Jenesis 36
1 Nke a bụ akụkọ banyere usoro agbụrụ Ịsọ, onye a na-akpọ Edọm.
(Here is/I will now give you) a list of the descendants of Esau, whose other name was Edom.
2 Ịsọ lụrụ ndị inyom a site nʼala Kenan. Onye nke mbụ bụ Ada nwa Elọn, onye Het. Nke abụọ bụ Oholibama, nwa Ana, nwa nwa Zibiọn, onye Hiv.
Esau married three women from the Canaan region: Adah, the daughter of Elon from the Heth people-group; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon from the Hiv people-group;
3 Onye nke atọ bụ Basemat, nwa Ishmel, onye nwanne ya nwanyị bụ Nebaiot.
and Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
4 Ada mụụrụ Ịsọ Elifaz, ebe Basemat mụrụ Reuel.
Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz. Basemath gave birth to Reuel.
5 Oholibama mụtaara Jeush na Jalam na Kora. Ndị a bụ ụmụ Ịsọ ndị a mụtara ya nʼala Kenan.
Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons of Esau were born while he was living in the Canaan region.
6 Emesịa, Ịsọ duuru ndị nwunye ya na ụmụ ya ndị ikom na ndị inyom, na ndị niile nọ nʼezinaụlọ ya. Ọ chịkọọrọ anụ ụlọ ya niile, na akụ niile ọ kpatara nʼala Kenan kwapụ gaa biri nʼala dị anya site nʼebe nwanne ya Jekọb nọ.
Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. The result was that they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for both of them. They had too much livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in Canaan land, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob.
7 Ebe ọ bụ na akụnụba ha nwere dịkarịrị ukwuu ha ibikọta ọnụ, tinyekwara na ala ebe ha bi enwezighị ike ibuli ha nʼihi anụ ụlọ niile ha nwere.
8 Ya mere, Ịsọ gara biri nʼala ugwu ugwu Sia, Ịsọ bụkwa Edọm.
They went to live in the Seir hilly area.
9 Nke a bụ akụkọ banyere usoro agbụrụ Ịsọ, nna obodo Edọm, nʼala ugwu ugwu Sia.
(Here is/I will now give you) another list of the male descendants of Esau. He was the ancestor of the Edom people-group who live in the Seir area.
10 Ndị a bụ aha ụmụ ndị ikom Ịsọ mụtara. Elifaz bụ ọkpara Ada, nwunye Ịsọ. Nwanne ya bụ Reuel, nwa Basemat, nwunye Ịsọ.
Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz, and Esau’s wife Basemath gave birth to Reuel.
11 Ụmụ Elifaz ndị ikom bụ, Teman, Ọmaa, Zefo, Gatam na Kenaz.
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 Elifaz nwa Ịsọ nwere iko nwanyị aha ya bụ Timna, onye mụtaara ya Amalek. Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Ada, nwunye Ịsọ.
Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a secondary wife). Her name was Timna. She gave birth to Amalek. Those six men were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 Ụmụ ndị ikom Reuel bụ, Nahat, Zera, Shama na Miza. Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ụmụ Basemat, nwunye Ịsọ.
Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
14 Ndị a bụ ụmụ Oholibama, nwunye Ịsọ. Oholibama bụ nwa Ana na nwa nwa Zibiọn. Ọ mụtaara Ịsọ Jeush, Jalam na Kora.
Esau’s wife Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, gave birth to three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15 Ndị a bụ ọnụmara si nʼetiti ụmụ ụmụ Ịsọ. Site nʼetiti ụmụ Elifaz, ọkpara Ịsọ, e nwere Ọnụmara Teman, ọnụmara Ọmaa, ọnụmara Zefo, ọnụmara Kenaz.
(Here is/I will now give you) a list of the people-groups who were descendants of Esau. His oldest son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the Teman people-group, the Omar people-group, the Zepho people-group, the Kenaz people-group,
16 Ọnụmara Kora, ọnụmara Gatam na ọnụmara Amalek. Ndị eze ndị a bụ ụmụ Elifaz nʼala Edọm. Ha bụ ụmụ ụmụ Ada.
the Korah people-group, the Gatam people-group, and the Amalek people-group. They were descendants of Eliphaz and of Esau’s wife Adah. They lived in the Edom region.
17 Ndị bụ ụmụ Reuel, nwa Ịsọ, e nwere ọnụmara Nahat, ọnụmara Zera, ọnụmara Shama, ọnụmara Miza. Ọnụmara ndị a bụ ụmụ Reuel nʼala Edọm. Ha bụ ụmụ Basemat, nwunye Ịsọ.
The sons of Esau’s son Reuel were ancestors of the Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah people-groups. They were descended from Esau’s wife Basemath. They also lived in Edom.
18 Ndị a bụ ụmụ Oholibama, nwunye Ịsọ, ọnụmara Jeush, ọnụmara Jalam, na ọnụmara Kora. Ndị a bụ ọnụmara ụmụ Oholibama nwa Ana, nwunye Ịsọ.
The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, whose mother was Anah, were ancestors of the Jeush, Jalam, and Korah people-groups.
19 Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Ịsọ (ya bụ, Edọm). Ndị a bụkwa ọnụmara ha.
That is the list of the sons of Esau, and the people-groups who were their descendants.
20 Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Sia onye Hor, ndị bi nʼakụkụ ala ahụ: Lotan, Shobal, Zibiọn, Ana,
(This is/I will now give you) a list of the descendants of Seir, who belonged to the Hor people-group, who were the first people-group who lived in the Edom region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
21 Dishọn, Eza na Dishan. Ụmụ ndị ikom Sia nʼala Edọm, ha bụ ndị ọnụmara Hor.
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those seven men became ancestors of people-groups. Each of the people-groups had the same name as the name of their ancestor.
22 Ụmụ ndị ikom Lotan bụ, Hori na Homam. Timna bụkwa nwanne nwanyị Lotan.
The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shobal bụ, Alvan, Manahat, Ebal, Shefo na Onam.
The sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 Ụmụ ndị ikom Zibiọn mụrụ bụ Aịa na Ana. Ana bụ nwoke ahụ chọpụtara isi iyi mmiri ime ala ahụ nke mmiri dị ọkụ si nʼime ya na-asọpụta nʼọzara, mgbe ọ na-elekọta ịnyịnya ibu nna ya Zibiọn.
The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. This Anah was the one who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was taking care of his father Zibeon’s donkeys.
25 Ụmụ Ana bụ, Dishọn na Oholibama nwa nwanyị Ana.
Anah had two children—a son named Dishon and a daughter named Oholibamah.
26 Ụmụ ndị ikom Dishọn bụ, Hemdan na Eshban na Itran na Keran.
Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
27 Ụmụ ndị ikom Eza bụ, Bilhan na Zaavan na Akan.
Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28 Ụmụ ndị ikom Dishan bụ, Uz na Aran.
Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran.
29 Ndị a bụ ndị ọnụmara Hor, ọnụmara Lotan, ọnụmara Shobal, ọnụmara Zibiọn, ọnụmara Ana,
The people-groups who were descendants of Hor lived in the Seir/Edom region. The names of the people-groups are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
30 ọnụmara Dishọn, ọnụmara Eza na ọnụmara Dishan. Ndị a niile bụ ndị ọnụmara Hor dịka nkewa ha si dị nʼala Sia.
31 Ndị a bụ ndị eze chịrị nʼEdọm tupu ndị Izrel enwee eze mbụ ha.
These are the names of the kings who ruled in Edom before any kings ruled over Israel.
32 Bela, nwa Beoa chịrị dịka eze nʼEdọm. Isi obodo ya bụ Dinhaba.
Beor’s son Bela became the first king in Edom. The city where he lived was named Dinhabah.
33 Mgbe Bela nwụrụ, Jobab nwa Zera onye Bozra nọchiri ya dịka eze.
When Bela died, Zerah’s son Jobab/became the king. He was from Bozrah [city].
34 Mgbe Jobab nwụrụ, Husham onye si nʼala Teman nọchiri ya dịka eze.
When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people-group lived.
35 Mgbe Husham nwụrụ, Hadad nwa Bedad, onye meriri ndị Midia nʼagha nʼala Moab nọchiri dịka eze. Isi obodo ya bụ Avit.
When Husham died, Bedad’s son Hadan became the king. Husham’s army fought the army of the Midian people-group in the Moab region and defeated them. The city where Husham lived was Avith.
36 Mgbe Hadad nwụrụ, Samla onye Masrika nọchiri ya dịka eze.
When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from Masrekah [town].
37 Mgbe Samla nwụrụ, Shaul onye sitere na Rehobọt dị nʼakụkụ osimiri nọchiri ya dịka eze.
When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth [town] along the [Euphrates] river.
38 Mgbe Shaul nwụrụ, Baal-Hanan nwa Akboa nọchiri ya dịka eze.
When Shaul died, Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan became king.
39 Mgbe Baal-Hanan nwa Akboa nwụrụ, Heda nọchiri ya dịka eze. Aha obodo ya bụ Pau. Aha nwunye ya bụ Mehetabel, nwa Matred nwa nwa Mezahab.
When Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king. The city where he lived was named Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab.
40 Ndị a bụ ndịisi ọnụmara Ịsọ, dịka aha ha si dị, dịka ikwu ha na akụkụ ebe ha bi si dị: Timna, Alva, Jetet,
(Here is/I will now give you) a list of all the people-groups that were descendants of Esau: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. They all lived in the Edom region. The land where each people-group lived got the same name as the name of the people-group.
41 Oholibama, Elaa, Pinon,
42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibza,
43 Magdiel na Iram. Ndị a bụ ndịisi ọnụmara nʼEdọm, dịka ebe obibi ha na ala obi ha si dị. Nke a bụ ezinaụlọ Ịsọ bụkwa nna ndị Edọm.
