The Descendants of Reuben
1 Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, 2 even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader.
3 Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4-6 The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner.
7-8 The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, 9 and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead.
10 When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead.
The Descendants of Gad
11 The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. 12 Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. 13 Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
14 They were all descendants of Abihail, whose family line went back through Huri, Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo, and Buz. 15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel and the grandson of Guni, was the leader of their clan.
16 The people of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Bashan and Gilead, as well as in the pastureland of Sharon. 17 Their family records were written when Jotham was king of Judah and Jeroboam was king of Israel.
18 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers trained to fight in battle with shields, swords, bows, and arrows. 19 They fought against the Hagrites and the tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 Whenever these soldiers went to war against their enemies, they prayed to God and trusted him to help. That's why the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh defeated the Hagrites and their allies. 21 These Israelite tribes captured 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 people. 22 Many of the Hagrites died in battle, because God was fighting this battle against them. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh lived in that territory until they were taken as prisoners to Assyria.
The Tribe of East Manasseh
23 East Manasseh was a large tribe, so its people settled in the northern region of Bashan, as far north as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. 24 Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel were their clan leaders; they were well-known leaders and brave soldiers.
The Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh Are Defeated
25 The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh were unfaithful to the God their ancestors had worshiped, and they started worshiping the gods of the nations that God had forced out of Canaan. 26 So God sent King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria to attack these Israelite tribes. The king led them away as prisoners to Assyria, and from then on, he forced them to live in Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River.
Zelevoi Rubena ro
1 Kwoi ni zelevoi Rubena ŋgwa kayo ro Yakoba ro ro owo. (Oko tana nda ye tate toko ogyeako täpi ndaro robe, ta'dota taŋgye uti ndaro ro ozote Yosepa ri, tana ta'doro egyi ävuru ndaro kote zelevoi lako a'do 'di utiro ronye. 2 Katidri Yuda ro ka'do gica mbara ro ago 'dimiri'bai ka'do gica ni kigyesi katidrii cini dri owo.) 3 Rubena ŋgwa kayo ro Yakoba ro orivoya ŋgwàagoro be su: ni Anoka, Palu, Ezerona, ndi Karumi be. 4 Kwoi ni zelevoi Yoele ro owo le kovole'ba na ya: ni Semaya, Goga, Simei, 5 Maika, Reya, Bala, 6 Bera, se Tigelata Pilesera 'bädri'ba Asaria ro kurube kamba'ba ro di ana, nda ni dri'ba katidri Rubena'bai ro owo. 7 Egyi katidri Rubena ro ro dri'bai käläsikala ànyaro voro orivoya oso nonye, dri'ba nai ni Jiela, Zekaria, 8 Bela, ŋgwa Azaza ro, kwozo Sema ro, käläsikala Yoele ro ro, se rite Aroeri ya, sagwo le Nebo ndi Balameona be ya. 9 Anya riyi kpate ogone 'buzelesi sagwo le sidri vocowa se ketobe ni Golo Eferata roya ana ya, tana koronya 'ba ro ànyaro litite amba wari Gilada roya. 10 Tu 'bädri'ba Saulo ro rosi katidri Rubena ro gota Agara'bai te ago tufu ànya te kyila ya, ago ànya riyite wari cini ànyaro ogone 'buzele Gilada ro yasi ya.
Zelevoi Gada ro
11 'Bakala Gada ro riyite ogone mä'dudri 'bakala Rubena ro roya wari Basana roya sagwo le Saleka ya. 12 Yoele ni dri'ba käläsikala käti ro, käläsikala ṛiri ro ni Safama, Janai ndi Safata be ni dri'bai käläsikala azaka ro Basana ya. 13 Ago 'bakala ànyaro azakana ni 'di käläsikala njidrieri ono ro: ni Mikaela, Masulama, Sheba, Jorai, Jakana, Zia, Ebera. 14 Anya orivoya zelevoi Abihaila ŋgwa Uri ro ro, arabe zutui ànyaro voro orivoya oso nonye: Abihaila, Jaroa, Gilada, Mikaela, Jesisai, Jado, Buza, 15 Ahi ŋgwa Abediela ro kwozo Guni ro, ni dri'ba käläsikala kwoi ro. 16 Ànya riyite wari Gilada ndi Basana be roya, ndi 'ba'desii se lau ana be yasi, ago wari cini lowo ro Saroma ro yasi. 17 (Egyi zelevoi se cini kwoi te tu Yotama 'bädri'ba Yudaro ndi Yeroboama 'bädri'ba Yisaraele be rosi.)
Kyila'bai 'Bakalai 'Buzelesi ro
18 'Bakalai Rubena, Gada, ndi telesi 'bakala Manase ro robe, kyila'bai kyila oyero ànyaro se orivoya ŋga ruotaro be, bando be, ndi kusu be be, se embate orivoya kado otina cini orivoya kutu 'butesu fosu kama njidrieri 'butenjidrialo. 19 Anya yeyi kyila te 'bakalai Agara'bai ro, Jetura, Nafisa ndi Nodaba be be. 20 Ànya yiyi tate Lu ya ago mätuyi nda te ta ŋgaopa rota, ago Lu zatadri mätu ànyaro rote ago 'ba ànya te Agara'bai opene ṛe ndi beraazii cini ànyaro yibe. 21 Ànya oroyi koronyai 'baro kyila'baazii ànyaro rote, gamelei kutu 'butenji (50,000), timele kutu kama ritu 'butenji (250,000), doŋgyi kutu ritu (2,000), ago lidri se arube lidriidri ro orivoya kutu kama alo (100,000). 22 Ànya tufuyi amba kyila'baazii rote, tana kyila ana orivoya ole Lu ro yi, ànya riyite vo ànyaro yasi madale tu 'di ururo kamba'ba ro rosi.
Lidri Manase ro 'Buzelesi
23 Lidri Manase ro 'buzelesi riyite wari Basana roya le ogone mä'dudriro sagwo le Bala Eremona, Senira, ndi 'bereŋwa Eremona robe ya. 24 Dri'bai käläsikalai ànyaro ro ni kwoi: Ebera, Isi, Eliela, Azeriela, Yeremaya, Odavaya, ndi Jadiela be. Ànya cini orivoya 'di mbaraekye yi, ago dri'bai likuekye yi käläsikala ànyaro ya.
Oro 'Bakalai se 'Buzelesi te
25 Oko lidri a'dote ta'diriako Lu zutui ànyaro ro ri, ago e'beyi nda te ago mätuyite lui tu'dei se Opi keperebe ni ànya milesi kai ro ayani. 26 Ago Lu Yisaraele ro eŋga ya Pula 'bädri'ba Asaria ro, (se ni Tigelata Pilesera) ago nda oto 'bakalai Rubena, Gada, ndi telesi 'bakala Manase ro robe te di. 'Ba ànya te orine 'du Ala, Abora, ndi Arana be yasi, ago Golo Gozana kala madale tu ono si.