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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.
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. (Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel because he had defiled his father's bed. That is why Reuben is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright,
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.
and even though Judah became the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.)
3 Ruben, ọkpara Izrel mụrụ ndị ikom ndị a: Hanok, na Palu, na Hezrọn, na Kami.
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, 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.
and Beerah his son, the one whom Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria took into exile. He (Beerah) was a leader 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,
Beerah's relatives are, listed in their genealogical records by family: Jeiel (chief), 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 of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They lived from Aroer to 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.
On the eastern side they expanded into the land right up to the edge of the desert that continues to the Euphrates River, because their flocks had grown so big in Gilead.
10 Nʼoge Sọl bụ eze Izrel, ụmụ Ruben meriri ndị Haga nʼagha, bichie ala ha niile dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Gilead.
In the time of Saul they went to war against the Hagrites, defeating them. They took over the places where the Hagrites had lived in all the regions east of Gilead.
11 Ụmụ Gad bi nʼakụkụ ha site na Bashan ruo Saleka.
Next to them the descendants of Gad lived in Basha, all the way to Salecah.
12 Juel bụ onyendu na Bashan, Shafam na-esote ya, ya na Janai na Shafat.
Joel (chief), Shapham (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.
Their relatives, according to family, were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—a total of seven.
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, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.
15 Ahi nwa Abdiel, nwa Guni bụ onyeisi nʼetiti ụmụnna ya.
Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was their family chief.
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.
They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon all the way to their borders.
17 E denyere aha ndị a niile nʼakwụkwọ usoro ọmụmụ nʼoge Jotam bụ eze Juda, na nʼoge Jeroboam bụ eze Izrel.
They were all were recorded in the genealogy during the time of Jotham king of Judah and 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.
The tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 battle-ready strong warriors capable of using shields and swords and bows.
19 Ha busoro ndị Haga, na Jetua, na Nafish na ndị Nodab agha.
They went to war against the Hagrites, Jetur, 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.
They received help in fighting these enemies because they called out to God during the battles. In this way they were able to defeat the Hagrites and all who were with them. God answered their prayers because they trusted 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.
They captured their enemies' livestock—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys. They also captured one hundred thousand people,
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 many others were killed because the battle belonged to God. They took over the land and lived there until the exile.
23 Ọkara ebo Manase dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ; ha nwere ebe obibi ha site nʼala Bashan ruo Baal-Hemon, ya bụ, ruo Senia, ugwu Hemon.
The half-tribe of Manasseh had grown very large. They lived in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, (otherwise known as Senir and Mount Hermon).
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.
These were the family heads: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were strong warriors, famous men, heads of their 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.
But they were unfaithful to the God of their forefathers. They prostituted themselves by following the gods of the peoples of the land, those that God had destroyed 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.
So the God of Israel encouraged of Pul, king of Assyria, (otherwise known as Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), to invade the land. He took into exile the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.
