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1 Ndị ikwu Juda bụ Perez, Hezrọn, Kami, Hua na Shobal.
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 son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the Zorathite.
3 Ndị a bụ ụmụ Etam: Jezril, na Ishma, na Idbash, aha nwanne ha nwanyị bụ Hazelelponi.
And these [are] of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister [is] Hazzelelponi;
4 Penuel bụ nna Gedoa, Eza bụ nna Husha. Ndị a bụ ụmụ Hua, bụ ọkpara Efrata, nna Betlehem.
and Penuel [is] father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These [are] sons of Hur, firstborn of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem.
5 Ashua nna Tekoa lụrụ ndị nwunye abụọ: Hela na Naara.
And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were 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 bears to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these [are] sons of Naarah.
7 Ụmụ ndị ikom Hela mụtara bụ Zeret, Zoha, Etnan
And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.
8 na Koz, onye bụ nna Anub na Hazobeba, nakwa nke ikwu Ahahel, nwa Harum.
And Coz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel 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 is honored above his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I have brought forth with grief.”
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 calls to the God of Israel, saying, “If blessing You bless me, then You have made my border great, and Your hand has been with me, and You have kept [me] from evil—not to grieve me”; and God brings in that which he asked.
11 Kelub, nwanne nwoke Shua mụrụ Mehia, nna Eshton,
And Chelub brother of Shuah begot Mehir; he [is] 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 father of Ir-Nahash; these [are] men of Rechah.
13 Ụmụ ndị ikom Kenaz mụtara bụ, Otniel na Seraya. Otniel amụta Hatat na Meonotai.
And sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and 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 father of the Valley of the Craftsmen, for they were craftsmen.
15 Kaleb nwa Jefune mụrụ Iru, Elaa na Naam. Ma Elaa mụrụ Kenaz.
And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah: even Kenaz.
16 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jehalelel mụrụ bụ ndị a: Zif, Zifa, Tiria na Asarel.
And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 Ụmụ Ezra bụ Jeta, Mered, Efaa na Jalon. Otu nʼime ndị nwunye Mered lụrụ mụtara Miriam, Shamai na Ishba, bụ nna Eshtemoa.
And sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bears Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah 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 Jehudijah bore Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these [are] sons of Bithiah 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 sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shimon mụrụ bụ Amnọn, Rina, Ben-Hanan na Tilon. Ishi mụrụ Zohet na Ben-Zohet.
And sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and 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
Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of 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 Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things [are] ancient.
23 Ha bụ ndị ọkpụ ite, ndị biri na Netaim ya na Gedera. Ha biri nʼebe ahụ nʼihi ịrụrụ eze ọrụ.
They [are] the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; they dwelt there with the king in his work.
24 Simiọn mụrụ Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zera na Shaul.
Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, 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 sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur 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 to Shimei [are] sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brothers there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.
28 Ha biri na Bịasheba, Molada, Haza Shual,
And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul,
29 Bilha, Ezem, Tolad,
and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad,
30 Betuel, Homa, Ziklag,
and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,
31 Bet-Makabot, Haza-Susim, Bet-Biri na Shaaraim. Ọ bụ ha bi nʼobodo ndị a niile tutu ruo nʼoge ọchịchị Devid.
and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these [are] their cities until the reigning of David.
32 Obodo gbara ha gburugburu bụ Etam, Ain, Rimọn, Token na Ashan, obodo ise,
And their villages [are] 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 [are] around these cities to Ba‘al; these [are] their dwellings, and they have their genealogy:
34 Meshobab, Jamlek, Josha nwa Amazaya,
even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah,
35 Juel, Jehu nwa Joshibaya, nwa Seraya, nwa Asiel,
and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
36 nakwa Elioenai, Jaakoba, Jeshohaya, Asaya, Adiel, Jesimiel na Benaya,
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 na Ziza nwa Shifi, nwa Alon, nwa Jedaya, nwa Shimri, nwa Shemaya.
and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
38 Ndị ikom ndị a e depụtara aha ha bụ ndị ndu ikwu ha. Ezinaụlọ ha mụbara nke ukwuu,
These who are coming in by name [are] princes in their families, and the house of their fathers has broken forth into a multitude;
39 ha gakwara na mpụta Gedoa nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ndagwurugwu ịchọrọ igwe anụ ụlọ ha ebe ịta nri.
and they go to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock,
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 find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for those dwelling there before are 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 who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and strike their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction to this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock [is] there.
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 of them, of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men have gone to Mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,
43 Ha gburu ndị Amalek fọdụrụ ndụ nʼebe ahụ, bichie ala ahụ ruo taa.
and they strike the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there to this day.
