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1 Esiawoe nye Ruben ƒe viŋutsuwo. Ruben nye Israel ƒe ŋgɔgbevi. Togbɔ be eyae nye ŋgɔgbevi hã la, eƒo ɖi fofoa ƒe srɔ̃ɖeba eya ta woxɔ ŋgɔgbevinyenye la le esi tsɔ na Israel ƒe vi, Yosef ƒe viŋutsuwo. Esia tae womeŋlɔ eƒe ŋkɔ be eyae nye ŋgɔgbevi le dzidzimegbalẽ la me abe ale si wòle be wòanɔ ene o.
The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright.
2 Togbɔ be Yosef va zu ŋgɔgbevi hã la, Yuda va nye hlɔ̃ sesẽ, xɔŋkɔ aɖe le Israel eye Yuda mee fiavi aɖe do tso.
For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)
3 Ruben ƒe viwoe nye: Hanok, Palu, Hezron kple Karmi.
The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 Yoel ƒe viwoe nye, Semaya, ame si dzi Gog, ame si dzi Simei.
The sonnes of Ioel, Shemaiah his sonne, Gog his sonne, and Shimei his sonne,
5 Simei ƒe vie nye Mika, ame si dzi Reaia, ame si dzi Baal.
Michah his sonne, Reaiah his sonne, and Baal his sonne,
6 Baal ƒe vie nye Beera, ame si nye fiavi tso Ruben ƒe viwo dome. Asiria fia Tilgat Pilneser ɖe aboyoe.
Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath Pilneeser King of Asshur caryed away: he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 Woƒe ƒometɔwo le woƒe hlɔ̃wo nu abe ale si wode wo dzidzimegbalẽ la me la, le ale: Yeiel, fia la kple Zekaria
And when his brethren in their families rekoned the genealogie of their generations, Ieiel and Zechariah were the chiefe,
8 kple Bela, Azaz ƒe viŋutsu, Sema ƒe viŋutsu kple Yoel ƒe viŋutsu. Wonɔ teƒe si tso Aroer yi Nebo kple Baal Meon.
And Bela the sonne of Azaz, the sonne of Shema, the sonne of Ioel, which dwelt in Aroer, euen vnto Nebo and Baal meon.
9 Yoel nye lãnyila; enyi woƒe lãwo le gbegbe la ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo heyi ɖe Frat tɔsisi la gbɔ elabena nyi geɖewo nɔ Gileadnyigba dzi.
Also Eastwarde he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes from the riuer Perath for they had much cattel in the land of Gilead.
10 Le Fia Saul ƒe fiaɖuɣi la, Ruben ƒe viwo ɖu Hagritɔwo dzi eye woge ɖe woƒe agbadɔwo me le Gilead ƒe ɣedzeƒeliƒo dzi.
And in the dayes of Saul they warred with the Hagarims, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tentes in all the East partes of Gilead.
11 Gad ƒe dzidzimeviwo nɔ woƒe kasa le anyigba si tso Basan yi keke Saleka:
And the children of Gad dwelt ouer against them in the land of Bashan, vnto Salchah.
12 Yoel nye wo dometɔ xɔŋkɔtɔ eye Safam, Yanai kple Safat kplɔe ɖo.
Ioel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Iaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 Woƒe ƒometɔ siwo nye hlɔ̃ adreawo ƒe amegãwo la woe nye, Mikael, Mesulam, Seba, Yorai, Yakan, Zia kple Eber.
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.
14 Buz ƒe dzidzimeviwo le woƒe tsitsi nu le ale: Yahdo, Yesisai. Mikael, Gilead, Yarao, Huri kple Abihail.
These are the childre of Abihail, the sonne of Huri, the sonne of Iaroah, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Michael, the sonne of Ieshishai, the sonne of Iahdo, the sonne of Buz.
15 Guni ƒe vi, Abdiel ƒe vi, Ahi nye hlɔ̃ la ƒe kplɔla.
Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni was chiefe of the houshold of their fathers.
16 Hlɔ̃ la nɔ Gilead, Basan kple wo ŋu duwo me kpakple Saron ƒe lãnyiƒe nutowo katã me va se ɖe eƒe mlɔenu.
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in the townes thereof, and in all the suburbes of Sharon by their borders.
17 Woŋlɔ wo katã ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖe dzidzimegbalẽ la me le Yuda fia Yotam kple Israel fia Yeroboam ƒe fiaɖuɣi.
All these were rekoned by genealogies in the dayes of Iotham King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam King of Israel.
18 Asrafo akpe blaene-vɔ-ene alafa adre blaade, ame siwo si aʋawɔnuwo nɔ, wohe wo nyuie eye wonye kalẽtɔwo la nɔ Ruben, Gad kple Manase ƒe to la ƒe afã ƒe aʋakɔ me.
The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.
19 Woho aʋa ɖe Hagritɔwo, Yeturitɔwo, Nafisitɔwo kple Nodabitɔwo ŋu.
And they made warre with the Hagarims, with Ietur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 Wodo gbe ɖa na Mawu, bia eƒe kpekpeɖeŋu eye wòkpe ɖe wo ŋu le woƒe ŋuɖoɖo ɖe eŋu ta. Ale woɖu Hagritɔwo kple woƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo dzi.
And they were holpen against them, and the Hagarims were deliuered into their hande, and all that were with them: for they cryed to God in the battel, and he heard them, because they trusted in him.
21 Woƒe afunyinuwo nye kposɔ akpe blaatɔ̃, alẽ akpe alafa eve blaatɔ̃, tedzi akpe eve kple ame akpe alafa ɖeka.
And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, and fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.
22 Woƒe futɔ geɖewo ku le aʋa la me elabena Mawu tsi tsitre ɖe wo ŋu. Ale Ruben ƒe dzidzimeviwo nɔ Hagritɔwo ƒe dzidzimeviwo ƒe anyigba dzi va se ɖe esime woɖe aboyo wo.
For many fel downe wounded, because the warre was of God. And they dwelt in their steads vntill the captiuitie.
23 Manase ƒe to ƒe afã kaka ɖe anyigba si tso Basan yi Baal Hermon, Senir kple Hermon to la ŋu. Woawo hã sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ.
And the children of the halfe tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Baashan vnto Baal Hermon, and Senir, and vnto mount Hermon: for they increased.
24 Woƒe hlɔ̃wo ƒe fiawoe nye Efer, Isi, Eliel, Azriel, Yeremia, Hodavia kple Yahdiel. Wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe xɔ ŋkɔ abe aʋawɔla kple kplɔla ene.
And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.
25 Ke womesubɔ wo fofowo ƒe Mawu la o, ke boŋ wosubɔ ame siwo Mawu tsrɔ̃ la ƒe legbawo.
But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.
26 Esia ta Israel ƒe Mawu na Asiria fia Pul (ame si wogayɔna be Fia Tilgat Pilneser Etɔ̃lia la), ho aʋa ɖe wo ŋu eye wòɖe aboyo Ruben ƒe viwo, Gad ƒe viwo kple Manase ƒe hlɔ̃ afã me tɔwo. Wokplɔ wo yi Hala, Habor, Hara kple Gozan tɔsisi la to, afi si wole va se ɖe egbe.
And the God of Israel stirred vp the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirite of Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur, and he caryed them away: euen the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh, and brought them vnto Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to the riuer Gozan, vnto this day.