1 Berɛsosɛm 5
1 Na Israel babarima panin ne Ruben. Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ wammu nʼagya, na ɔne nʼagya mpenafoɔ no mu baako kɔdaeɛ no enti, ɔde nʼabakanyɛ maa ne nua Yosef mmammarima. Esiane saa asɛm yi enti, wɔamfa Ruben din anka abusuadua no ho sɛ abakan.
The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright.
2 Yuda asefoɔ na wɔyɛɛ abusuakuo a wɔwɔ tumi pa ara, ne saa enti wɔyii ɔman no sodifoɔ firi wɔn mu, nanso, mpaninnie no deɛ, na ɛyɛ Yosef dea.
For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)
3 Israel abakan Ruben no mmammarima ne: Hanok, Palu, Hesron ne Karmi.
The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 Yoɛl asefoɔ ne Semaia, Gog, Simei,
The sonnes of Ioel, Shemaiah his sonne, Gog his sonne, and Shimei his sonne,
5 Mika, Reaia, Baal,
Michah his sonne, Reaiah his sonne, and Baal his sonne,
6 ne Beera. Ɛberɛ a Asiriahene Tilgat-Pilneser de Rubenfoɔ kɔɔ nnommumfa mu no, Beera na na ɔdi Rubenfoɔ no anim.
Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath Pilneeser King of Asshur caryed away: he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 Wɔatwerɛ Beera nkurɔfoɔ din sɛdeɛ wɔn mmusua ne abusua no teɛ: Yeiel ne wɔn ntuanoni, ɛnna Sakaria
And when his brethren in their families rekoned the genealogie of their generations, Ieiel and Zechariah were the chiefe,
8 ne Asas babarima Bela a ɔyɛ Sema babarima a ɔyɛ Yoɛl babarima. Saa Rubenfoɔ yi tenaa beaeɛ a ɛfiri Aroer de kɔsi Nebo ne Baal-Meon.
And Bela the sonne of Azaz, the sonne of Shema, the sonne of Ioel, which dwelt in Aroer, euen vnto Nebo and Baal meon.
9 Esiane sɛ na wɔwɔ anantwie bebree wɔ Gilead asase so no enti, wɔdidi kɔɔ apueeɛ fam wɔ anweatam a ɛtrɛ kɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate no ho.
Also Eastwarde he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes from the riuer Perath for they had much cattel in the land of Gilead.
10 Ɔhene Saulo pɛn so, Rubenfoɔ dii Hagarfoɔ so nkonim wɔ ɔko mu. Enti, wɔtu kɔɔ Hagarfoɔ atenaeɛ a ɛwɔ Gilead apueeɛ fam hɔ no.
And in the dayes of Saul they warred with the Hagarims, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tentes in all the East partes of Gilead.
11 Basan asase so no, na Gad asefoɔ na wɔtete asase a ɛdi Rubenfoɔ deɛ no so. Wɔtrɛ kɔɔ apueeɛ fam kɔsii Saleka.
And the children of Gad dwelt ouer against them in the land of Bashan, vnto Salchah.
12 Na Yoɛl na ɔtua wɔn ano wɔ Basan asase so. Na Safam, Yanai ne Safat yɛ nʼaboafoɔ.
Ioel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Iaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 Na wɔn abusuafoɔ a wɔyɛ ntuanofoɔ ma mmusua afoforɔ nson din ne: Mikael, Mesulam, Seba, Yorai, Yakan, Sia ne Eber.
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.
14 Yeinom nyinaa yɛ Huri babarima Abihail a ɔyɛ Yaroa babarima, Gilead babarima, Mikael babarima, Yesisai babarima Yahdo babarima, Bus babarima.
These are the childre of Abihail, the sonne of Huri, the sonne of Iaroah, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Michael, the sonne of Ieshishai, the sonne of Iahdo, the sonne of Buz.
15 Abdiel babarima Ahi, Guni babarima no na na ɔyɛ wɔn mmusua no ntuanoni.
Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni was chiefe of the houshold of their fathers.
16 Gadfoɔ no tenaa Gilead asase a ɛwɔ Basan ne ne nkuraaseɛ ne Saron tata no nyinaa so.
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in the townes thereof, and in all the suburbes of Sharon by their borders.
17 Yudahene Yotam ne Israelhene Yeroboam ɛberɛ so na wɔtwerɛɛ yeinom nyinaa guu abusuadua nkrataa mu.
All these were rekoned by genealogies in the dayes of Iotham King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam King of Israel.
18 Na akofoɔ akɛseɛ a wɔwɔ Ruben, Gad mmusua ne Manase abusua fa mu no ano si ɔpeduanan ɛnan ahanson ne aduosia. Wɔkurakura akokyɛm, akofena ne agyan, na wɔn nyinaa akwadare wɔ akodie mu.
The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.
19 Wɔko tiaa Hagarfoɔ, Yeturfoɔ, Nafisfoɔ ne Nodabfoɔ.
And they made warre with the Hagarims, with Ietur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 Wɔsu frɛɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ ɔko no mu, na ɔtiee wɔn mpaeɛbɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔde wɔn ho too no so. Enti, wɔdii Hagarfoɔ no ne wɔn dɔm nyinaa so nkonim.
And they were holpen against them, and the Hagarims were deliuered into their hande, and all that were with them: for they cryed to God in the battel, and he heard them, because they trusted in him.
21 Asadeɛ a wɔfa firii Hagarfoɔ no nkyɛn no yɛ nyoma ɔpeduonum, nnwan ɔpehanu aduonum, mfunumu mpenu ne nneduafoɔ ɔpeha.
And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, and fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.
22 Wɔkunkumm Hagarfoɔ no bebree ɔko no mu, ɛfiri sɛ, na Onyankopɔn reko tia wɔn. Enti, wɔtenaa wɔn asase so, kɔsii sɛ wɔtwaa wɔn asuo.
For many fel downe wounded, because the warre was of God. And they dwelt in their steads vntill the captiuitie.
23 Manase abusua fa no trɛɛ wɔ asase no so firi Basan kɔsii Baal-Hermon, Senir ne bepɔ Hermon ho. Na wɔdɔɔso yie.
And the children of the halfe tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Baashan vnto Baal Hermon, and Senir, and vnto mount Hermon: for they increased.
24 Yeinom ne wɔn mmusua no ntuanofoɔ: Efer, Yisi, Eliel, Asriel, Yeremia, Hodawia ne Yahdiel. Na wɔn mu biara agye edin sɛ ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ ne ɔkandifoɔ.
And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.
25 Nanso, na wɔnni nokorɛ, na wɔbuu wɔn agyanom ne Onyankopɔn apam no so. Wɔsomm aman a Onyankopɔn sɛee wɔn no anyame.
But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.
26 Enti, Israel Onyankopɔn de hyɛɛ Asiriahene Pul (a na wɔsane frɛ no Tiglat-Pileser) akoma mu sɛ ɔnko mfa asase no, na ɔnkyekyere Rubenfoɔ, Gadfoɔ ne Manasefoɔ abusua fa sɛ nneduafoɔ. Asiariafoɔ no twaa wɔn asuo kɔɔ Halah, Habor, Hara ne Asubɔnten Gosan ho a wɔda so te hɔ bɛsi ɛnnɛ.
And the God of Israel stirred vp the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirite of Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur, and he caryed them away: euen the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh, and brought them vnto Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to the riuer Gozan, vnto this day.
