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.
Oluvalo lwaJuda
1 Oluvalo lwaJuda olwo Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur naShobal. 2 Shobal ohe yaReaia, ngoka a vala Jahat, he yaAhumai naLahad, oohekulu yaantu mboka ya kala muSoar.
3-4 Hur okwa li osheelimati shomukulukadhi gwaKaleb, edhina lye Efrata, nahe Kaleb, noluvalo lwe olwo lwa tota po Betlehem. Hur okwa li e na oyanamati yatatu: Etam, Penuel naEzer. Etam okwa li e na oyanamati yatatu: Jesreel, Ishma naIdbash, nomukadhona edhina lye Hezzelponi. Penuel okwa toto po oshilando Gedor, naEser okwa toto po oshilando Husha.
5 Ashhur, ngoka a toto po oshilando Tekoa, okwa li a hokana ombanda, aakadhi oHela naNaara. 6 Oyanamati yawo naNaara oye li yane: Ahusam, Hefer, Temeni naIlaahashtari. 7 Ashhur yo naHela oya li ye na oyanamati yatatu: Zeret, Izhar naEtnan.
8 Koz ohe yaAnub naZobeba nahekulu yomaludhi goluvalo lwa za muAharhel yaHarum.
9 Okwa li ku na omulumentu edhina lye Jabez, ngoka a li a simana mokati kezimo lye. Yina okwe mu luku edhina Jabez, oshoka evalo lye olya li li na oshitheta oshilulu. 10 Jabez okwa galikana Kalunga kaIsrael ta ti: “Kalunga, yambeka ndje, pe ndje evi enene. Kala pungame e to gamene ndje kuuwinayi auhe mboka tau vulu okweetela ndje uuwehame.” Kalunga okwe mu pe shoka i indile.
Omazimo galwe
11 Keleb, mumwayina gwaShuha, okwa li e na omwanamati Mehir, Mehir okwa vala Eshton, 12 ngoka a li e na oyanamati yatatu: Bet Refa, Pasea naTehinna. Tehinna oye a toto po oshilando Ir Nahash. Omaluvalo gaalumentu mbaka oga kala muReka.
13 Kenas okwa li e na oyanamati yaali, Otniel naSeraia. Otniel okwa li e na oyanamati yaali, Hatat naMeonotai. 14 Meonotai okwa li he yaOfra. Seraia ohe yaJoab, omutotipo gwOlusilu lwaaniilonga yiikaha, oshoka oya li aaniilonga ya putuka.
15 Kaleb kaJefunne okwa li e na oyanamati yatatu: Iru, Ela naNaam. Ela ohe yaKenas.
16 Jehallele okwa li e na oyanamati yane: Sif, Sifa, Tiria naAsarel.
17-18 Esra okwa li e na oyanamati yane: Jeter, Mered, Efer naJalon. Mered okwa hokana Bitia, omuna gwokombanda gwomukwaniilwa gwaEgipiti, noya vala omukadhona Miriam naamati yaali, Shammai naIshba. Ishba okwa toto po omukunda Eshtemoa. Mered okwa hokana ishewe omukulukadhi gwomoluvalo lwaJuda, noya vala aamati yatatu. Oyo Jared, omutotipo gwomukunda Gedor; Heber, omutotipo gwomukunda Soko; naJekutiel, omutotipo gwomukunda Sanoa.
19 Hodia okwa hokana omumwayina gwaNaham. Omaluvalo gawo ogo ga za oludhi lwaGarm, ndoka lwa kala momukunda Keila, noludhi lwaMaakat, ndoka lwa kala momukunda Eshtemoa.
20 Shimon okwa li e na oyanamati yane. Oyo Amnon, Rinna, Benhanan naTilon.
Ishi okwa li e na oyanamati yaali, Sohet naBensohet.
Oluvalo lwaShela
21 Shela okwa li gumwe gwomaana yaJuda aamati. Oluvalo lwe olwa kwatelela mo Er, ngoka a toto po omukunda Leka; Laada, omutotipo gwomukunda Maresha; oludhi lwaatungi yoonguwo dholiina, ndoka lwa kala momukunda Bet Ashbea; 22 Jokim naantu mboka ya kala momukunda Kozeba; naJoas naSaraf, ngoka a hokana omukulukadhi Omumoabi e ta kala muBetlehem. (Ohedhi ndjika onkulunkulu.) 23 Oya li aahongi yoombiga miilonga yomukwaniilwa noya li momikunda Netaim naGedera.
Oluvalo lwaSimeon
24 Simeon okwa li e na oyanamati yatano: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Sera naShaul. 25 Omuna gwaShaul oShallum, omutekulu gwe oMibsam nomutekulululwa gwe oMishma. 26 Ano okuza muMishma ompola yoluvalo tayi pitile muHammuel, Sakkur naShimei. 27 Shimei okwa li e na oyanamati omulongo nayahamano naakadhona yahamano, ihe moludhi lwe oluvalo olwa li lwa pumba, nezimo lyaSimeon inali indjipala unene, ngaashi ezimo lyaJuda lya li lyi indjipala.
28 Oya kalele miilando mbika: Beersheba, Molada, Hazarshual, 29 Bilha, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Betuel, Horma, Ziklag, 31 Bet Markabot, Hazarsusim, Betbiri naShaaraim. 32 Oya kala wo momahala galwe: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token naAshan, 33 nomikunda dhe ga kunduka sigo okomukunda Baal. Ngaka ogo omahokololo ye ga pungula gomazimo gawo nomahala moka ya kala.
34-38 Aakuluntu yomaludhi gawo oya li mbaka:
Meshobab, Jamlek, Josha yaAmazia, Joel,
Jehu (yaJoshibia yaSeraia yaAsiel),
Elioenai, Jaakoba, Jeshohaia, Asaia, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaia,
Sisa (yaShifi yaAllon oluvalo lwaJedaia, Shimri naShemaia.)
Molwashoka oluvalo lwawo lwa tsikile talu tana, 39 olwa taandele lwokuuninginino, unene lwokuGedor e taa litha oonzi dhawo lwokuuzilo wolusilu moka mwa kala oshilando shoka. 40 Oyi itsu omaulithilo omawanawa ge na omwiidhi. Oshilongo osha li sha andjuka noshi na ombili. Aantu mboka ya li mo nale, oya li Aakwaham.
41 Muuyuni waHiskia, omukwaniilwa gwaJuda, aantu mboka ya popiwa nale, oya tembukile kuGedor e taa hanagula po ootenda nomatsali gaantu nogAameunite. Oya tidha mo aantu e taa kalelele mo, oshoka okwa li ku na omanapelo ogendji omawanawa goonzi. 42 Iilyo yilwe yezimo lyaSimeon omathele gatano oya yi kuuzilo kuEdom. Oya li taa wilikwa kaana yaIshi: Pelatia, Nearia, Refaia naUssiel. 43 Oya dhipaga Aayamaleki mboka ya hupile ko noya kala moka ndongo onena.
