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1 Yuda asefo no bi din de Peres, Hesron, Karmi, Hur ne Sobal.
And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,
2 Sobal babarima Reaia na ɔwoo Yahat. Yahat woo Ahumai ne Lahad. Eyinom na na wɔyɛ Sorafo mmusua.
and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites.
3 Na Etam asefo no ne Yesreel, Yisma, Yidbas ne Haslelponi a na ɔyɛ ne babea,
And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.
4 Penuel a na ɔyɛ Gedor agya ne Eser a na ɔyɛ Husa agya. Eyinom na na wɔyɛ Hur a na ɔyɛ Efrata abakan ne Betlehem agya no asefo.
And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.
5 Na Tekoa agya a ne din de Ashur no wɔ yerenom baanu a wɔfrɛ wɔn Hela ne Naara.
And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.
6 Naara woo Ahusam, Hefer, Temeni ne Ahastari.
And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.
7 Hela woo Seret, Sohar, Etnan,
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
8 ne Kos a nʼasefo ne Anub, Hasobeba ne Harum babarima Aharhel, Harum ne ne mmusua nyinaa.
And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.
9 Na ɔbarima bi wɔ hɔ a wɔfrɛ no Yabes a ɔyɛɛ ɔkɛse sen ne nuabarimanom nyinaa. Ne na too no din Yabes, efisɛ onyaa ɔyaw wɔ nʼawo mu.
And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.
10 Yabes ne obi a ɔbɔɔ mpae kyerɛɛ Israel Nyankopɔn se, “Ao, hyira me na trɛw mʼahye mu. Mesrɛ wo, ka me ho wɔ nea mɛyɛ biara mu, na yi me fi ɔhaw ne ɔyaw nyinaa mu.” Na Onyankopɔn yɛɛ nʼabisade no maa no.
And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
11 Suba nuabarima Kelub woo Mehir. Mehir woo Eston.
And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.
12 Eston woo Bet-Rafa, Paseah ne Tehina. Tehina woo Ir-Nahas. Eyinom ne Reka asefo.
He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these [were] the men of Rechab.
13 Kenas mmabarima ne Otniel ne Seraia. Otniel mmabarima ne Hatat ne Meonotai.
And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
14 Meonotai woo Ofra. Na Seraia woo Yoab a ofii Adwumfo Bon ase, efisɛ na adwumfo pii tete hɔ.
And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
15 Na Yefune babarima Kaleb mmabarima yɛ Iru, Ela ne Naam. Na Ela babarima yɛ Kenas.
And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
16 Yehalelel mmabarima ne Sif ne Sifa, Tiria ne Asarel.
And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.
17 Ɛsra mmabarima yɛ Yeter, Mered, Efer ne Yalon. Mered waree Misraimnibea ma ɔwoo Miriam, Samai ne Yisba a ɔbɛyɛɛ Estemoa agya no.
And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon.
18 Mered nso waree ɔbea a ofi Yuda. Ɔno nso woo Yered a ɔbɛyɛɛ Gedor agya, Heber a ɔyɛ Soko agya, ne Yekutiel a ɔyɛ Sanoa agya. Na wɔfrɛ Mered yere Misraimni no se Bitia a na ɔyɛ Misraimhene babea.
And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took.
19 Na Hodia yere yɛ Naham nuabea. Ne mmabarima no mu baako na ɔwoo Keila a ɔyɛ Garmini na ɔbaako nso woo Estemoa a ɔyɛ Maakatni.
And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.
20 Simon mmabarima ne Amnon, Rina, Ben-Hanan ne Tilon. Na Yisi asefo no ne Sohet ne Ben-Sohet.
And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.
21 Na Sela yɛ Yuda mma no mu baako. Na Sela asefo no ne Er a ɔwoo Leka, Lada a ɔwoo Maresa a na wɔyɛ nweratam ho adwuma wɔ Bet-Asbea,
The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba.
22 Yokim, Kosebafo, Yoas, ne Saraf a na wodi Moab ne Yasubi-Lehem so no. Saa din yi nyinaa, wonya fii tete nkyerɛw a na wɔakyerɛw agu hɔ mu.
And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who lived in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.
23 Na wɔyɛ nkukunwemfo a na wɔte Netaim ne Gedera. Na wɔn nyinaa yɛ nnwuma ma ɔhene.
These [are] the potters who lived in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and lived there.
24 Na Simeon mmabarima no din de Nemuel, Yamin, Yarib, Serah ne Saulo.
The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:
25 Na Saulo asefo yɛ Salum, Mibsam ne Misma.
Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:
26 Na Misma asefo yɛ Hamuel, Sakur ne Simei.
Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.
27 Simei woo mmabarima dunsia ne mmabea baasia. Ne nuabarimanom de, na wɔn mu biara nni abusua kɛse saa. Ɛno nti, Simeon abusua annɔ te sɛ Yuda abusua no.
Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.
28 Wɔtenaa Beer-Seba, Molada ne Hasar-Sual,
And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,
29 Bilha, Esem ne Tolad,
and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,
30 Betuel, Horma ne Siklag,
and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,
31 Bet-Markabot, Hasar-Susim, Bet-Biri ne Saaraim. Na saa nkurow yi nyinaa hyɛɛ wɔn ase kosii ɔhene Dawid bere so.
and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.
32 Wɔn asefo nso tenaa Etam, Ain, Rimon, Token ne Asan a ɛyɛ nkurow anum yi so,
And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.
33 ne ne nkuraa a atwa ho ahyia no kosii Baal. Na wɔn atenae ni, na wɔahyehyɛ saa din yi nyinaa wɔ wɔn anato nkrataa mu.
And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.
34 Wɔn a wɔka Simeon asefo ho no bi nso ne Mesobab, Yamlek ne Amasia babarima Yosa,
And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;
35 Yoel, Yosibia babarima Yehu a ɔyɛ Seraia babarima, na ɔno nso yɛ Asiel babarima,
and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;
36 Elioenai, Yaakoba, Yesohaia, Asaia, Adiel, Yesimiel ne Benaia,
and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;
37 Sifi babarima Sisa a nʼagya yɛ Alon babarima, na ɔno yɛ Yedaia babarima, na ɔno nso yɛ Simri babarima a nʼagya yɛ Semaia.
and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.
38 Din a yɛabobɔ yi yɛ ntuanofo a wɔdeda Simeon mmusuakuw a wɔyɛ adefo no ano no bi.
These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.
39 Wɔkɔɔ Gedor fam a na ɛwɔ obon no apuei fam sɛ wɔrekɔpɛ asase pa ama wɔn mmoa adidi so.
And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
40 Wonyaa mmoa adidibea pa wɔ hɔ. Na asase no so dwo na basabasayɛ biara nni hɔ. Na Ham asefo no bi akɔtena Gedor fa mu hɔ dedaw.
And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness; for [there were] some of the children of Cham who lived there before.
41 Yudahene Hesekia bere so no, Simeon ntuanofo no ko dii hɔ so, sɛee Ham ne Meunifo afi pasaa. Wokum obiara a na ɔte hɔ, faa asase no, efisɛ, na wɔpɛ sɛ wonya mmoa didibea pa no.
And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they struck the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they lived in their place, because [there was] pasture there for their cattle.
42 Akofo no mu ahannum a wofi Simeon abusuakuw mu no kɔɔ bepɔw Seir so, a na Pelatia, Nearia, Refaia ne Usiel a wɔn nyinaa yɛ Yisi mmabarima no na na wodi wɔn anim.
And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers.
43 Amalekfo kakra a wɔkae no, wokunkum wɔn nyinaa, faa hɔ, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.
