Kronika 1 4
1 Yuda ƒe dzidzimevi bubuawoe nye: Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur kple Sobal.
The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 Sobal ƒe vie nye Reaia, ame si dzi Yahat, ame si dzi Ahumai kple Lahad. Ame siawo va zu Zoratitɔwo ƒe ƒomewo.
Truly, Reaiah, the son of Shobal, conceived Jahath; from him were born Ahumai and Lahad. These are the kindred of the Zorathites.
3 Etam ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye: Yezreel, Isma, Idbas kple via nyɔnu Hazelelponi
And this is the stock of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel dzi Gedor eye Ezer dzi Husa Ezer. Ame siawoe nye Hur ƒe dzidzimeviwo, Hur nye Efrata ƒe ŋgɔgbevi kple Betlehem fofo.
Now Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Bethlehem.
5 Asur, Tekoa fofo, ɖe srɔ̃ eve: Hela kple Naara.
Truly, for Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, there were two wives: Helah and Naarah.
6 Naara dzi Ahuzam, Hefer, Temeni kple Haahastari.
And Naarah bore to him: Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These are the sons of Naarah.
7 Hela ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Zeret, Zohar, Etnan kple
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 Koz, ame si dzi Anub kple Hazobeba hekpe ɖe Harum ƒe vi ƒe hlɔ̃ ŋu eye eya mee hlɔ̃ si wotsɔ kple Aharlel, Harum ƒe vi, ŋkɔ na la dzɔ tso.
Now Koz conceived Anub, and Zobebah, and the kindred of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 Yabez xɔ ŋkɔ wu nɔvia bubuawo katã. Dadaa na ŋkɔe be, Yabez si gɔmee nye, “Vevesese” elabena dadaa se veve ŋutɔ le edzidzi me.
But Jabez was renowned, more so than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “For I bore him in sorrow.”
10 Eyae do gbe ɖa na Israel ƒe Mawu be, “Oo, yram eye nàkpe ɖe ŋunye le nye dɔwɔwɔ me. Meɖe kuku, nɔ kplim le nu sia nu si mawɔ la me eye nàɖem tso nu vɔ̃ kple dzɔgbevɔ̃e ɖe sia ɖe me.” Mawu se eƒe gbedodoɖa.
Truly, Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “If only, when blessing, you will bless me, and will broaden my borders, and your hand will be with me, and you will cause me not to be oppressed by evil.” And God granted to him the things for which he prayed.
11 Kelub, Suha nɔviŋutsu, dzi Mehir, ame si dzi Eston.
Now Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, conceived Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 Eston dzi Bet Rafa, Pasea kple Tehina, ame si dzi Ir Nahas. Ame siawoe nye Reka ƒe ŋutsuwo.
Then Eshton conceived Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of the city of Nahash. These are the men of Recah.
13 Kenaz dzi Otniel kple Seraya. Otniel dzi Hatat Meonatai.
Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.
14 Meonatai, ame si dzi Ofra. Seraya dzi Yoab, ame si me Ge Harasim, aɖaŋuwɔla siwo nɔ Aɖaŋuwɔlawo ƒe Balime la dzɔ tso.
Meonothai conceived Ophrah, but Seraiah conceived Joab, the father of the Valley of Artisans. For indeed, there were artisans there.
15 Kaleb, Yefune ƒe vi, dzi Iru, Ela kple Naam. Kenaz nɔ Ela ƒe viwo dome.
Truly, the sons of Chelub, the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, and Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
16 Yehalelel ƒe viwoe nye Zif, Zifa, Tiria kple Asarel.
Also, the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17 Ezra dzi Yeter, Mered, Efer kple Yalon. Mered ɖe Bitia, fiavinyɔnu aɖe tso Egipte eye wodzi Miriam, Samai kple Isba, ame si nye Estemoa fofo.
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and he conceived Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Estemoa srɔ̃ nye Yuda nyɔnu aɖe eye wòdzi Yered, Heber kple Yekutiel. Yered nye Gedor fofo, Heber nye Soko fofo eye Yekutiel nye Zanoah fofo.
And then his wife, Judaia, bore Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. Now there were sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married,
19 Hodia srɔ̃ nye Naham nɔvinyɔnu. Via ɖekae nye Keila, Garmitɔ la fofo; via bubue dzi Estemoa, Maakatitɔ la.
and sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and of Eshtemoa, who was from Maacathi.
20 Simɔn dzi Amnon, Rina, Ben Hanan kple Tilɔn. Isi dzi Zohet kple Ben Zohet.
And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, son of Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21 Yuda ƒe viŋutsu, Sela ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye Er, ame si dzi Leka, Lada, ame si dzi Maresa kple ame siwo nye avɔlɔ̃lawo nɔ Bet Asbea,
The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the kindred of the house of the workers of fine linen in the house of the oath,
22 Yokim, Kozeba, Yoas kple Saraf ŋutsuwo, ame siwo ɖu fia le Moab kple Yasubi Lehem. Ŋkɔ siawo tso nuŋlɔɖi xoxoawo me.
and he who caused the sun to stand still, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were leaders in Moab, and who returned into Lehem. Now these words are ancient.
23 Ame siawo xɔ ŋkɔ le zememe kple agbledede le Nataim kple Gedera me eye wowɔa dɔ na fia la.
These are the potters living in the Plantations and in the Hedges, with a king in his works, and they were dwelling there.
24 Simeon dzi Nemuel, Yamin, Yarib, Zera kple Saul.
The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
25 Saul dzi Salum, ame si dzi Mibsam, ame si dzi Misma.
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 Misma ƒe viwo dometɔ ɖekae nye Hamuel, ame si dzi Zakur, ame si dzi Simei.
The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
27 Simei dzi viŋutsu wuiade kple vinyɔnu ade. Nɔviawo dometɔ aɖeke ƒe viwo mesɔ gbɔ alea o eye wo viwo mede esi Yudatɔ geɖewo dzina la nu o.
The sons of Shimei were sixteen, and there were six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, and the entire kindred was not equal to the sum of the sons of Judah.
28 Wonɔ Beerseba, Molada, Hazar Sual
Now they lived in Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
29 Bilha, Ezem, Tolad,
and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad,
30 Betuel, Horma, Ziklag,
and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,
31 Bet Markabot, Hazar Susim, Bet Biri kple Saaraim. Du siawo nɔ woƒe asi me va se ɖe David ƒe fiaɖuɣi.
and in Beth-marcaboth, and in Hazarsusim, and in Bethbiri, and in Shaaraim. These were their cities until king David.
32 Kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã wo lae nye Etam, Ain, Rimon, Token kple Asan, kɔƒe atɔ̃
And their towns were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
33 kple kɔƒe siwo katã ƒo xlã du siawo va se ɖe Baalat. Esiawoe nye woƒe duwo, eye dzidzimegbalẽ nɔ wo si.
with all their villages, on every side of these cities, as far as Baal. This is their habitation and the distribution of the settlements.
34 Mesobab, Yamlek, Yosa Amazia ƒe viŋutsu,
And there were Meshobab and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35 Yoel, Yehu, Yosibia ƒe viŋutsu, ame si nye Seraya ƒe vi kple Asiel ƒe vi,
and Joel, and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 Elioenai, Yaakoba, Yehodaya, Asaya, Adiel, Yesimiel, Benaya,
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 Zira, ame si nye Sifi ƒe vi, ame si nye Alon ƒe vi, ame si nye Yedaia ƒe vi, ame si nye Simri ƒe vi ame si nye Semaya ƒe vi.
as well as Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
38 Ŋutsu siwo ƒe ŋkɔ woyɔ va yi la woe nye woƒe ƒomeawo ƒe tatɔwo. Woƒe ƒomewo dzi ɖe edzi fũu
These were the names of the leaders in their kindred. And they were multiplied greatly within the houses of their marriages.
39 eye woyi Gedor ƒe gbɔto le balime la ƒe ɣedzeƒe gome le gbeɖuƒe dim na woƒe lãhawo.
And they set out, so that they might enter into Gedor, as far as the eastern valley, and so that they might seek pastures for their flocks.
40 Wokpɔ lãnyiƒe damawo, anyigba la keke nyuie, teƒe si ŋutifafa kple ɖoɖoezizi le. Hamitɔ aɖewo nɔ afi ma kpɔ.
And they found fat and very good pastures, and a very wide and quiet and fruitful land, in which some from the stock of Ham had lived before.
41 Ame siwo ƒe ŋkɔ woŋlɔ da ɖi la va le Yuda Fia Hezekia ƒe fiaɖuɣi. Woho aʋa ɖe Hamitɔwo ŋu le woƒe nɔƒewo nenema ke nye Meunitɔ siwo nɔ afi ma eye wotsrɔ̃ wo keŋkeŋ abe ale si wòle dzedzem egbe ene. Wonɔ woƒe nɔƒe elabena lãnyiƒe nɔ afi ma na woƒe lãhawo.
So then, those whose names have been written above, went forth in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah. And they struck down the inhabitants who had been found there with their dwellings. And they wiped them out, even to the present day. And they lived in place of them, because they found very fat pastures there.
42 Le esia wɔwɔ vɔ megbe la, aʋawɔla siawo dometɔ alafa atɔ̃ tso Simeon ƒe ƒome la me yi Seir ƒe to la dzi. Woƒe kplɔlawo nye Pelatia, Nearia, Refaya kple Uziel. Wo katã wonye Isi ƒe viwo.
Also, some of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went away to mount Seir, having as leaders Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 Wowu ame ʋɛe siwo susɔ tso Amalek ƒomea me eye wotsi afi ma va se ɖe egbe.
And they struck down the remnant of the Amalekites, those who had been able to escape, and they lived there in place of them, even to this day.
