1 Berɛsosɛm 2
1 Israel mmammarima yɛ Ruben, Simeon, Lewi, Yuda, Isakar, Sebulon,
The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, 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.
Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people-group. [When] Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up, he] did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
4 Akyire no, Yuda ne nʼase kunafoɔ Tamar woo ntafoɔ. Na wɔn din de Peres ne Serah. Enti Yuda woo mmammarima baanum.
Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had [twin boys named] Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
5 Na Peres mmammarima din de Hesron ne Hamul.
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 Serah mmammarima din de Simri, Etan, Heman, Kalkol ne Dara; wɔyɛ enum.
Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda (OR, Dara).
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.
[One of the sons of Zimri was Carmi]. Carmi’s son Achan (OR, Achar) caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that had been devoted [to Yahweh to be destroyed].
8 Na Etan babarima ne Asaria.
Ethan’s son was Azariah.
9 Hesron mmammarima edin de Yerahmeel, Ram ne Kaleb.
Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb (OR, Chelubai).
10 Ram yɛ Aminadab agya. Aminadab yɛ Nahson a na ɔyɛ Yuda ntuanoni no agya.
Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
11 Nahson yɛ Salma agya. Na Salma nso yɛ Boas agya.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz.
12 Boas yɛ Obed agya. Obed yɛ Yisai agya.
Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
13 Yisai abakan yɛ Eliab. Deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu yɛ Abinadab ɛnna deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa yɛ Simea.
Jesse’s oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea,
14 Na deɛ ɔtɔ so ɛnan yɛ Netanel ɛnna Radai tɔ so enum.
Nethanel, Raddai,
15 Ne babarima a ɔtɔ so nsia no din de Osem, na Dawid na na ɔtɔ so nson.
Ozem, and the youngest was 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. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
17 Abigail waree ɔbarima bi a ne din de Yeter a ɔyɛ Ismaelni na wɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔtoo no edin Amasa.
Abigail’s husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.
18 Na Hesron babarima Kaleb wɔ yerenom baanu a wɔne Asuba ne Yeriot. Na Asuba mmammarima edin de Yeser, Sobab ne Ardon.
Hezron’s younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to [three] sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 Asuba owuo akyi no, Kaleb waree Efrata. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Hur.
When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur.
20 Hur woo Uri. Uri nso woo Besaleel.
Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21 Ɛberɛ a Hesron dii mfeɛ aduosia no, ɔwaree Gilead nuabaa a na ɔyɛ Makir babaa. Wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Segub.
When Hezron was 60 years old, he married [EUP] Makir’s daughter, who was the sister of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub.
22 Segub woo Yair a ɔdii nkuro aduonu mmiɛnsa so wɔ Gilead asase so no.
Segub was the father of Jair. Jair’s [army] controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by 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.
But [the armies of] Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured Kenath [city] and the nearby towns; altogether they captured 60 towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the 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).
Shortly after Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrath [town], his widow Abijah had a son Asshur; Asshur started Tekoa [town].
25 Hesron abakan Yerahmeel mmammarima a ɔwoo wɔn no edin yɛ Ram (abakan), Buna, Oren, Osem ne Ahiya.
Hezron’s oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel’s oldest son was Ram.
26 Yerahmeel wɔ yere a ɔtɔ so mmienu a wɔfrɛ no Atara, na ɔno na ɔwoo Onam.
Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam.
27 Ram a ɔyɛ Yerahmeel abakan no mmammarima yɛ Maas, Yamin ne Eker.
The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 Onam mmammarima yɛ Samai ne Yada. Na Samai mmammarima yɛ Nadab ne Abisur.
Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.
29 Na Abisur ne ne yere Abihail mmammarima yɛ Ahban ne Molid.
Abishur’s wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
30 Na Nadab mmammarima yɛ Seled ne Apaim. Seled wuiɛ a wanwo mma;
Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children.
31 na Apaim deɛ, ɔwoo ɔbabarima a wɔfrɛ no Yisi. Na Yisi woo Sesan. Na Sesan nyaa nʼaseni bi a wɔfrɛ no Ahlai.
Appaim’s son was Ishi; Ishi’s son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan’s daughters was Ahlai.
32 Na Samai nuabarima Yada woo Yeter ne Yonatan. Na Yeter wuiɛ a wanwo ba biara,
Shammai’s [younger] brother was Jada. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children.
33 nanso Yonatan woo mmammarima baanu a na wɔfrɛ wɔn Pelet ne Sasa. Na yeinom nyinaa yɛ Yerahmeel asefoɔ.
Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
34 Na Sesan annya mmammarima, ɔnyaa mmammaa. Na ɔwɔ Misraimni ɔsomfoɔ bi a ne din de Yarha.
Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha.
35 Sesan de ne mmammaa no mu baako maa Yarha awadeɛ na wɔwoo ɔbabarima too no edin Atai.
Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai.
36 Atai woo Natan na Natan woo Sabad.
Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad.
37 Sabad woo Efial. Efial woo Obed.
Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed.
38 Obed woo Yehu na Yehu woo Asaria.
Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah.
39 Asaria woo Heles. Heles woo Eleasa.
Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah.
40 Eleasa woo Sisemai na Sisemai woo Salum.
Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum.
41 Salum woo Yekamia, na Yekamia woo Elisama.
Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of 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.
Jerahmeel’s [younger] brother was Caleb. Caleb’s oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.
43 Na Hebron mmammarima yɛ Kora, Tapua, Rekem ne Sema.
Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 Na Sema woo Raham. Raham woo Yorkeam. Na Rekem woo Samai.
Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
45 Na Samai woo Maon. Maon woo Bet-Sur.
Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-Zur.
46 Na Kaleb mpena Efa woo Haran, Mosa ne Gases. Na Haran woo Gases.
Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah’s sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez.
47 Na Yahdai mmammarima yɛ Regem, Yotam, Gesan, Pelet, Efa ne Saaf.
Ephah’s father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of [six sons: ] Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Kaleb mpena foforɔ bi a wɔfrɛ no Maaka woo Seber ne Tirhana.
Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah’s sons were Sheber, 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.
Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
50 Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kaleb asefoɔ. Kaleb yere Efrata abakan Hur mmammarima yɛ Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya
These people were also descendants of Caleb: [Caleb had another wife whose name was] Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started Kiriath-Jearim [city]. Salma started Bethlehem [town]. Hareph started Beth-Gader [town].
51 Salma a ɔyɛ Betlehem agya ne Haref a ɔyɛ Bet-Gader agya.
52 Sobal a ɔyɛ Kiriat-Yearim agya no mmammarima yɛ Haroe a ne fa yɛ Manahatini
Shobal’s descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people-group.
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.
His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath-Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The Zorath and Eshtaol clans were descendants of the Mishra clan.
54 Salma asefoɔ yɛ Betlehem, Netofafoɔ, Atrot-Bet-Yoabfoɔ, Manahatfoɔ fa bi, Sorifoɔ,
Salma’s descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the Atroth-Beth-Joab clan, the other half of the Manahath clan, and the Zor clan.
55 ne atwerɛfoɔ mmusua a wɔte Yabes no, Tirafoɔ, Simeafoɔ ne Sukatfoɔ. Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Kenifoɔ, Hamat a ɔyɛ Rekab agya no asefoɔ.
Salma’s descendants also included the families at Jabez [town] who wrote and copied important documents. These were the Tirath clan, the Shimeath clan, and the Sucath clan. They were all from the Ken people-group who came from Hammath [city], and who had married members of the family [MTY] of Rechab.
