1 Maũndũ 5
1 Ariũ a Rubeni ũrĩa irigithathi rĩa Isiraeli (nĩwe warĩ irigithathi, no rĩrĩa aathaahirie ũrĩrĩ wa ithe, ũrigithathi wake waheirwo ariũ a Jusufu mũrũ wa Isiraeli; nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ndangĩandĩkirwo maandĩko-inĩ ma njiarwa kũringana na ũrigithathi wake,
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, —and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,
2 o na gũtuĩka Juda nĩwe warĩ hinya gũkĩra ariũ a ithe, na mũtongoria oimĩte gwake-rĩ, ũrigithathi watuĩkire wa Jusufu);
for, Judah, prevailed over his brethren, so that, even the prince, is from him, —although, the birthright, pertaineth to Joseph;
3 ariũ a Rubeni, irigithathi rĩa Isiraeli, maarĩ: Hanoku, na Palu, na Hezironi, na Karimi.
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 Njiaro cia Joeli ciarĩ: Mũriũ Shemaia, na mũriũ Gogu, na mũriũ Shimei,
The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son;
5 na mũriũ Mika, na mũriũ Reaia, na mũriũ Baali,
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son;
6 na mũriũ Beera, ũrĩa watahirwo agĩthaamio nĩ Tigilathu-Pileseru mũthamaki wa Ashuri. Beera nĩwe warĩ mũtongoria wa andũ a Rubeni.
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive, —he, was a leader to the Reubenites;
7 Andũ ao kũringana na mbarĩ ciao, mandĩkĩtwo kũringana na maandĩko ma njiarwa ciao maarĩ aya: Jeieli ũrĩa mũnene, na Zekaria,
and his brethren, by his families, in the genealogical registering, by their generations, —the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah;
8 na Bela mũrũ wa Azazi, mũrũ wa Shema, mũrũ wa Joeli. Maatũũraga rũgongo rũrĩa ruumĩte Aroeri nginya Nebo na Baali-Meoni.
and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, —he, dwelt in Aroer, even as far as Nebo, and Baal-meon;
9 Maikarire bũrũri mwena wa irathĩro nginya rũteere-inĩ rwa werũ ũrĩa ũtambũrũkĩte nginya Rũũĩ rwa Farati, tondũ mahiũ mao nĩmaingĩhire mũno marĩ kũu Gileadi.
and, eastward, dwelt he as far as the entering in of the desert, from the river Euphrates, —because, their cattle, were multiplied in the land of Gilead;
10 Hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Saũlũ nĩmarũire na Ahagari, na makĩmahoota; nao makĩĩnyiitĩra ciikaro cia Ahagari acio rũgongo-inĩ ruothe rwa mwena wa irathĩro wa Gileadi.
and, in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, —so they dwelt in their tents, over all the face of the land east of Gilead.
11 Nao andũ a Gadi maatũũire mariganĩtie na andũ a Rubeni kũu bũrũri wa Bashani, o nginya Saleka:
And, the sons of Gad, over against them, dwelt, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
12 Joeli nĩwe warĩ mũnene kũu Bashani, mũnini wake aarĩ Shafamu, akarũmĩrĩrwo nĩ Janai, na Shafati.
Joel the chief, and Shapham, the second, —and Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan;
13 Andũ ao kũringana na nyũmba ciao maarĩ: Mikaeli, na Meshulamu, na Sheba, na Jorai, na Jakani, na Zia, na Eberi, othe maarĩ andũ mũgwanja.
and their brethren of their ancestral house, Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven.
14 Acio nĩo maarĩ ariũ a Abihaili mũrũ wa Huru, mũrũ wa Jaroa, mũrũ wa Gileadi, mũrũ wa Mikaeli, mũrũ wa Jeshishai, mũrũ wa Jahido, mũrũ wa Buzi.
These, were the sons of Abihail, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jehishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz,
15 Ahi mũrũ wa Abidieli, mũrũ wa Guni nĩwe warĩ mũtongoria wa nyũmba yao.
Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, chief of their ancestral house;
16 Nao andũ a Gadi maatũũraga Gileadi, kũu Bashani na matũũra-inĩ marĩa maakuhĩrĩirie kuo, o na kũrĩa guothe ũrĩithio wa Sharoni wakinyĩte.
and they dwelt in Gilead—in Bashan, and in her villages, —and in all the pasture-lands of Sharon, up to their outgoings.
17 Ũhoro ũyũ wothe nĩ wandĩkirwo maandĩko-inĩ ma njiarwa ciao hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Jothamu mũthamaki wa Juda na Jeroboamu mũthamaki wa Isiraeli maathamakaga.
All of them, were genealogically registered in the days of Jotham king of Judah, —and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 Andũ a Rubeni, na a Gadi, na nuthu ya mũhĩrĩga wa Manase, maarĩ na andũ 44,760 mehaarĩirie gũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ: andũ marĩ na hinya wa mwĩrĩ, na mangĩahotire kũhũthĩra ngo, na rũhiũ rwa njora, na mooĩ gũikia mĩguĩ na ũta, na maarutĩtwo kũrũa mbaara.
the sons of Reuben and Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword and bending the bow, and instructed in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, ready to go forth in the host.
19 Nao makĩhithũkĩra Ahagari, na Ajeturi, na Anafishi, na Anodabu.
So they made war with the Hagrites, —and Jetur and Naphish, and Nodab;
20 Nĩmateithirio kũmahũũra, nake Ngai akĩneana Ahagari moko-inĩ mao, marĩ hamwe na arĩa othe maamateithagia, tondũ nĩmamũkaĩire marĩ mbaara-inĩ. Nĩamacookeirie mahooya mao, nĩ ũndũ nĩmamwĩhokete.
and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand, —for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;
21 Magĩtaha mahiũ ma Ahagari acio: ngamĩĩra 50,000, na ngʼondu 250,000, na ndigiri 2,000, ningĩ nĩmatahire andũ 100,000,
and they captured their cattle—their camels, fifty thousand, and, flocks, two hundred and fifty thousand, and, asses, two thousand, —and, persons of men, a hundred thousand;
22 na angĩ aingĩ makĩũragwo, tondũ Ngai nĩwe wamarũagĩrĩra. Nao magĩikara bũrũri ũcio o nginya hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maatahirwo rĩngĩ.
for, many slain, fell, for, of God, was the war, —and they dwelt in their stead, until the captivity.
23 Andũ a nuthu ya mũhĩrĩga wa Manase maarĩ aingĩ mũno; maatũũrire bũrũri ũcio kuuma Bashani nginya Baali-Herimoni, ũguo nĩ kuuga nginya Seniru (nĩkĩo Kĩrĩma kĩa Herimoni).
And, the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh, dwelt in the land, —from Bashan, as far as to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon, they, were multiplied.
24 Aya nĩo maarĩ atongoria a nyũmba ciao: Eferi, na Ishi, na Elieli, na Azirieli, na Jeremia, na Hodavia, na Jahadieli. Maarĩ atongoria a nyũmba ciao, na njamba cia ita, na andũ marĩ igweta.
And, these, were the heads of their ancestral house, —Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men who were heroes of valour, men of renown, chiefs to their ancestral house.
25 No matiarĩ ehokeku harĩ Ngai wa maithe mao, tondũ nĩmeheanĩte kũrĩ ngai cia andũ a bũrũri ũcio, arĩa Ngai aaniinĩte mehere mbere yao.
But they dealt unfaithfully with the God of their fathers, —and went unchastely after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed from before them;
26 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai wa Isiraeli akĩarahũra roho wa Puli mũthamaki wa Ashuri (ũguo nĩ kuuga Tigilathu-Pileseru, mũthamaki wa Ashuri), ũrĩa watahire andũ a Rubeni, na andũ a Gadi, na nuthu ya mũhĩrĩga wa Manase, akĩmatwara ithaamĩrio. Akĩmathaamĩria Hala, na Habori, na Hara, na rũũĩ-inĩ rwa Gozani, kũrĩa matũire nginya ũmũthĩ.
so the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he took them away captive, even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, —and brought them in unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.
