Zwizekugwana zwa Juda
1 Aba ndibo bakololo ba Iziraela: Rubheni na Simiyoni na Levi na Juda na Isakari na Zebuluni 2 na Dani na Josefa na Bhenjamini na Nafutali na Gadi na Asheri.
3 Bakololo ba Juda bakabe bali bo Eri na Onani na Shela, butatu gwabo bakabe bazwagwa ne nkadzi we Nkanana ali nkololokadzi wa Shua. Mbano ya Juda Eri, wakabe ali mbiimbi kwazo mbeli kwa Yahwe ngono bakambulaya. 4 Nlongo uwe Tama kan'wanila Perezi na Zera. Ndizo Juda kabe ne bakololo bali bashanu.
5 Bakololo ba Perezi bakabe bali bo Hezironi na Hamuli. 6 Bakololo ba Zera bakabe bali bo Zimiri na Ethani na Hemani na Khalikholi na Dara bose bose bakabe bali bashanu. 7 Bakololo ba Khami bakabe bali bo Akhari wakazhisa phipiti mu Iziraela ngotola zwimwe zwija zwabakabe badwiwa kuti basizwitole zwakabe zwapiwa Ndzimu.
8 Etani nkololo uwe wakabe ali Azariya.
Ludzi gwa Mambo Dafite
9 Bakololo ba Hezironi bakabe bali bo Jerahemele na Rama na Khelubai. 10 Rama wakabe ali tate ba Aminadabu, Aminadabu iye ali tate ba Nahishoni ntungamili we bathu be Juda. 11 Nahishoni wakabe ali tate ba Salima na Salima ali tate ba Bhoazi, 12 Bhoazi wakabe ali tate ba Obedi, Obedi ali tate ba Jesi. 13 Jesi wakabe ali tate ba Eliyabu, Eliyabu wakabe ali iye mbano, thobeledzi iye ali Abinadabu thobeledzi iye ali Shimeya, 14 thobeledzi iye ali Nethanele thobeledzi iye ali Radayi, 15 thobeledzi iye ali Ozemu kologwe ili Dafite. 16 Hazwadzi dzabo dzakabe dzili bo Zeruya na Abigali. Zeruya wakabe ne bakololo bali batatu Abishayi na Joabu na Asahele. 17 Abigali iye kazwala Amasa tate babe bali Jetheri we N'shimaeli.
Zwizekugwana zwa Hezironi
18 Khalebu nkololo wa Hezironi kalobola Azuba ngono bakawana nkololokadzi edang'wa Jerioti, bakololo babe ibo bakabe bali bo Jesheri na Shobabu na Aridoni. 19 Kwakati Azuba asinofa Khalebu kalobola Efurati iye kanzwalila Huri. 20 Huri wakabe ali tate ba Uri, Uri ali tate ba Bhezaleli.
21 Shule kwa ipapo Hezironi wakati abe makole ali makumi ali matathatu (60) kalobola nkololokadzi wa Makhiri tate ba Giliyadi ngono bakazwala Segubu. 22 Segubu iye wakabe ali tate ba Jairi. Jairi wakabe ana mizi mikulu ili makumi mabili ana ili mitatu (23) mu shango ye Giliyadi. 23 Koga Geshuri na Aramu bakatapa Havoti Jairi ne Kenati ne mizana yawo ili makumi ali matathatu (60). Bose ibaba bakabe bali zwizekugwana zwa Makhiri tate ba Giliyadi. 24 Kwakati shule kwe lufu gwa Hezironi, Khalebu kawalilana na Efurati nkadzi wa tate babe ngono iye kanzwalila nkololo edang'wa Ashuri tate ba Tekowa.
Zwizekugwana zwa Jerahemele
25 Bakololo ba Jerahemele wakabe ali mbano ya Hezironi bakabe bali bo Rama, Rama ali mbano kutobeledza Bhuna na Oreni na Ozemu na Ahija. 26 Jerahemele wakabe ana mmwe nkadzi zina lile kuyi Atara. Atara wakabe ali mme ba Onami. 27 Bakololo ba Rama mbano ya Jerahemele bakabe bali bo Maazi na Jamini na Ekeri. 28 Bakololo ba Onami bakabe bali bo Shamai na Jada. Bakololo ba Shamai bakabe bali bo Nadabu na Abishuri. 29 Nkadzi wa Abishuri wakabe ali Abihaile ngono iye kanzwalila Ahabhani na Molidi. 30 Bakololo ba Nadabu bakabe bali bo Seledi na Afaimu ngono Seledi kafa asina mwana. 31 Nkololo wa Afaimu wakabe ali Ishi. Nkololo wa Ishi wakabe ali Sheshani. Nkololo wa Sheshani wakabe ali Ahalai. 32 Bakololo ba Jada hama ya Shamai wakabe ana bakololo bali babili Jetheri na Jonatani koga Jetheri kafa asina bana. 33 Bakololo ba Jonatani bakabe bali bo Peleti na Zaza. Bose ibaba bakabe bali zwizekugwana zwa Jerahemele. 34 Sheshani wakabe ana bakololokadzi koga asina bakololo ngono kabe ana nlandalume we N'egipiti edang'wa Jariha. 35 Ndizo Sheshani kalobodza nkololokadzi uwe nlanda uwe Jariha ibo bakawana nkololo edang'wa Atai. 36 Atai kazwala Nathani, Nathani kazwala Zabadi, 37 Zabadi kazwala Efelali, Efelali kazwala Obedi, 38 Obedi kazwala Jehu, Jehu kazwala Azariya, 39 Azariya kazwala Helezi, Helezi kazwala Eleasa, 40 Eleasa kazwala Sisimai, Sisimai kazwala Shalumu, 41 Shalumu kazwala Jekamiya, Jekamiya kazwala Elishama.
Zwizekugwana zwimwe zwa Khalebu
42 Bakololo ba Khalebu nnung'una wa Jerahemele kwakabe kuli Mesha ali mbano, Mesha wakabe ali tate ba Zifi, thobeledzi ya Mesha wakabe ali Mareshahi, Mareshahi ali tate ba Heburoni. 43 Bakololo ba Heburoni bakabe bali bo Kora na Tapuwa na Rekemu na Shema. 44 Shema wakabe ali tate ba Rahamu, Rahamu ali tate ba Jokeamu. Rekemu wakabe ali tate ba Shamai. 45 Shamai wakabe ali tate ba Maoni, Maoni iye ali tate ba Bhetizuri. 46 Khalebu wakabe ana mmwe nkadzi edang'wa Efa, Efa wakabe ali mme ba Harani na Moza na Gazezi. Harani wakabe ali tate ba Gazezi. 47 Bakololo ba Jahadayi bakabe bali bo Regemu na Jothamu na Geshani na Peleti na Efa na Shaafa. 48 Khalebu wakabe ana mmwe nkadzi edang'wa Maaka. Maaka wakabe ali mme ba Sheberi na Tirihana 49 na Shaafa, Shaafa ali tate ba Madimana na Sheva, Sheva ali tate ba Makibhena na Gibiya. Khalebu wakabe ana nkololokadzi edang'wa Akasa. 50 Bose ibaba bakabe bali zwizekugwana zwa Khalebu.
Huri wakabe ali iye mbano ya Khalebu ne nkadzi uwe Efurati. Shobali ndiye wakasika Kiriatijearimu, 51 nkololo uwe we bubili Salima iye kasika Bhetelehema, Harefi ali we butatu iye kasika Bhetigaderi. 52 Zwizekugwana zwa Shobali iye bhalule le Kiriatijearimu bakabe bali bo Haroye ne gwamu le bagali be Menuhoti. 53 Njudzi dze Kiriatijearimu dzakabe dzili sahwoku: Ludzi gwe Baitiri ne gwe Baphuti ne gwe Bashumati ne gwe Misharayiti, mu bali kuna Bazora ne Baeshitaoli. 54 Bakololo ba Salima bakabe bali bo Bhetelehema ne bathu be Banetofa ne Atiroti Beti Joabu ne Bazori be gwamu gwe ludzi gwa Manahati. 55 Njudzi dze bakwali bakabe begala ku Jabezi bakabe bali Batiratite ne Bashimeatite ne Basukatite. Ibaba bakabe bali Bakeni bakabe bedwa ku Hamati nsholo we nsha we Barekabi.
The Descendants of Judah
1 Jacob had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His oldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him. 4 By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.
5 Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul. 6 His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. 7 Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.
8 Ethan had one son, Azariah.
The Family Tree of King David
9 Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
10 The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah), 11 Salmon, Boaz, 12 Obed, and Jesse.
13 Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah, 14 Nethanel, Raddai, 15 Ozem, and David. 16 He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.
Jesse's daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.
The Descendants of Hezron
18 Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur. 20 Hur's son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.
21 When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub, 22 and Segub had a son named Jair. Jair ruled twenty-three cities in the territory of Gilead. 23 But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered sixty towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns nearby. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. 24 After Hezron died, his son Caleb married Ephrath, his father's widow. They had a son named Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa.
The Descendants of Jerahmeel
25 Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, had five sons: Ram, the oldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26-27 Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. Jerahmeel had another wife, a woman named Atarah, and they had a son, Onam. 28 Onam had two sons, Shammai and Jada, and Shammai also had two sons, Nadab and Abishur.
29 Abishur married a woman named Abihail, and they had two sons, Ahban and Molid. 30 Abishur's brother Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without having any sons. 31 Appaim was the father of Ishi, Ishi was the father of Sheshan, and Sheshan the father of Ahlai.
32 Jada, the brother of Shammai, had two sons, Jether and Jonathan, but Jether died without having any sons. 33 Jonathan had two sons, Peleth and Zaza. All these were descendants of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha, 35 to whom he gave one of his daughters in marriage. They had a son named Attai. 36 The family line from Attai to Elishama is as follows: Attai, Nathan, Zabad, 37 Ephlal, Obed, 38 Jehu, Azariah, 39 Helez, Eleasah, 40 Sismai, Shallum, 41 Jekamiah, and Elishama.
Other Descendants of Caleb
42 The oldest son of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, was named Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, who was the father of Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron. 43 Hebron had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem, Shema's brother, was the father of Shammai, 45 who was the father of Maon, who was the father of Bethzur.
46 Caleb had a concubine named Ephah, and by her he had three more sons: Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.
( 47 A man named Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.)
48 Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who bore him two sons, Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah; and Shevah, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea.
In addition, Caleb had a daughter named Achsah.
50 The following are also descendants of Caleb.
Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal founded Kiriath Jearim, 51 his second son Salma founded Bethlehem, and his third son Hareph founded Bethgader.
52 Shobal, the founder of Kiriath Jearim, was the ancestor of the people of Haroeh, of half the inhabitants of Menuhoth, 53 and of the following clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol were members of these clans.)
54 Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, was the ancestor of the people of Netophath, of Atroth Beth Joab, and of the Zorites, who were one of the two clans in Manahath.
( 55 The following clans of experts in writing and copying documents lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Kenites who had intermarried with the Rechabites.)