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1 Ndị ikwu Juda bụ Perez, Hezrọn, Kami, Hua na Shobal.
The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 Shobal mụrụ Reaya, onye bụ nna Jahat. Jahat bụ nna Ahumai na Lahad, ndị a bụ ndị ikwu Zorat.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 Ndị a bụ ụmụ Etam: Jezril, na Ishma, na Idbash, aha nwanne ha nwanyị bụ Hazelelponi.
And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;
4 Penuel bụ nna Gedoa, Eza bụ nna Husha. Ndị a bụ ụmụ Hua, bụ ọkpara Efrata, nna Betlehem.
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 Ashua nna Tekoa lụrụ ndị nwunye abụọ: Hela na Naara.
And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Naara mụtaara ya Ahuzam, na Hefa, na Temeni, na Haahashitari. Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Naara.
And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Timeni, and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 Ụmụ ndị ikom Hela mụtara bụ Zeret, Zoha, Etnan
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
8 na Koz, onye bụ nna Anub na Hazobeba, nakwa nke ikwu Ahahel, nwa Harum.
And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Jabez bụ nwoke a na-asọpụrụ karịa ụmụnne ya ndị ikom niile. Nne ya kpọrọ aha ya Jabez, sị, “A mụrụ m ya nʼihe mgbu.”
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'
10 Jabez tikuru Chineke Izrel mkpu akwa sị ya, “Biko gọzie m, mee ka oke ala m saa mbara. Kwere ka aka gị dịkwasị m, ma wezuga m site nʼihe mmerụ ahụ ọbụla, ka m si otu a gbanarị ihe mgbu.” Chineke zara ekpere ya meere ya ihe ọ rịọrọ.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested.
11 Kelub, nwanne nwoke Shua mụrụ Mehia, nna Eshton,
And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 Eshton mụrụ Bet-Raafa, na Pasea, na Tihina. Tihina mụrụ Ir Nahash. Ndị a niile bụ ndị ikwu Reka.
And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
13 Ụmụ ndị ikom Kenaz mụtara bụ, Otniel na Seraya. Otniel amụta Hatat na Meonotai.
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
14 Meonotai bụ nna Ofra. Seraya bụ nna Joab, Joab bụ nna Ge Harashim. A kpọrọ ha Ge Harashim nʼihi na ha bụ ndị ǹka.
And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 Kaleb nwa Jefune mụrụ Iru, Elaa na Naam. Ma Elaa mụrụ Kenaz.
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
16 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jehalelel mụrụ bụ ndị a: Zif, Zifa, Tiria na Asarel.
And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Ụmụ Ezra bụ Jeta, Mered, Efaa na Jalon. Otu nʼime ndị nwunye Mered lụrụ mụtara Miriam, Shamai na Ishba, bụ nna Eshtemoa.
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa —
18 Ndị a bụkwa ụmụ ndị ikom Bitaya, bụ nwa nwanyị Fero, nke Mered lụrụ. Nwunye ya nke si nʼebo Juda mụrụ Jered bụ nna Gedoa, Heba nna Soko na Jekutiel nna Zanoa.
and his wife Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah — and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took.
19 Ụmụ ndị ikom nwunye Hodia, nwanne nwanyị Naham, bụ nna Keila onye Gam na Eshtemoa onye Maaka.
And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shimon mụrụ bụ Amnọn, Rina, Ben-Hanan na Tilon. Ishi mụrụ Zohet na Ben-Zohet.
And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 Ụmụ Shela nwa Juda mụrụ bụ Ịa, nna Leka, Laada, nna Maresha, na ikwu ndị ọrụ ịkpa ezi akwa ọcha nọ na Bet Ashbea
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
22 na Jokim, ndị ikom Koziba, na Joash na Saraf, ndị chịrị na Moab na Jashubi Lehem. Aha ndị a sitere nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ mgbe ochie.
and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.
23 Ha bụ ndị ọkpụ ite, ndị biri na Netaim ya na Gedera. Ha biri nʼebe ahụ nʼihi ịrụrụ eze ọrụ.
These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work.
24 Simiọn mụrụ Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zera na Shaul.
The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
25 Shaul mụrụ Shalum nna Mibsam. Mibsam bụkwa nna Mishma.
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 Ụmụ Mishma mụrụ bụ Hamuel nwa ya, Zakua nwa ya na Shimei nwa ya.
And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
27 Shimei mụrụ ndị ikom iri na isii, na ndị inyom isii. Ụmụnne ya ndị ikom enweghị ọtụtụ ụmụ dịka ya onwe ya. Nʼihi ya, ndị ikwu ya adịghị ukwu nʼọnụọgụgụ dịka ndị ọzọ na Juda.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 Ha biri na Bịasheba, Molada, Haza Shual,
And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;
29 Bilha, Ezem, Tolad,
and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad;
30 Betuel, Homa, Ziklag,
and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag;
31 Bet-Makabot, Haza-Susim, Bet-Biri na Shaaraim. Ọ bụ ha bi nʼobodo ndị a niile tutu ruo nʼoge ọchịchị Devid.
and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32 Obodo gbara ha gburugburu bụ Etam, Ain, Rimọn, Token na Ashan, obodo ise,
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
33 tinyere obodo nta niile gbara obodo ndị a gburugburu ruo na Baalat. Ndị a bụ ebe obibi ha. Ha nwekwara akwụkwọ usoro ọmụmụ.
and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
34 Meshobab, Jamlek, Josha nwa Amazaya,
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
35 Juel, Jehu nwa Joshibaya, nwa Seraya, nwa Asiel,
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
36 nakwa Elioenai, Jaakoba, Jeshohaya, Asaya, Adiel, Jesimiel na Benaya,
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshoaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
37 na Ziza nwa Shifi, nwa Alon, nwa Jedaya, nwa Shimri, nwa Shemaya.
and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 Ndị ikom ndị a e depụtara aha ha bụ ndị ndu ikwu ha. Ezinaụlọ ha mụbara nke ukwuu,
these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
39 ha gakwara na mpụta Gedoa nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ndagwurugwu ịchọrọ igwe anụ ụlọ ha ebe ịta nri.
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 Ha chọtara ebe ịta ahịhịa anụ ụlọ mara mma, nke sara mbara, nke dị jụụ, bụrụkwa ebe nsogbu na-adịghị. Ụfọdụ nʼime ụmụ Ham ebiela nʼebe ahụ na mbụ.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
41 Ndị ikom ndị a e dere aha ha nʼakwụkwọ usoro ọmụmụ bịara nʼoge Hezekaya na-achị dịka eze Juda. Ha busoro ụmụ Ham agha nʼebe obibi ha, busokwa ndị Meunim bi nʼebe ahụ agha, bibie ha kpamkpam, dịka ọ dị ruo taa. Emesịa ha bichiri ebe ahụ nʼihi na ebe ịta ahịhịa nke igwe anụ ụlọ ha nʼebe ahụ.
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 Ọzọkwa, narị ndị ikom ise nʼime ndị a si nʼebo Simiọn, ndị ndu ha bụ Pelataya, Nearaya, Refaya na Uziel, ụmụ Ishi busoro obodo ugwu ugwu Sia agha.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 Ha gburu ndị Amalek fọdụrụ ndụ nʼebe ahụ, bichie ala ahụ ruo taa.
And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
