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.

Now the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel, (for he [was] the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birth-right.

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.

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birth-right [was] Joseph's: )

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

The sons, [I say], of Reuben the first-born of Israel [were], 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, Reaia 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 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince 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 brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, [were] 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 dwelt in Aroer, even 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.

And eastward he inhabited to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied 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 with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east [land] of Gilead.

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

And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salcah:

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

Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, 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 brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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

These [are] the children 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, chief of the house of their fathers.

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 dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

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

All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days 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.

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, [were] four and forty thousand seven hundred and sixty, that went out to the war.

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

And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, 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, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them; because they put their trust 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; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

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.

For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

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 children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir, and to 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.

And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.

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 transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God 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.

And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.