1 Tawarikh 5
1 Ruben adalah anak sulung Yakub. Tetapi karena Ruben telah menodai kehormatan salah seorang selir ayahnya, maka haknya sebagai anak sulung dicabut dan diberikan kepada Yusuf. Meskipun begitu yang terkuat dari antara keturunan Yakub bukan suku Yusuf melainkan suku Yehuda. Bahkan yang pertama-tama menjadi raja seluruh umat Israel adalah dari suku Yehuda itu.
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright,
for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph's),
3 Ruben anak sulung Yakub, mempunyai empat anak laki-laki: Henokh, Palu, Hezron dan Karmi.
— the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 Inilah urutan keturunan Yoel: Semaya, Gog, Simei, Mikha, Reaya, Baal dan Beera. Beera adalah pemimpin suku Ruben ketika ia ditangkap oleh Tiglat-Pileser raja Asyur, dan dibawa ke pembuangan.
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7 Dalam silsilah tercatat juga kepala-kepala kaum yang berikut ini dalam suku Ruben: Yeiel, Zakharia,
And his brethren by their families, in the genealogical register of their generations, were: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 dan Bela anak Azas, cucu Sema dari kaum Yoel. Suku Ruben tinggal di Aroer dan di wilayah yang mulai dari Aroer ke arah utara sampai ke Nebo dan Baal-Meon.
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
9 Mereka mempunyai banyak sekali ternak di daerah Gilead. Karena itu, mereka menempati wilayah sebelah timur sampai ke padang gurun yang terbentang sejauh Sungai Efrat.
and eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 Pada zaman Raja Saul, suku Ruben menyerang dan mengalahkan orang Hagri di sebelah timur Gilead, lalu menduduki negeri itu.
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the east side of Gilead.
11 Di sebelah utara wilayah suku Ruben tinggal suku Gad di tanah Basan sampai sejauh Salkha di sebelah timur.
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salcah:
12 Dari suku Gad itu Yoel adalah leluhur kaum yang terkemuka, dan Safam adalah leluhur kaum nomor dua. Yaenai dan Safat adalah leluhur kaum-kaum lainnya di Basan.
Joel was the chief and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 Orang-orang lain dalam suku Gad termasuk dalam tujuh kaum yang berikut ini: Mikhael, Mesulam, Syeba, Yorai, Yakan, Ziya dan Eber.
And their brethren according to their fathers' houses were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jaachan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
14 Mereka keturunan Abihail anak Huri. Urutan silsilah mereka dari bawah ke atas adalah sebagai berikut: Abihail, Huri, Yaroah, Gilead, Mikhael, Yesisai, Yahdo, Bus.
— 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 Kepala kaum-kaum itu adalah Ahi anak Abdiel, cucu Guni.
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' house.
16 Mereka tinggal di wilayah Basan dan Gilead, dan kota-kota di wilayah itu serta di seluruh padang rumput di Saron.
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture-grounds of Sharon, as far as their limits.
17 Silsilah ini dibuat pada zaman Yotam raja Yehuda, dan Yerobeam raja Israel.
All these were registered by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 Di dalam suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye yang di sebelah timur Yordan ada 44.760 prajurit yang terlatih dan berpengalaman dalam menggunakan perisai, pedang dan busur.
The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, able to go forth to war.
19 Mereka berperang melawan suku Yetur, Nafis dan Nodab, yaitu suku-suku di dalam bangsa Hagri.
And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab;
20 Prajurit-prajurit itu percaya kepada Allah dan minta tolong kepada-Nya, maka Allah mengabulkan permintaan mereka dan memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka atas orang-orang Hagri itu dan sekutu mereka.
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 intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
21 Karena peperangan itu terjadi atas kehendak Allah, maka banyak musuh yang mereka bunuh. Mereka juga menawan 100.000 orang, dan merampas 50.000 unta, 250.000 domba dan 2.000 keledai. Setelah itu mereka menetap di daerah itu sampai pada masa bangsa Israel ditawan dan dibawa ke pembuangan.
And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls.
For there fell down many slain, for the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
23 Sebagian suku Manasye tinggal di wilayah Basan sampai ke utara sejauh Baal-Hermon, Senir dan Gunung Hermon. Mereka makin lama makin banyak.
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan as far as Baal-Hermon and Senir, and mount Hermon; they were many.
24 Inilah kepala-kepala kaum mereka: Hefer, Yisei, Eliel, Azriel, Yeremia, Hodawya dan Yahdiel. Mereka semua adalah prajurit-prajurit yang perkasa.
And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
25 Orang Israel tidak setia kepada Allah yang disembah leluhur mereka. Mereka meninggalkan Dia dan beribadat kepada dewa-dewa bangsa-bangsa yang telah diusir oleh Allah dari negeri Kanaan.
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26 Karena itu Allah menggerakkan hati Pul raja Asyur, maka pergilah ia menyerbu negeri itu. Pul juga dikenal sebagai Tiglat-Pileser. Lalu suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye yang di sebelah timur Yordan diangkutnya sebagai tawanan dan dibuang ke Halah, Habor, Hara dan ke suatu tempat dekat Sungai Gozan. Di sana mereka tinggal dan menetap sampai hari ini.
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, 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, — unto this day.
