1 Meʻa Hokohoko 5

1 Ko eni ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Lupeni, ko e ʻuluaki fānau kia ʻIsileli, (he ko e ʻuluaki fānau ia; ka ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fakaʻuliʻi ʻae mohenga ʻo ʻene tamai, ko ia naʻe foaki ai ʻae ʻinasi ʻoe ʻuluaki fānau ki he ngaahi foha ʻo Sosefa ko e foha ʻo ʻIsileli: pea ʻoku ʻikai lau ʻae hohoko ʻo fai mei he ʻuluaki fānau.

And the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel (for he [was] the first-born; but because of his going up to his father's couch, [his father] gave his blessing to his son Joseph, [even] the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as first-born;

2 He naʻe mālohi hake ʻa Siuta ki hono ngaahi tokoua, pea naʻe meiate ia ʻae ʻeiki pule, ka ko e ʻinasi ʻoe ʻuluaki fānau naʻe ʻia Sosefa ia: )

for Judas [was] very mighty even among his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was] Joseph's).

3 ‌ʻIo, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Lupeni ko e ʻuluaki fānau kia ʻIsileli, ko Henoke, mo Falu, mo Hesiloni, mo Kalimi.

The sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.

4 Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Soeli; ko Simaia ko hono foha, mo Koki ko hono foha ʻoʻona, mo Simi ko hono foha ʻoʻona,

The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei.

5 Ko Maika ko hono foha ʻoʻona, ko Liaia ko hono foha ʻoʻona, ko Peali ko hono foha ʻoʻona,

His son [was] Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,

6 Ko Piela ko hono foha ʻoʻona, ʻaia naʻe ʻave [fakapōpula ]ʻe Tekilati-Pilesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia: ko e ʻeiki ia ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Lupeni.

his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he [is] the chief of the Rubenites.

7 Pea ko e tuʻukimuʻa eni ʻi hono ngaahi tokoua ʻoʻona ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga, ʻi heʻene lau hake ʻae hohoko ʻo honau ngaahi toʻutangata, ko Sehieli, mo Sakalia,

And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and Zacharia.

8 Mo Pela ko e foha ʻo ʻAsasi, ko e foha ʻo Sema, ko e foha ʻo Soeli, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻi ʻAloeli, ʻo aʻu atu ki Nipo mo Peali mioni.

And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson.

9 Pea ki he feituʻu hahake naʻa ne nofo ʻo aʻu atu ki he hūʻanga ʻoe toafa mei he vaitafe ko ʻIufaletesi: koeʻuhi naʻe tupu ʻo lahi ʻenau fanga manu ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati.

And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.

10 Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Saula naʻa nau fai ʻae tau ki he kakai Hekaʻā, pea naʻa nau tō hifo ʻi honau nima: pea naʻa nau nofo ʻi honau ngaahi falefehikitaki ʻi he feituʻu hahake kotoa pē ʻo Kiliati.

And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners [in the land]; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.

11 Pea naʻe nofo hangatonu mai kiate kinautolu ʻae fānau ʻa Kata, ʻi he fonua ʻo Pesani, mo Salika:

The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan even to Sela.

12 Ko Soeli ko e ʻeiki lahi, pea hoko mo ia ʻa Safami, mo Sanei, mo Safati ʻi Pesani.

Joel the first-born, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.

13 Pea ko honau kāinga eni ʻi he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ko Mikaeli, mo Mesulami, mo Sepa, mo Solei, mo Sakani, mo Sia, mo Hepa, ko e toko fitu.

And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven.

14 Pea ko e fānau eni ʻa ʻApieli ko e foha ʻo Huli, ko e foha ʻo Saloa, ko e foha ʻo Kiliati, ko e foha ʻo Mikaeli, ko e foha ʻo Sesisai, ko e foha ʻo Sato, ko e foha ʻo Pusa;

These [are] the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz,

15 Ko ʻAhi ko e foha ʻo ʻApitieli, ko e foha ʻo Kuni, ko e ʻeiki ia ʻi he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.

[who was] the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, [he was] chief of the house of their families.

16 Pea naʻa nau nofo ʻi Kiliati ʻi Pesani, pea ʻi hono ngaahi kolo, pea ʻi he ngaahi potu tuaʻā ʻo Saloni, ʻi honau ngaahi ngataʻanga [fonua].

They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and [in] all the country round about Saron to the border.

17 naʻe lau hake eni kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau mo honau ngaahi toʻutangata ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sotami ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Selopoami ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli.

The enumeration of [them] all took place in the days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18 Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Lupeni, mo e kakai Kata, mo hono vahe ua ʻoe faʻahinga ʻa Manase, ʻae kau tangata toʻa, ko e kau tangata naʻe faʻa toʻo ʻae pā pea mo e heletā, pea faʻa fanaʻaki ʻae kaufana, mo poto ʻi he tau, ko honau tokolahi ko e toko fā mano, mo e fā afe ma fitungeau ma onongofulu, naʻe ʻalu atu ki he tau.

The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, [were] forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.

19 Pea naʻa nau fakalanga ʻae tau ki he kakai Hekaʻā, pea kia Setuli, mo Nafisi, pea mo Notapi.

And they made war with the Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans,

20 Pea naʻe tokoni ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau fai kiate kinautolu, pea naʻe tukuange ʻae kakai Hekaʻā ki honau nima, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe kau mo kinautolu: he naʻa nau tangi ki he ʻOtua ʻi he tau, pea naʻa ne fakaongo kiate kinautolu; koeʻuhi naʻa nau fakafalala kiate ia.

and they prevailed against them: and the Agaraeans were given into their hands, [they] and all their tents: for they cried to God in the battle, and he hearkened to them, because they trusted on him.

21 Pea naʻa nau ʻave ʻa ʻenau fanga manu; ko e fanga kāmeli ʻe nima mano, mo e fanga sipi ʻe ua kilu mo e nima mano, mo e fanga ʻasi ʻe ua afe, pea mo e kakai tangata ʻe tokotaha kilu,

And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

22 He naʻe tō ʻo mate ʻae fuʻu tokolahi, he naʻe mei he ʻOtua ʻae tau. Pea naʻa nau nofo ʻi honau ngaahi potu ʻonautolu ʻo aʻu ki he [kuonga ]ʻoe fakapōpula.

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

23 Pea naʻe nofo ʻi he fonua ʻae fānau ʻoe vahe ua ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Manase: naʻa nau tupu ʻo tokolahi mei Pesani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peali-Heamoni, mo Sinili, ʻo aʻu ki he moʻunga ko Heamoni.

And the half-tribe of Manasse dwelt from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and [to] the mount Aermon: and they increased in Libanus.

24 Pea ko kinautolu eni ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻi he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻio, ʻa Hefeli, mo Isi, mo Ilieli, mo ʻAsilieli, mo Selemaia, mo Hotevia, mo Satieli, ko e kau tangata toʻa lahi, ko e kau tangata ongoongo lahi, mo e kau mātuʻa ʻi he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.

And these were the heads of the houses of their families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia, and Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of their families.

25 Pea naʻa nau fai angahala ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, pea naʻa nau ʻalu kehe ke muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe kakai ʻoe fonua, ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi muʻa ʻiate kinautolu.

But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them.

26 Pea naʻe ueʻi hake ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae loto ʻo Puli ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, mo e loto ʻo Tekilati-Pilesa ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia, pea naʻa ne ʻave pōpula ʻakinautolu, ʻio, ʻae kakai Lupeni, mo e kakai Kata, mo e vahe ua ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Manase, pea naʻa ne ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki Hela, mo Hapoa, mo Hala, pea ki he vaitafe ko Kosani, ʻo aʻu mai ki he kuonga ni.

And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.