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.
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the 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.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but 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 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, 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,
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: 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 lived 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 he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock 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.
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
11 Ụmụ Gad bi nʼakụkụ ha site na Bashan ruo Saleka.
The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
12 Juel bụ onyendu na Bashan, Shafam na-esote ya, ya na Janai na Shafat.
Joel the chief, Shapham the second, 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 brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, 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, 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 their fathers’ houses.
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 in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as 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 listed 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, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty that were able to go out to war.
19 Ha busoro ndị Haga, na Jetua, na Nafish na ndị Nodab agha.
They made war with the Hagrites, 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.
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered 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.
They took away their livestock: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one 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 many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place 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.
The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, 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 heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
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.
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples 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.
So 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 away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
