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1 Amadodana kaJuda: OPerezi, uHezironi, loKarmi, loHuri, loShobhali.
The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Caleb, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 UReyaya indodana kaShobhali wasezala uJahathi; uJahathi wasezala uAhumayi loLahadi. Laba babezinsendo zamaZorathi.
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 Laba babengabakayise kaEtamu: OJizereyeli loIshma loIdibhashi; lebizo likadadewabo lalinguHazeleliponi.
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
4 LoPenuweli uyise kaGedori, loEzeri uyise kaHusha. Laba babengamadodana kaHuri, izibulo likaEfratha, uyise kaBhethelehema.
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 Njalo uAshuri uyise kaThekhowa wayelabafazi ababili, oHela loNahara.
Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 UNahara wasemzalela uAhuzama loHeferi loTemeni loHahashitari. Laba babengamadodana kaNahara.
Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 Lamadodana kaHela: OZerethi loIzohari loEthinani.
The sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan, and Koz.
8 UKhozi wasezala uAnubi loZobeba, lensendo zikaAhariheli indodana kaHarumi.
And Koz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Njalo uJabezi wayelodumo kulabafowabo; unina wasemutha ibizo wathi nguJabezi, esithi: Ngoba ngamzala ngisosizini.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with pain."
10 UJabezi wasebiza uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli esithi: Kungathi ungangibusisa lokungibusisa, uqhelise umngcele wami, lesandla sakho sibe lami, ungivikele ebubini ukuze bungangidabuli! UNkulunkulu wenza kwenzakala lokho akucelayo.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, so that it might not cause me pain." And God granted him that which he requested.
11 UKelubi umfowabo kaShuha wasezala uMehiri, onguyise kaEshitoni.
Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 UEshitoni wasezala uBeti-Rafa loPhaseya loTehina uyise kaIri-Nahashi. Laba babengabantu bakaReka.
Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Rechab.
13 Lamadodana kaKenazi: O-Othiniyeli loSeraya. Lamadodana kaOthiniyeli: UHathathi.
The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
14 UMeyonothayi wasezala uOfira. USeraya wasezala uJowabi uyise wesigodi seHarashi, ngoba babezingcitshi.
And Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 Lamadodana kaKalebi indodana kaJefune: OIru, uEla, loNahamu; lamadodana kaEla, ngitsho uKenazi.
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Ir, and Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
16 Lamadodana kaJehaleleli: OZifi, loZifa, uTiriya, loAsareli.
The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Lamadodana kaEzra: OJetheri loMeredi loEferi loJaloni. Wasezala oMiriyamu loShamayi loIshiba uyise kaEshithemowa.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And Jether became the father of Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Umkakhe umJudakazi wasezala uJeredi uyise kaGedori, loHeberi uyise kaSoko, loJekuthiyeli uyise kaZanowa. Lalabo babengamadodana kaBithiya indodakazi kaFaro, uMeredi amthathayo.
His Judean wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19 Lamadodana omkaHodiya, udadewabo kaNahama, uyise kaKeyila umGarmi, loEshithemowa umMahakathi.
The sons of his Judean wife, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 Njalo amadodana kaShimoni: OAmnoni, loRina, uBheni-Hanani, loThiloni. Lamadodana kaIshi: OZohethi loBheni-Zohethi.
The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
21 Amadodana kaShela indodana kaJuda: OEri uyise kaLeka, loLahada uyise kaMaresha, lensendo zendlu yabenzi belembu elicolekileyo bendlu kaAshibeya,
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea;
22 loJokimi, lamadoda akoKhozeba, loJowashi, loSarafi ababebusa amaMowabi, loJashubi-Lehema. Lalezizindaba zindala.
and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had married in Moab, and returned to Lehem. The records are ancient.
23 Labo babengababumbi, labakhileyo ezilimeni lezintangweni; bahlala lapho lenkosi emsebenzini wayo.
These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king in his service.
24 Amadodana kaSimeyoni: ONemuweli, loJamini, loJaribi, uZera, uShawuli,
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, Jakin, Zohar, Shaul;
25 uShaluma indodana yakhe, uMibhisamu indodana yakhe, uMishima indodana yakhe.
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 Lamadodana kaMishima: UHamuweli indodana yakhe, uZakuri indodana yakhe, uShimeyi indodana yakhe.
The descendants of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son, Shimei his son.
27 Njalo uShimeyi wayelamadodana alitshumi lesithupha lamadodakazi ayisithupha; kodwa abafowabo babengelabantwana abanengi, losendo lonke lwabo kalwandanga njengabantwana bakoJuda.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, neither did all their families multiply like the people of Judah.
28 Basebehlala eBherishebha leMolada leHazari-Shuwali
They lived at Beersheba, and Shema, and Moladah, and Hazar Shual,
29 leBiliha leEzema leToladi
and at Balah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 leBethuweli leHorma leZikilagi
and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 leBeti-Marikabothi leHazari-Susimi leBeti-Biri leShaharayimi. Le yayiyimizi yabo kwaze kwaba sekubuseni kukaDavida.
and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim, and at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David became king.
32 Lemizana yabo: IEtamu, leAyini, iRimoni, leTokeni, leAshani, imizi emihlanu,
Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Token, and Ashan, five cities;
33 layo yonke imizana yayo, eyayiyizingelezele leyomizi, kuze kube seBahali. Lezi zindawo zabo zokuhlala, njalo baba lombhalo wosendo lwabo.
and all their villages that were around the same cities as far as Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
34 LoMeshobabi loJamileki loJosha indodana kaAmaziya,
Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 loJoweli loJehu indodana kaJoshibhiya indodana kaSeraya indodana kaAsiyeli,
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 loEliyohenayi loJahakoba loJeshohaya loAsaya loAdiyeli loJesimiyeli loBhenaya,
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 loZiza indodana kaShifi indodana kaAloni indodana kaJedaya indodana kaShimiri indodana kaShemaya.
and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
38 Laba abaqanjwe ngamabizo babeyizikhulu ensendweni zabo, lezindlu zaboyise zanda kakhulu ngobunengi.
these mentioned by name were leaders in their families. And their ancestral houses increased greatly.
39 Basebesiya ekungeneni kweGedori, baya ngempumalanga kwesihotsha, ukudingela imihlambi yabo idlelo.
They went to the entrance of Gerar, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 Bafica idlelo elivundileyo lelihle, lommango obanzi emaceleni, lolokuzola, lolokuthula; ngoba abakoHamu babehlala khona endulo.
They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
41 Lalabo ababebhalwe ngamabizo bafika ensukwini zikaHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, batshaya amathente lendawo zokuhlala ezazitholakala khona, babatshabalalisa kuze kube lamuhla; bahlala endaweni zabo, ngoba kwakukhona lapho idlelo lezimvu zabo.
These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and The Meunites who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 Kwasekuphuma kubo, ebantwaneni bakoSimeyoni, amadoda angamakhulu amahlanu, aya entabeni yeSeyiri. LoPelatiya loNeyariya loRefaya loUziyeli amadodana kaIshi babezinhloko zabo.
Some of them, even of the descendants of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their leaders Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 Basebetshaya insali yabaphephayo bamaAmaleki, bahlala khona kuze kube lamuhla.
They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
