The Descendants of Judah
1 Judah was the father of five sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Shobal was the father of Reaiah, the grandfather of Jahath, and the great-grandfather of Ahumai and Lahad. These men all belonged to the Zorathite clan.
3-4 Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and Ephrath. Some of his descendants settled the town of Bethlehem. Hur's other descendants included Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam's sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and his daughter was Hazzelelponi. Penuel settled the town of Gedor, and Ezer settled the town of Hushah.
5 Ashhur, who settled the town of Tekoa, had two wives: Helah and Naarah. 6 Ashhur and Naarah were the parents of Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 7 Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 Koz, the father of Anub and Zobebah, was also the ancestor of the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 Jabez was a man who got his name because of the pain he caused his mother during birth. But he was still the most respected son in his family. 10 One day he prayed to Israel's God, “Please bless me and give me a lot of land. Be with me so I will be safe from harm.” And God did just what Jabez had asked.
11 Chelub was the brother of Shuhah and the father of Mehir. Later, Mehir had a son, Eshton, 12 whose three sons were Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. It was Tehinnah who settled the town of Nahash. These men and their families lived in the town of Recah.
13 Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel had two sons: Hathath and Meonothai, 14 who was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, who settled a place called “Valley of Crafts” because the people who lived there were experts in making things.
15 Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah was the father of Kenaz.
16 Jehallelel was the father of Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17-18 Ezrah was the father of Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered was married to Bithiah the daughter of the king of Egypt. They had a daughter named Miriam and two sons: Shammai and Ishbah. It was Ishbah who settled the town of Eshtemoa. Mered was also married to a woman from the tribe of Judah, and their sons were Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered settled the town of Gedor; Heber settled the town of Soco; and Jekuthiel settled the town of Zanoah.
19 A man named Hodiah was married to the sister of Naham. Hodiah's descendants included Keilah of the Garmite clan and Eshtemoa of the Maacathite clan.
20 Shimon was the father of Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.
Ishi was the father of Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21-22 Judah also had a son named Shelah, whose descendants included Jokim and the people of the town of Cozeba, as well as Er who settled the town of Lecah and Laadah who settled the town of Mareshah. The people who lived in Beth-Ashbea were also descendants of Shelah, and they were experts in weaving cloth. Shelah was the ancestor of Joash and Saraph, two men who married Moabite women and then settled near Bethlehem —but these family records are very old. 23 The members of these clans were the potters who lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
The Descendants of Simeon
24 Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25 The descendants of Shaul included his son Shallum, his grandson Mibsam, and his great-grandson Mishma. 26 The descendants of Mishma included his son Hammuel, his grandson Zaccur, and his great-grandson Shimei. 27 Shimei had 16 sons and 6 daughters. But his brothers did not have as many children, so the Simeon tribe was smaller than the Judah tribe.
28-31 Before David became king, the people of the Simeon tribe lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. 32 They also lived in the five villages of Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, 33 as well as in the nearby villages as far as the town of Baal. These are the places where Simeon's descendants had settled, according to their own family records.
34-38 As their families and clans became larger, the people of Simeon had the following leaders: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu, Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. 39 When the people needed more pastureland for their flocks and herds, they looked as far as the eastern side of the valley where the town of Gerar is located, 40 and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites, 41 but when Hezekiah was king of Judah, the descendants of Simeon attacked and forced the Hamites and Meunites off the land, then settled there.
42 Some time later, 500 men from the Simeon tribe went into Edom under the command of Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi. 43 They killed the last of the Amalekites and lived there from then on.
Oludalo laJuda
1 Ovana ovamati vaJuda ovava: Peres, Hesron naKarmi naHur naSobal. 2 Ndele Reaja yaSobal okwa dala Jahat, naJahat okwa dala Ahumai naLahad. Olo hano oludi lOvasorati.
3 Ndele ovana ovamati vaEtam ovava: Jisreel naJisma naJidbas. Nedina lomumwaina womukainhu ola li Hasselelponi. 4 Ndele Penuel okwa dala Gedor, naEser okwa dala Husa. Ovo hano ovana ovamati vaHur, oshiveli shaEfrata, xe yaBetlehem.
5 Ndele Ashur, xe yaTekoa, okwa li e novalikadi vavali, Helea naNaara. 6 Ndele Naara okwe mu dalela Ahussam naHefer naTemen naAhastar. Ovo hano ovana ovamati vaNaara. 7 Novana ovamati vaHelea ovava: Seret, Ishar naEtnan. 8 Ndele Kos okwa dala Anub naHassobeba noludi lOvaaharhel omona omumati waHarum.
9 Ndele Jabes okwa li a fimana komesho yovamwaina. Ndele ina okwe mu luka Jabes ta ti: Ame nde mu dala nouyehame. 10 Ndele Jabes okwa ifana Kalunga kaIsrael ndele ta ti: “Ngeno u nangeke nge ndele u tandavelife oshitukulwalongo shange; ngeno omake oye a kale pamwe naame ndele u amene nge kowii, opo ndiha hangike komahepeko!” Ndele Kalunga okwa wanifa eindilo laye.
11 Ndele Kelub, omumwaina waSuha, okwa dala Mehir. Oye okwa dala Eston. 12 Ndele Eston okwa dala Bet-Rafa naPaseah naTehinna, xe yoshilando shaNahas. Ovo hano ovalumenhu vaReha.
13 Novana ovamati vaKenas ovava: Otniel naSeraja. Novana ovamati vaOtniel: Hatat naMeonotai.
14 Ndele Meonotai okwa dala Ofra, naSeraja okwa dala Joab, xe Geharasim, osheshi vo va li ovahambwidi.
15 Novana ovamati vaKaleb yaJefunne ovava: Iru, Ela naNaam. Nomona omumati waEla: Kenas.
16 Novana ovamati vaJehalleleel ovava: Sif naSifa, Tireja naAsareel. 17 Novana ovamati vaEsra ovava: Jeter naMered naEfer naJalon. Novana ovamati vaBitja, omona okakadona kaFarao, ou a hombolwa kuMered. Ye okwa ninga oufimba nokwa dala: Mirjam naSammai naJisbag, xe yaEstemoa. 18 Nomwalikadi waye Omujuda okwa dala: Jered, xe yaGedor, naEber, xe yaSoko, naJekutiel, xe yaSanoa.
19 Novana ovamati vomwalikadi waHodia, omumwaina omukainhu waNaham, xe yaKeila, okwa li Omugarmi naEstemoa, okwa li Omumaakati.
20 Novana ovamati vaSimon ovava: Amnon naRinna, Ben-Hanan naTilon. Novana ovamati vaJisei va li Sohet naBen-Sohet. 21 Ovana ovamati vaShela yaJuda ovava: Er, xe yaLega, naLaeda, xe yaMaresa, nomapata ovatungi voshiyata sholiina wokuBetAsbea. 22 Natango Jokim novalumenhu vokuKoseba naJoas naSaraf, ovo va pangela Moab nova alukile kuBetlehem. Ndelenee omahepaululo aa omakulu. 23 Vo ova li ovahongi voiyuma noonakukala muNetaim nomuGedera. Oko va kala pohamba ndele ve i longela.
Oludalo laSimeon
24 Ovana ovamati vaSimeon ovava: Nemuel naJamin, Jarib, Sera naSaul. 25 Omona waye omumati Sallum. Omona waye Mibsam. Omona waye Misma. 26 Novana ovamati vaMisma ovava: Omona waye Hammuel, omona waye Sakkur, nomona waye Simei. 27 Ndele Simei okwa li e novana ovamati omulongo navahamano noukadona vahamano. Ndelenee ovamwaina vovalumenhu va li vehe novana ovamati vahapu. Nepata lavo alishe inali hapupala ngaashi ovana ovamati vaJuda. 28 Ndele vo ova kala muBerseba nomuMolada nomuHasar-Sual, 29 nomuBilha nomuEsem nomuTolad 30 nomuBetuel nomuHorma nomuSiklag 31 nomuBet-Markabot nomuHasar-Susim, nomuBet-Birei nomuSaaraim. Oyo hano oilando yavo fiyo David a ninga ohamba. 32 Nomikunda davo da li: Etam naAin, Rimmon naTogen naAsan, omikunda nhano. 33 Nomikunda davo adishe odo da kunghula oilando oyo, fiyo okuBaal. Odo hano da li eenhele dokukala kwavo, ndele vo va li ve nembo leshikulafano lomapata avo.
34 Novakwao: Mesobab naJamleh naJosa, ovana ovamati vaAmasia, 35 naJoel naJehu, ovana ovamati vaJosibja, omona waSeraja, nomona waAsiel, 36 naEljoenai naJaakoba naJesohaja naAsaja naAdiel naJesimiel naBenaja 37 naSisa, omona waSifei yaAllon yaJedaja yaSimri yaShemaia. 38 Omadina a ava a tumbulwa apa, va li ovakulunhu vomapata avo, nomapata avo a hapupala unene. 39 Ndele vo ova ya fiyo okomhito yokuya kuGedor, fiyo okoushilo wefilu, va ka konge oulifilo woimuna yavo. 40 Ndele va mona oulifilo muwa mutalala, noshilongo ashishe sha li sha tamunuka keembinga adishe, sha mwena shi nombili, osheshi ovanhu ovo va kala ko nale ova li Ovaham. 41 Ndele ovo omadina avo a tumbulwa apa, ove uya pomafiku aHiskia, ohamba yaJuda, va nangala omatwali avo ndele va taataa Ovameunim ovo va li ko. Ndele ve va mana po sheke fiyo onena eli. Ndele va nangala onhele yavo. Osheshi oko kwa li oulifilo woimuna yavo. 42 Ndele muvo nokutya, mepata laSimeon, mwa dja ovalumenhu omafele atano va ya keemhunda daSeir. Ndele Pelatja naNearja naRefaja naUsiel, ovana vaJisei, ve va kwatela komesho. 43 Ndele vo ova dipaa oshixupe shovaxupifwa vomuAmalek, ndele va kala ko fiyo onena eli.
