. Kaleb ƒe vinyɔnue nye Aksa.

Then Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, conceived Sheva, the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. Truly, the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50 Hur, ame si nye Kaleb kple Efrata ƒe vi tsitsitɔ la, dzi Sobal, Kiriat Yearim fofo,

These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha: Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim;

51 Salma, Betlehem fofo kple Haref, Bet Gader fofo.

Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Bethgader.

52 Sobal ƒe viwoe nye Kiriat Yearim kple Haroe, ame si ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye Menuhot tɔwo ƒe afã.

Now there were sons for Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, who saw half the places of rest.

53 Kiriat Yearim ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye Yatiritɔwo, Putitɔwo, Sumatitɔwo kple Misraitɔwo, ame siwo me Zoratitɔwo kple Estaolitɔwo do tso.

And from the kindred of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these, the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites went forth.

54 Salma ƒe viwoe nye: Betlehem, Netofatitɔwo, Atrot Bet Yoab, Manahatitɔwo ƒe afã kple Zoritɔwo,

The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half the places of rest of the Zorathites,

55 agbalẽŋlɔlawo ƒe ƒome siwo nɔ Yabez: Tiratitɔwo, Imeatitɔwo kple Sukatitɔwo. Ame siawo katã nye Kenitɔwo eye wodzɔ tso Hamat me, ame si nye Rekab ƒe ƒome la fofo.

as well as the families of the scribes living in Jabesh, those singing and making music, and those dwelling in tents. These are the Kenites, who went forth from Calor, the father of the house of Rechab.