1 Beresosɛm 5
1 Na Israel babarima panyin ne Ruben. Nanso esiane sɛ wammu nʼagya, na ɔne nʼagya mpenanom no mu baako kɔdae no nti, ɔde nʼabakanyɛ maa ne nua Yosef mmabarima. Esiane saa asɛm yi nti, wɔamfa Ruben din anka anato no ho sɛ abakan.
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and not to be regarded in the genealogy as the firstborn.
2 Yuda asefo na wɔyɛɛ abusuakuw a wɔwɔ tumi pa ara; ne saa nti woyii ɔman no sodifo fii wɔn mu, nanso mpanyinni no de, na ɛyɛ Yosef dea.
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and a leader descended from him; but the birthright was Joseph's: )
3 Israel abakan Ruben no mmabarima ne: Hanok, Palu, Hesron ne Karmi.
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 Yoel asefo ne Semaia, Gog, Simei,
The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Mika, Reaia, Baal,
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 ne Beera. Bere a Asiriahene Tilgat-Pilneser de Rubenfo kɔɔ nnommumfa mu no, Beera na na odi Rubenfo no anim.
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was leader of the Reubenites.
7 Wɔakyerɛw Beera nkurɔfo din sɛnea wɔn mmusua ne abusua no te: Yeiel ne wɔn ntuanoni, na Sakaria
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 ne Asas babarima Bela a ɔyɛ Sema babarima a ɔyɛ Yoel babarima. Saa Rubenfo yi tenaa beae a efi Aroer de kosi Nebo ne Baal-Meon.
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
9 Esiane sɛ na wɔwɔ anantwi bebree wɔ Gilead asase so no nti, wodidi kɔɔ apuei fam wɔ nweatam a ɛtrɛw kɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate no ho.
and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Perath, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 Ɔhene Saulo bere so, Rubenfo dii Hagarfo so nkonim wɔ ɔko mu. Enti wotu kɔɔ Hagarfo atenae a ɛwɔ Gilead apuei fam hɔ no.
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
11 Basan asase so no, na Gad asefo na wɔtete asase a edi Rubenfo de no so. Wɔtrɛw kɔɔ apuei fam kosii Saleka.
The descendants of Gad lived across from them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.
12 Na Yoel na otua wɔn ano wɔ Basan asase so. Na Safam, Yanai ne Safat yɛ nʼaboafo.
Joel was chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai judged in Bashan.
13 Na wɔn abusuafo a wɔyɛ ntuanofo ma mmusua afoforo ason din ne: Mikael, Mesulam, Seba, Yorai, Yakan, Sia ne Eber.
Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
14 Eyinom nyinaa yɛ Huri babarima Abihail a ɔyɛ Yaroa babarima, Gilead babarima, Mikael babarima, Yesisai babarima Yahdo babarima, Bus babarima.
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 Abdiel babarima Ahi, Guni babarima no na na ɔyɛ wɔn mmusua no ntuano.
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
16 Gadfo no tenaa Gilead asase a ɛwɔ Basan ne ne nkuraa ne Saron tataw no nyinaa so.
They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
17 Yudahene Yotam ne Israelhene Yeroboam bere so na wɔkyerɛw eyinom nyinaa guu abusuadua nkrataa mu.
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 Na akofo akɛse a wɔwɔ Ruben, Gad mmusua ne Manase abusua fa mu no ano si mpem aduanan anan ahanson ne aduosia. Wokurakura nkatabo, mfoa ne agyan, na wɔn nyinaa akwadaw wɔ akodi mu.
The descendants of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
19 Wɔko tiaa Hagarfo, Yeturfo, Nafisfo ne Nodabfo.
They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 Wosu frɛɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ ɔko no mu, na otiee wɔn mpaebɔ, efisɛ wɔde wɔn ho too ne so. Enti wodii Hagarfo no ne wɔn dɔm nyinaa so nkonim.
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered their petition, because they put their trust in him.
21 Asade a wɔfa fii Hagarfo no nkyɛn no yɛ yoma mpem aduonum, nguan mpem ahannu aduonum, mfurum mpenu ne nneduafo mpem ɔha.
They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
22 Wokunkum Hagarfo no bebree wɔ ɔko no mu, efisɛ na Onyankopɔn reko tia wɔn. Enti wɔtenaa wɔn asase so kosii sɛ wotwaa wɔn asu.
For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
23 Manase abusua fa no trɛw wɔ asase no so fi Basan kosii Baal-Hermon, Senir ne bepɔw Hermon ho. Na wɔdɔɔso yiye.
And the descendants of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, and Senir, and Mount Hermon, and in Lebanon.
24 Eyinom ne wɔn mmusua no ntuanofo: Efer, Yisi, Eliel, Asriel, Yeremia, Hodawia ne Yahdiel. Na wɔn mu biara agye din sɛ ɔkofo kɛse ne ɔkannifo.
These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
25 Nanso na wonni nokware, na wobuu wɔn agyanom ne Onyankopɔn apam no so. Wɔsom aman a Onyankopɔn sɛee wɔn no anyame.
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
26 Enti Israel Nyankopɔn de hyɛɛ Asiriahene Pul (a na wɔsan frɛ no Tilgat-Pilneser) koma mu sɛ ɔnko mfa asase no, na ɔnkyekyere Rubenfo, Gadfo ne Manasefo abusua fa sɛ nneduafo. Asiriafo no twaa wɔn asu kɔɔ Halah, Habor, Hara ne Asubɔnten Gosan ho a wɔda so te hɔ besi nnɛ.
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, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
