1 Khokhuen 5
1 Israel caming Reuben koca ah amah te caming ni. Tedae a napa kah rhaenghmuen te a poeih pah dongah a caminghamsum te Israel capa Joseph koca taengla a paek. Te dongah caminghamsum kah a khuui la om voel pawh.
And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
2 Judah khaw a manuca lakli ah tah len tih amah lamloh rhaengsang cakhaw caminghamsum tah Joseph taengah ni a om.
Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's: )
3 Israel caming Reuben koca ah Enok, Pallu, Khetsron neh Karmee.
The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 Joel koca ah, a capa Shemaiah, Shemaiah capa Gog, Gog capa Shimei.
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Shimei capa Maikah, Mikah capa Reaiah, Reaiah capa Baal.
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Baal capa Beerah. Anih te Reuben kah a khoboei la om dae Assyria manghai Tiglathpileser loh a poelyoe.
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
7 A manuca khaw amah koca ah tah a khuui la ana om van. Amih rhuirhong khuikah a lu la Jeiel, Zekhariah,
And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 Azaz capa Bala, Shema capa Azaz, Joel capa Shema loh Aroer neh Nebo Baalmeon duela kho a sak.
And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
9 Amih kah boiva he Gilead khohmuen ah a ping pah dongah khocuk ah Perath tuiva lamloh khosoek hmoi hil kho a sak.
And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.
10 Saul tue vaengah tah Hagri taengah caemtloek a saii tih amih kut ah cungku uh. Te vaengah amih kah dap ah Gilead khocuk imdan pum ah kho a sak uh.
And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.
11 Amih hmatoeng te Gad koca rhoek tih Bashan khohmuen ah Salkhah duela kho a sak uh.
And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
12 Bashan ah a lu la Joel tih a hnukthoi ah Shapham, Janai neh Shaphat om.
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;
13 A napa imkhui ah a manuca rhoek tah Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakhan, Zia, Eber neh parhih louh.
And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.
14 Abihail koca rhoek he Huri koca, Jaorah koca, Gilead koca, Michael koca, Jeshishai capa, Jahdo koca, Buz koca la om.
These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15 Guni koca Abdiel capa Ahi he a napa imkhui ah a lu la om.
Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, head of their families.
16 Te dongah Gilead ah khaw, Bashan ah khaw a vang khui neh Sharon khocaak pum ah a hmoi duela kho a sak uh.
And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.
17 Amih boeih te Judah manghai Jotham tue ah khaw, Israel manghai Jeroboam tue ah khaw a khuui a thuep coeng.
All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
18 Reuben koca, Gad koca, photling neh cunghang aka muk, lii aka oei, caemtloek neh aka phaep uh tih caempuei la aka pawk, Manasseh koca rhakthuem lamkah hlang, tatthai capa he thawng sawmli thawng li ya rhih sawmrhuk lo.
There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.
19 Te vaengah Hagri, Jetur, Naphish neh Nodab taengah caemtloek la thoo uh.
And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.
20 Caemtloek vaengah khaw Pathen taengah pang uh tih amah dongah a pangtung uh dongah amih ham khaw a rhoi pah. Te dongah amih te a bom tih Hagri neh a taengkah boeih te amih kut ah a paek.
And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him.
21 Amih kah boiva te a sol uh tih a kalauk thawng sawmnga, boiva thawng yahnih thawng sawmnga, laak thawng hnih, hlang kah hinglu thawng yakhat lo.
And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
22 Pathen taeng lamkah caemtloek la a om dongah a rhok la muep cungku uh. Te dongah a vangsawn khohnin hil tah amih yueng la kho a sak uh.
And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.
23 Manasseh koca hlangvang ca rhoek khaw khohmuen ah Bashan lamloh Baalhermon hil kho a sak uh. Senir neh Hermon tlang ah khaw amih te ping uh.
And the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh were living in the land: and their numbers were increased till all the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and the mountain Hermon was theirs.
24 A napa rhoek kah imkhui kah a lu he tah, Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel. He tah a napa rhoek imkhui kah a lu la aka om hlang neh tatthai hlangrhalh hlang kah a ming ni.
And these were the heads of their families: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men of war, of great name, heads of families.
25 Tedae a napa rhoek kah Pathen taengah boe a koek uh tih Pathen loh amih mikhmuh lamkah a mitmoeng sak khohmuen pilnam kah pathen roek taengla cukhalh uh.
And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.
26 Te dongah Israel Pathen loh Assyria manghai Pul kah mueihla neh Assyria manghai Tiglathpileser kah mueihla te a haeng pah. Te vaengah amih, Reuben neh Gad, Manasseh koca hlangvang te a poelyoe. Te phoeiah amih te Halah, Habor, Hara neh tahae khohnin hil Gozan tuiva la a khuen.
And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
