Zwizekugwana zwa Juda
1 Bakololo ba Juda bakabe bali bo Perezi na Hezironi na Khami na Huri na Shobali. 2 Shobali wakabe ali tate ba Reya, Reya ali tate ba Jahati, Jahati ali tate ba Ahumayi na Lehadi. Ibaba bakabe bali be ludzi gwe Bazora. 3 Aba bakabe bali bakololo ba Etamu, ibo bakabe bali bo Jezirele na Ishima na Idibashi. Hazwadzi yabo wakabe ali Hazeleliponi. 4 Penuele wakabe ali tate ba Gedori, Ezeri ali tate ba Hushahi. Ibaba bakabe bali zwizekugwana zwa Huri mbano ya Efurati iye wakasika Bhetelehema. 5 Ashuhuri iye wakasika nzi we Tekowa wakabe ana bakadzi babili Hela na Naara. 6 Naara kazwala Ahuzamu na Heferi na Temeni na Haahashitari. Ibaba bose bakololo ba Naara. 7 Bakololo ba Hela bakabe bali bo Zereti na Izhari na Etinani. 8 Kozi wakabe ali tate ba Anubu na Zobeba ne njudzi dze nkololo wa Harumi. 9 Kwakabe kuna nlume wakabe etolegwa pezhugwi muna bakanyi kukwe kuyi Jabezi. Mmeyabe bakabe bampa zina beti Jabezi bedwa kuti bakantshibama bali mu zwibhayo zwikulu. 10 Jabezi wakalila ku Ndzimu we Iziraela eti, “Ungati munga ndikombolela mukatalabudza ntuthu wangu! Ibeni nami, mundibakilile mu mbatsha kuti ndizo ndisibe mu tjimwe tjinga ndihwisa zogwadza.” Ngono Ndzimu ukampa tjaakabe ekumbila.
Be njudzi dzimwe
11 Khelubu nnung'una wa Shuha wakabe ali tate ba Mehiri, Mehiri ali tate ba Eshitoni. 12 Eshitoni wakabe ali tate babo Bheti Rafa na Phaseya na Tehina, Tehina ali tate ba Iri Nahashi. Ibaba bakabe bali balume be ku Reka. 13 Bakololo ba Kenazi bakabe bali bo Othiniyeli na Seraya. Bakololo ba Othiniyeli bakabe bali bo Hathathi na Meonothai. 14 Meonothai wakabe ali tate ba Ofira na Seraya, Seraya ali tate ba Joabu bhalule le Geharashimu, iyo yakabe idang'wa kuyi nkuku we bunyambi ngoti bathu bako bali nyambi dze kubezha. 15 Khalebu nkololo wa Jefune wakabe ana bakololo bali batatu Iru na Ela na Naamu. Ela wakabe ali tate ba Kenazi. 16 Jehalele wakabe ana bakololo bali banna Zifu na Zifa na Tiriya na Asarele. 17 Bakololo ba Eziraha bakabe bali bo Jetheri na Meredi na Eferi na Jaloni. Meredi kalobola Bithiya nkololokadzi we Egipiti ngono bakazwala nkololokadzi Miriamu, Miriamu kawana bakololo babili Shamai na Ishibha tate ba Eshitemoa. 18 Nkadzi we Njuta wa Meredi wakazwala Jaredi tate ba Gedori na Heberi tate ba Soko na Jekuthiele tate ba Zanowa. Ibaba bali bana be nkololokadzi wa Faro Bhitiya wakalobogwa ndi Meredi. 19 Bakololo be nkadzi wa Hodiya hazwadzi ya Nahamu bakabe bali tate ba Keila we ludzi gwe N'gama na Eshitemoa we ludzi gwe Maakati. 20 Bakololo ba Shimoni bakabe bali bo Amunoni na Rina na Bheni Hanani na Tiloni. Zwizekugwana zwa Ishi bakabe bali bo Zoheti na Bheni Zoheti.
Zwizekugwana zwa Shela
21 Bakololo ba Shela, Shela ali nkololo wa Juda bakabe bali bo Eri tate ba Leka na Lada tate ba Mareshahi be ludzi gwe baluki be matyila ku Bheti Ashibeya, 22 na Jokimu ne balume beku Kozeba na Joashi na Sarafu iye wakabusa shango ye Moabu ngono kabgwilila ku shango ye Lehemu. Thawu idzedzi ngedza ntolo tjose. 23 Ibaba bakabe bali babumbi be hali begala ku Netaimu neku Gedera, bakabe begalako beshingila mambo.
Zwizekugwana zwa Simiyoni
24 Simiyoni wakabe ana bakololo bali bashanu. Bakabe bali bo Nemueli na Jamini na Jaribu na Zera na Shaulo. 25 Nkololo wa Shaulo wakabe ali Shalumu, Shalumu iye kazwala Mibisamu, Mibisamu iye kazwala Mishima. 26 Zwizekugwana zwa Mishima bakabe bali bo Hamuele, Hamuele kazwala Zakhuri, Zakhuri iye kazwala Shimeyi. 27 Shimeyi iye kazwala bakololo bali gumi lina bali tathatu ne bakololokadzi bali tathatu koga banung'una babe ibo bakabe basina bana ndizo nsha wose ukasibe ne bathu banjinji sewe bathu be Juda. 28 Zwizekugwana zwa Simiyoni zwakabe zwigala mu mizi ye Bheerisheba ne Molada neye Hazarishuali 29 neye Bhiliha neye Ezemu neye Toladi, 30 neye Bhethuwele neye Horima neye Zikilagi, 31 neye Bheti Marikaboti neye Hazari Susimi neye Bheti Bhiri ne Shaaraimu. 32 Mimwe ye mizi mishanu yabakabe begala yakabe ili Etamu ne Aini ne Rimoni ne Tokheni ne Ashani, 33 ne mizi yakapoteleka kunoti ku Bhaale. Iyeyi yakabe ili mizi yabo ngono bakabiganya nge nkwalo njudzi dzabo. 34 Misholo ye njudzi dzabo bakabe bali bo Meshobabu na Jamileki na Joshahi nkololo wa Amaziya 35 na Jowele na Jehu, Jehu ali nkololo wa Joshibiya, Joshibiya ali nkololo wa Seraya, Seraya ali nkololo wa Asiele 36 na Eliyonayi na Jaakuba na Jeshohaya na Asaya na Adiele na Jesimiele na Bhenaya na Ziza, 37 Ziza ali nkololo wa Shifi, Shifi ali nkololo wa Aloni tjizekugwana tja Jedaya ba Shimiri na Shemaya. 38 Bose ibaba balebgwa bakabe bali misholo ye misha yabo. Misha yabo yakakula ikawanda kwazo, 39 bakatendebukila ku golombedzo pejo ne Gedori, bakabe beshakila pkhwizi ne mbudzi dzabo mafulo ku bhezhuba kwe nkuku. 40 Ikoko bakawana mafulo akanaka ne shango yakazhuka ina mbakiso ne kunyalala, bagali bayo bekutanga bakabe bali bathu be Hamu. 41 Ngono ibaba bakakwagwa nge mazina bakayendako mu misi ya Hezekiya mambo we Juda, bakaswika bekolomola mishasha yabo kose neye Bameuni bakabe begalabo ko. Bakabatatila kutjena tjatjose ngono bakagala mu shango yabo ngoti yakabe ina fulo le pkhwizi ne mbudzi dzabo. 42 Mazana ali mashanu e balume ibaba be Basimiyoni bakabe bakatungamigwa ndi Pelatiya na Neriya na Refaya na Uziele ne bakololo ba Ishi, ibo bakanonginilila shango ye matombo ye Seiri. 43 Bakabulaya malimbelimbe e Baamaleki bakabe bapudzumuka ngono bakagala ikoko na nasi.
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.