1 Berɛsosɛm 2
1 Israel mmammarima yɛ Ruben, Simeon, Lewi, Yuda, Isakar, Sebulon,
And the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Yosef, Benyamin, Naftali, Gad ne Aser.
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 Yuda ne Kanaanni baa Bat-Sua woo mmammarima baasa. Na wɔn din de Er, Onan ne Sela. Nanso, na abakan Er no yɛ omumuyɛfoɔ enti, Awurade kumm no.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him from the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite. But Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and so he killed him.
4 Akyire no, Yuda ne nʼase kunafoɔ Tamar woo ntafoɔ. Na wɔn din de Peres ne Serah. Enti Yuda woo mmammarima baanum.
Now Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Therefore, all the sons of Judah were five.
5 Na Peres mmammarima din de Hesron ne Hamul.
And the sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 Serah mmammarima din de Simri, Etan, Heman, Kalkol ne Dara; wɔyɛ enum.
Also, the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, as well as Calcol and Dara, five altogether.
7 Akar a ɔyɛ Karmi babarima ne Serah asefoɔ no mu baako nam fa a ɔfaa asadeɛ a wɔgya maa Awurade no so, de amanehunu baa Israelfoɔ so.
The sons of Carmi: Achar, who disturbed Israel and sinned by the theft of what was anathema.
8 Na Etan babarima ne Asaria.
The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
9 Hesron mmammarima edin de Yerahmeel, Ram ne Kaleb.
And the sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 Ram yɛ Aminadab agya. Aminadab yɛ Nahson a na ɔyɛ Yuda ntuanoni no agya.
Then Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon, a leader of the sons of Judah.
11 Nahson yɛ Salma agya. Na Salma nso yɛ Boas agya.
Also, Nahshon conceived Salma, from whom Boaz rose up.
12 Boas yɛ Obed agya. Obed yɛ Yisai agya.
Truly, Boaz conceived Obed, who also himself conceived Jesse.
13 Yisai abakan yɛ Eliab. Deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu yɛ Abinadab ɛnna deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa yɛ Simea.
Now Jesse conceived the firstborn Eliab, the second Abinadab, the third Shammah,
14 Na deɛ ɔtɔ so ɛnan yɛ Netanel ɛnna Radai tɔ so enum.
the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,
15 Ne babarima a ɔtɔ so nsia no din de Osem, na Dawid na na ɔtɔ so nson.
the sixth Ozem, the seventh David.
16 Na wɔn nuanom mmaa din de Seruia ne Abigail. Na Seruia woo mmammarima baasa a wɔn din yɛ Abisai, Yoab ne Asahel.
Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 Abigail waree ɔbarima bi a ne din de Yeter a ɔyɛ Ismaelni na wɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔtoo no edin Amasa.
And Abigail conceived Amasa, whose father was Jether, the Ishmaelite.
18 Na Hesron babarima Kaleb wɔ yerenom baanu a wɔne Asuba ne Yeriot. Na Asuba mmammarima edin de Yeser, Sobab ne Ardon.
Truly, Caleb, the son of Hezron, took a wife named Azubah, of whom he conceived Jerioth. And her sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 Asuba owuo akyi no, Kaleb waree Efrata. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Hur.
And when Azubah had died, Caleb took as wife Ephratha, who bore to him Hur.
20 Hur woo Uri. Uri nso woo Besaleel.
Now Hur conceived Uri. And Uri conceived Bezalel.
21 Ɛberɛ a Hesron dii mfeɛ aduosia no, ɔwaree Gilead nuabaa a na ɔyɛ Makir babaa. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Segub.
And afterwards, Hezron entered to the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead. And he took her when he was sixty years old. And she bore to him Segub.
22 Segub woo Yair a ɔdii nkuro aduonu mmiɛnsa so wɔ Gilead asase so no.
And then Segub conceived Jair, and he possessed twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 (Akyire no, Gesur ne Aram gyee Yair nkuro, sane gyee Kenat ne ne nkuraa aduosia a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa.) Na yeinom nyinaa yɛ Makir a ɔyɛ Gilead agya no asefoɔ.
And he seized Geshur and Aram, towns of Jair, and Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead.
24 Hesron wuu wɔ kuro Kaleb-Efrata mu no, ankyɛ na ne yere Abia woo ɔbabarima a wɔtoo no edin Asur (Tekoa agya).
Then, when Hezron had died, Caleb entered to Ephratha. Also, Hezron had as wife Abia, who bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
25 Hesron abakan Yerahmeel mmammarima a ɔwoo wɔn no edin yɛ Ram (abakan), Buna, Oren, Osem ne Ahiya.
Now sons were born to Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Yerahmeel wɔ yere a ɔtɔ so mmienu a wɔfrɛ no Atara, na ɔno na ɔwoo Onam.
Jerahmeel also married another wife, named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.
27 Ram a ɔyɛ Yerahmeel abakan no mmammarima yɛ Maas, Yamin ne Eker.
Then too, the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 Onam mmammarima yɛ Samai ne Yada. Na Samai mmammarima yɛ Nadab ne Abisur.
And Onam had sons: Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
29 Na Abisur ne ne yere Abihail mmammarima yɛ Ahban ne Molid.
Truly, the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, who bore to him Ahban and Molid.
30 Na Nadab mmammarima yɛ Seled ne Apaim. Seled wuiɛ a wanwo mma;
Now the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children.
31 na Apaim deɛ, ɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔfrɛ no Yisi. Na Yisi woo Sesan. Na Sesan nyaa nʼaseni bi a wɔfrɛ no Ahlai.
Truly, the son of Appaim was Ishi. And Ishi conceived Sheshan. Then Sheshan conceived Ahlai.
32 Na Samai nuabarima Yada woo Yeter ne Yonatan. Na Yeter wuiɛ a wanwo ba biara,
But the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Then Jether also died without children.
33 nanso Yonatan woo mmammarima baanu a na wɔfrɛ wɔn Pelet ne Sasa. Na yeinom nyinaa yɛ Yerahmeel asefoɔ.
And Jonathan conceived Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Na Sesan annya mmammarima, ɔnyaa mmammaa. Na ɔwɔ Misraimni ɔsomfoɔ bi a ne din de Yarha.
Now Sheshan did not have sons, but only daughters, and an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
35 Sesan de ne mmammaa no mu baako maa Yarha awadeɛ na wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Atai.
And so he gave to him his daughter as wife, who bore to him Attai.
36 Atai woo Natan na Natan woo Sabad.
Then Attai conceived Nathan, and Nathan conceived Zabad.
37 Sabad woo Efial. Efial woo Obed.
Also, Zabad conceived Ephlal, and Ephlal conceived Obed.
38 Obed woo Yehu na Yehu woo Asaria.
Obed conceived Jehu; Jehu conceived Azariah.
39 Asaria woo Heles. Heles woo Eleasa.
Azariah conceived Helez, and Helez conceived Eleasah.
40 Eleasa woo Sisemai na Sisemai woo Salum.
Eleasah conceived Sismai; Sismai conceived Shallum.
41 Salum woo Yekamia, na Yekamia woo Elisama.
Shallum conceived Jekamiah; then Jekamiah conceived Elishama.
42 Yerahmeel nua Kaleb babarima piesie ne Mesa a ɔyɛ Sif agya. Na Kaleb babarima a ɔtɔ so mmienu din de Maresa a ɔyɛ Hebron agya.
And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mesha, the father of Hebron.
43 Na Hebron mmammarima yɛ Kora, Tapua, Rekem ne Sema.
Now the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tapuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44 Na Sema woo Raham. Raham woo Yorkeam. Na Rekem woo Samai.
Then Shema conceived Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem conceived Shammai.
45 Na Samai woo Maon. Maon woo Bet-Sur.
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
46 Na Kaleb mpena Efa woo Haran, Mosa ne Gases. Na Haran woo Gases.
Now Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran conceived Gazez.
47 Na Yahdai mmammarima yɛ Regem, Yotam, Gesan, Pelet, Efa ne Saaf.
And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Kaleb mpena foforɔ bi a wɔfrɛ no Maaka woo Seber ne Tirhana.
And Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 Ɔsane woo Saaf a na ɔyɛ Madmana agya ne Sewa a na ɔyɛ Makbena ne Gibea agya. Na Kaleb woo ɔbabaa a ne din de Aksa.
Then Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, conceived Sheva, the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. Truly, the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50 Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kaleb asefoɔ. Kaleb yere Efrata abakan Hur mmammarima yɛ Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya
These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha: Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim;
51 Salma a ɔyɛ Betlehem agya ne Haref a ɔyɛ Bet-Gader agya.
Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Bethgader.
52 Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya no mmammarima yɛ Haroe a ne fa yɛ Manahatini
Now there were sons for Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, who saw half the places of rest.
53 na ne fa a aka no firi Kiriat-Yearim mmusua mu. Sobal asefoɔ a wɔka ho ne Yitrifoɔ, Putifoɔ, Sumatifoɔ ne Misraimfoɔ. Wɔn mu na Sorafoɔ ne Estaolfoɔ firie.
And from the kindred of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these, the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites went forth.
54 Salma asefoɔ yɛ Betlehem, Netofafoɔ, Atrot-Bet-Yoabfoɔ, Manahatfoɔ fa bi, Sorifoɔ,
The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half the places of rest of the Zorathites,
55 ne atwerɛfoɔ mmusua a wɔte Yabes no, Tirafoɔ, Simeafoɔ ne Sukatfoɔ. Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kenifoɔ, Hamat a ɔyɛ Rekab agya no asefoɔ.
as well as the families of the scribes living in Jabesh, those singing and making music, and those dwelling in tents. These are the Kenites, who went forth from Calor, the father of the house of Rechab.
