1 Ihe E Mere 5

1 Ọkpara Izrel bụ Ruben. Ma nʼihi na ọ merụrụ ihe ndina nna ya site na idinakwuru nwunye nna ya, a napụrụ ya ọnọdụ ọkpara ya were ya nye ụmụ nwanne ya Josef mụtara. Nʼihi ya, akwụkwọ akụkọ usoro ọmụmụ ụmụ Izrel akpọghị Ruben ọkpara.

And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.

2 Ọ bụ ezie na Juda dị ike karịa ụmụnna ya, bụrụkwa eziokwu na onyendu si na Juda pụta, maọbụ Josef ka e nyere oke ruuru ọkpara.

Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's: )

3 Ruben, ọkpara Izrel mụrụ ndị ikom ndị a: Hanok, na Palu, na Hezrọn, na Kami.

The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

4 Juel mụrụ Shemaya, nna Gog, Gog mụrụ Shimei.

The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5 Shimei mụrụ Maịka, Maịka amụọ Reaya. Reaya amụọ Baal.

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

6 Baal mụrụ Beera, onye Tiglat-Pilesa eze ndị Asịrịa dọtara nʼagha. Beera bụkwa onyendu ndị Ruben.

Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.

7 Ndị ụmụnna ha dịka agbụrụ niile ha si dị, bụ ndị e depụtara aha ha dịka usoro ọmụmụ ha si dị; Jeiel onyeisi, na Zekaraya,

And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8 na Bela nwa Azaz nwa Shema, nwa Juel. Ha nwere ebe obibi ha site nʼAroea ruo nʼugwu Nebo, rukwaa Baal-Meon.

And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

9 Ha bụ ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ, nwekwa ọtụtụ igwe anụ ụlọ. Ọ bụkwa nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ, nʼọnụ ọzara ruo nʼosimiri Yufretis ka ha na-azụ ha, nʼihi na anụ ụlọ ha nwere bara ụba na Gilead.

And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.

10 Nʼoge Sọl bụ eze Izrel, ụmụ Ruben meriri ndị Haga nʼagha, bichie ala ha niile dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Gilead.

And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.

11 Ụmụ Gad bi nʼakụkụ ha site na Bashan ruo Saleka.

And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

12 Juel bụ onyendu na Bashan, Shafam na-esote ya, ya na Janai na Shafat.

Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;

13 Ụmụnna ha, ndị bụ ndị ndu ikwu asaa a bụ, Maikel, na Meshulam, na Sheba, na Jorai, na Jakan, na Zia, na Eba.

And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.

14 Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Abihail, nwa Huri, nwa Jaroa, nwa Gilead, nwa Maikel, nwa Jehishai, nwa Jado, nwa Buz.

These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

15 Ahi nwa Abdiel, nwa Guni bụ onyeisi nʼetiti ụmụnna ya.

Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, head of their families.

16 Ndị Gad nwere ebe obibi na Gilead nʼime Bashan, na nʼobodo nta niile gbara ya gburugburu. Ha bikwa nʼebe ahịhịa anụ ụlọ na-ata jupụtara na Sharọn ruo nʼebe oke ala ha kwụsịrị.

And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.

17 E denyere aha ndị a niile nʼakwụkwọ usoro ọmụmụ nʼoge Jotam bụ eze Juda, na nʼoge Jeroboam bụ eze Izrel.

All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

18 Ndị Ruben na ndị Gad, na ọkara ebo Manase nwere iri puku mmadụ anọ na anọ na narị asaa na iri isii ndị jikeere ije agha, ndị dị ike, ndị a zụrụ iji ọta na mma agha, na ụta ibu agha.

There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.

19 Ha busoro ndị Haga, na Jetua, na Nafish na ndị Nodab agha.

And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.

20 E nyeere ha aka ibuso ha agha, Chineke nyefere ndị Haga na ndị niile na-enyere ha aka nʼaka ha, nʼihi na ha kpọkuru ya nʼoge ọgụ ahụ. Ọ zara ekpere ha nʼihi na ha tụkwasịrị ya obi.

And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him.

21 Ha ji ike chịkọrọ anụ ụlọ ndị Haga, dị iri puku ịnyịnya kamel ise, narị puku atụrụ abụọ na iri puku ise, puku ịnyịnya ibu abụọ. Ha dọkpụkwara narị puku ndị mmadụ nʼagha.

And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

22 E gbukwara ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ nʼihi na agha ahụ bụ nke Chineke lụrụ nʼonwe ya. Ha bichiri ala ahụ tutu ruo mgbe a dọọrọ Izrel niile nʼagha.

And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.

23 Ọkara ebo Manase dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ; ha nwere ebe obibi ha site nʼala Bashan ruo Baal-Hemon, ya bụ, ruo Senia, ugwu Hemon.

And the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh were living in the land: and their numbers were increased till all the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and the mountain Hermon was theirs.

24 Ndịisi ikwu ha niile bụ ndị a: Efaa, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremaya, Hodavaya na Jadiel. Ndị a niile bụ dimkpa nʼagha, ndị a ma ama na ndịisi ezinaụlọ.

And these were the heads of their families: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men of war, of great name, heads of families.

25 Ma ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye Chineke nna nna ha. Kama ha merụrụ onwe ha site nʼife chi niile nke ndị bi nʼala ahụ na mbụ, bụ ndị Chineke lara nʼiyi nʼihu ha.

And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.

26 Nʼihi nke a, Chineke nke Izrel kpaliri mmụọ Pul, bụ eze Asịrịa (ya bụ Tiglat-Pilesa eze ndị Asịrịa), ka o bilie megide ndị Ruben, ndị Gad na ọkara ebo Manase, dọta ha nʼagha, buru ha gaa Hala, na Hoboa, na Hara na osimiri Gozan, ebe ha nọ ruo taa.

And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.