1 Berɛsosɛm 4
1 Yuda asefoɔ no bi edin de Peres, Hesron, Karmi, Hur ne Sobal.
The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 Sobal babarima Reaia na ɔwoo Yahat. Yahat woo Ahumai ne Lahad. Yeinom na na wɔyɛ Sorafoɔ mmusua.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 Na Etam asefoɔ no ne Yesreel, Yisma, Yidbas, ɛnna Haslelponi a na ɔyɛ ne babaa,
And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:
4 Penuel a na ɔyɛ Gedor agya ne Eser a na ɔyɛ Husa agya. Yeinom na na wɔyɛ Hur a na ɔyɛ Efrata abakan ne Betlehem agya no asefoɔ.
and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 Na Tekoa agya a ne din de Ashur no wɔ yerenom baanu a wɔfrɛ wɔn Hela ne Naara.
And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Naara woo Ahusam, Hefer, Temeni ne Ahastari.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 Hela woo Seret, Sohar, Etnan,
And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 ne Kos a nʼasefoɔ ne Anub, Hasobeba ne Harum babarima Aharhel, Harum ne ne mmusua nyinaa.
And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Na ɔbarima bi wɔ hɔ a wɔfrɛ no Yabes a ɔyɛɛ ɔkɛseɛ sene ne nuammarima nyinaa. Ne maame too no edin Yabes, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnyaa ɔyea wɔ nʼawoɔ mu.
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 Yabes ne obi a ɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ kyerɛɛ Israel Onyankopɔn sɛ, “Ao, hyira me na trɛ mʼahyeɛ mu. Mesrɛ wo, ka me ho wɔ deɛ mɛyɛ biara mu, na yi me firi ɔhaw ne ɔyea nyinaa mu.” Na Onyankopɔn yɛɛ nʼabisadeɛ no maa no.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
11 Suba nuabarima Kelub woo Mehir. Mehir woo Eston.
And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 Eston woo Bet-Rafa, Paseah ne Tehina. Tehina woo Ir-Nahas. Yeinom ne Reka asefoɔ.
And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
13 Kenas mmammarima ne Otniel ne Seraia. Otniel mmammarima ne Hatat ne Meonotai.
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
14 Meonotai woo Ofra. Na Seraia woo Yoab a ɔhyɛɛ Adwumfoɔ Bɔnhwa ase, ɛfiri sɛ, na adwumfoɔ pii tete hɔ.
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 Na Yefune babarima Kaleb mmammarima yɛ Iru, Ela ne Naam. Na Ela babarima yɛ Kenas.
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
16 Yehalelel mmammarima ne Sif ne Sifa, Tiria ne Asarel.
And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Ɛsra mmammarima yɛ Yeter, Mered, Efer ne Yalon. Mered waree Misraimni baa ma ɔwoo Miriam, Samai ne Yisba a ɔbɛyɛɛ Estemoa agya no.
And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Mered nso waree ɔbaa a ɔfiri 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 Bitia a na ɔyɛ Misraimhene babaa.
And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19 Na Hodia yere yɛ Naham nuabaa. Ne mmammarima no mu baako na ɔwoo Keila a ɔyɛ Garmini na ɔbaako nso woo Estemoa a ɔyɛ Maakatni.
And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 Simon mmammarima ne Amnon, Rina, Ben-Hanan ne Tilon. Na Yisi asefoɔ no ne Sohet ne Ben-Sohet.
And the sons of Shimon; Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi; Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 Na Sela yɛ Yuda mma no mu baako. Na Sela asefoɔ no ne Er a ɔwoo Leka, Lada a ɔwoo Maresa a na wɔyɛ nweratam ho adwuma wɔ Bet-Asbea,
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah; Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
22 Yokim, Koseba mmarima, Yoas, ne Saraf a na wɔdi Moab ne Yasubi-Lehem so no. Saa edin yi nyinaa, wɔnya firii tete atwerɛ a na wɔatwerɛ agu hɔ mu.
and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.
23 Na wɔyɛ nkukuonwomfoɔ a na wɔte Netaim ne Gedera. Na wɔn nyinaa yɛ nnwuma ma ɔhene.
These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 Na Simeon mmammarima no edin de Nemuel, Yamin, Yarib, Serah ne Saulo.
The sons of Simeon; Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul:
25 Na Saulo asefoɔ yɛ Salum, Mibsam ne Misma.
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 Na Misma asefoɔ yɛ Hamuel, Sakur ne Simei.
And the sons of Mishma; Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
27 Simei woo mmammarima dunsia ne mmammaa baasia. Ne nuammarima no deɛ, na wɔn mu biara nni abusua kɛseɛ saa. Ɛno enti, Simeon abusua annɔre te sɛ Yuda abusua no.
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 Wɔtenaa Beer-Seba, Molada ne Hasar-Sual,
And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;
29 Bilha, Esem ne Tolad,
and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad;
30 Betuel, Horma ne Siklag,
and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag;
31 Bet-Markabot, Hasar-Susim, Bet-Biri ne Saaraim. Na saa nkuro yi nyinaa hyɛɛ wɔn ase kɔsii ɔhene Dawid berɛ so.
and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32 Wɔn asefoɔ nso tenaa Etam, Ain, Rimon, Token ne Asan a ɛyɛ nkurotoɔ enum yi so,
And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
33 ne ne nkuraaseɛ a atwa ho ahyia no kɔsii Baal. Na wɔn atenaeɛ nie, na wɔahyehyɛ saa edin yi nyinaa wɔ wɔn abusuadua nkrataa mu.
and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
34 Wɔn a wɔka Simeon asefoɔ ho no bi nso ne Mesobab, Yamlek ne Amasia babarima Yosa,
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
35 Yoɛl, Yosibia babarima Yehu a ɔyɛ Seraia babarima, na ɔno nso yɛ Asiel babarima,
and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
36 Elioenai, Yaakoba, Yesohaia, Asaia, Adiel, Yesimiel ne Benaia,
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
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 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 Edin a yɛabobɔ yi yɛ ntuanofoɔ a wɔdeda Simeon mmusuakuo a wɔyɛ adefoɔ no ano no bi.
these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
39 Wɔkɔɔ Gedor fam a na ɛwɔ bɔnhwa no apueeɛ fam sɛ wɔrekɔpɛ asase pa ama wɔn mmoa adidi so.
And they went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 Wɔnyaa mmoa adidibea pa wɔ hɔ. Na asase no so dwo na basabasayɛ biara nni hɔ. Na Ham asefoɔ no bi akɔtena Gedor fa mu hɔ dada.
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
41 Yudahene Hesekia ɛberɛ so no, Simeon ntuanofoɔ no ko dii hɔ so, sɛee Ham ne Maonfoɔ afie pasaa. Wɔkumm obiara a na ɔte hɔ, faa asase no, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔpɛ sɛ wɔnya mmoa didibea pa no.
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 Akofoɔ no mu ahanum a wɔfiri Simeon abusuakuo mu no kɔɔ bepɔ Seir so, a na Pelatia, Nearia, Refaia ne Usiel a wɔn nyinaa yɛ Yisi mmammarima no na na wɔdi wɔn anim.
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir; having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 Amalekfoɔ kakra a wɔkaeɛ no, wɔkunkumm wɔn nyinaa, faa hɔ, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there, unto this day.
