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.
The Descendants of Judah
1 These are some of the descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Shobal was the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath, the father of Ahumai and Lahad, the ancestors of the people who lived in Zorah.
3-4 Hur was the oldest son of his father Caleb's wife Ephrath, and his descendants founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had three sons: Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam had three sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and one daughter, Hazzelelponi. Penuel founded the city of Gedor, and Ezer founded Hushah.
5 Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 He and Naarah had four sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 7 Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum.
9 There was a man named Jabez, who was the most respected member of his family. His mother had given him the name Jabez, because his birth had been very painful. 10 But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain.” And God gave him what he prayed for.
Other Family Lists
11 Caleb, the brother of Shuhah, had a son, Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton, 12 who had three sons: Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the founder of the city of Nahash. The descendants of these men lived in Recah.
13 Kenaz had two sons, Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel also had two sons, Hathath and Meonothai. 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of Handcraft Valley, where all the people were skilled workers.
15 Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And Elah was the father of Kenaz.
16 Jehallelel had four sons: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17-18 Ezrah had four sons: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, a daughter of the king of Egypt, and they had a daughter, Miriam, and two sons, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah founded the town of Eshtemoa. Mered also married a woman from the tribe of Judah, and they had three sons: Jered, who founded the town of Gedor; Heber, founder of the town of Soco; and Jekuthiel, founder of the town of Zanoah.
19 Hodiah married the sister of Naham. Their descendants founded the clan of Garm, which lived in the town of Keilah, and the clan of Maacath, which lived in the town of Eshtemoa.
20 Shimon had four sons: Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.
Ishi had two sons: Zoheth and Benzoheth.
The Descendants of Shelah
21 Shelah was one of Judah's sons. His descendants included Er, who founded the town of Lecah; Laadah, founder of the town of Mareshah; the clan of linen weavers, who lived in the town of Beth Ashbea; 22 Jokim and the people who lived in the town of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who married Moabite women and then settled in Bethlehem. (These traditions are very old.) 23 They were potters in the service of the king and lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah.
The Descendants of Simeon
24 Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25 Shaul's son was Shallum, his grandson was Mibsam, and his great-grandson was Mishma. 26 Then from Mishma the line descended through Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his relatives had fewer children, and the tribe of Simeon did not grow as much as the tribe of Judah did.
28 Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. 32 They also lived in five other places: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, 33 and the surrounding villages, as far southwest as the town of Baalath. These are the records which they kept of their families and of the places where they lived.
34-38 The following men were the heads of their clans:
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel,Jehu (the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel),Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,Ziza (the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, a descendant of Jedaiah, Shimri, and Shemaiah).Because their families continued to grow, 39 they spread out westward almost to Gerar and pastured their sheep on the eastern side of the valley in which that city is located. 40 They found plenty of fertile pasture lands there in a stretch of open country that was quiet and peaceful. The people who had lived there before were Hamites.
41 In the time of King Hezekiah of Judah, the men named above went to Gerar and destroyed the tents and huts of the people who lived there. They drove the people out and settled there permanently because there was plenty of pasture for their sheep. 42 Five hundred other members of the tribe of Simeon went east to Edom. They were led by the sons of Ishi: Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel. 43 There they killed the surviving Amalekites, and they have lived there ever since.
