¹Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

¹Vana vaRubheni mwana wedangwe walsiraeri (nokuti ndiye akanga ari wedangwe; asi zvaakasvibisa nhovo yababa vake, udangwe hwake hwakapiwa vanakomana vaJosefa mwanakomana waIsiraeri; naizvozvo mazita amadzitateguru haaverengwi nohudangwe.

²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

²nekuti Judha ndiye akanga ari mukuru pakati pavana vababa vake, mutungamiriri akabva kwaari; asi udangwe hwakanga huri hwaJosefa;)

³The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

³Vanakomana vaRubheni mwana wedangwe waIsiraeri: Hanoki, naParu, naHezironi, naKarimi.

⁴The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

⁴Vanakomana vaJoeri: Shemaya mwanakomana wake, Gogi mwanakomana wake, naShimei mwanakomana wake;

⁵Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

⁵Mika mwanakomana wake, naReaya mwanakomana wake, naBhaari mwanakomana wake;

⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

⁶naBheera mwanakomana wake, iye akatapwa naTirigatipirineseri mambo weAsiria; iye akanga ari muchinda wavaRubheni.

⁷And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

⁷Navanin'ina vake nedzimba dzavo kana mazita amadziteteguru achiverengwa: Mukuru Jeyieri, naZekariya,

⁸And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

⁸naBhera mwanakomana waAzazi, mwanakomana waShema, mwanakomana waJoeri, aigara paAroeri kusvikira paNebho neBhaarimeoni;

⁹And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

⁹kurutivi rwamabvazuva akanga agere kusvikira pakutanga kwerenje kubva kurwizi Yufuratesi; nekuti mombe dzavo dzakanga dzawanda panyika yeGiriyadhi.

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

¹⁰Namazuva aSauro vakarwa navaHagari, vakavakunda; vakagara pamatende avo panyika yose yakanga iri kumabvazuva eGiriyadhi.

¹¹And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:

¹¹Vanakomana vaGadhi vakanga vagere kwakatarisana navo panyika yeBhashani, kusvikira paSareka;

¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

¹²Joeri mukuru, naShafani wechipiri, naJanai, naShafati, paBhashani;

¹³And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

¹³vanin'ina vavo vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo: Mikaeri, naMeshurami, naShebha, naJorai, naJakani, naZiya, naEbheri, ivo vanomwe.

¹⁴These are the children 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;

¹⁴Ndivo vanakomana vaAbhihairi mwanakomana waHuri, mwanakomana waJaroa, mwanakomana waGiriyadhi, mwanakomana waMikaeri, mwanakomana waJeshishai, mwanakomana waJadho, mwanakomana waBhuzi,

¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

¹⁵naAhi, mwanakomana waAbhidhieri, mwanakomana waGuni, mukuru wedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

¹⁶And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

¹⁶Ivo vakanga vagere paGiriyadhi paBhashani, nomumisha yaro mikuru, nomuruwa rweSharoni, kusvikira kumiganhu yayo.

¹⁷All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁷Ava vose vaiverengwa namazita amadzitateguru avo pamazuva aJotamu mambo waJudha, napamazuva aJerobhoamu mambo waIsiraeri.

¹⁸The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

¹⁸Vanakomana vaRubheni, navaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase, varume voumhare, varume vaigona kushonga nhovo neminondo, nokupfura nouta, vaigona kurwa, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi manomwe namakumi matanhatu, vaigona kundorwa.

¹⁹And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

¹⁹Vakarwa vanaHagari, naJeturi, naNafishi, naHobhabhi.

²⁰And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

²⁰Vakabatsirwa pakurwa navo, vaHagari vakakundwa navo, navose vaiva navo; nekuti vakadana kuna Jehovha vari pakurwa, akavanzwa; nekuti vakanga vachitenda kwaari.

²¹And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

²¹Vakatapa zvipfuwo zvavo, makamera ane zviuru zvina makumi mashanu, namakwai ane zviuru zvina mazana maviri namakumi mashanu, nembongoro dzine zviuru zviviri, navanhu vane zviuru zvine zana.

²²For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

²²Vazhinji vakafa vaurawa, nekuti kurwa kwanga kuri kwaMwari. Ivo vakagara panzvimbo yavo kusvikira pakutapwa kwavo.

²³And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

²³Vanakomana vehafu yorudzi rwaManase vakanga vagere panyika iyo; vakawanda kubva paBhashani kusvikira paBhaariherimoni neSeniri, negomo reHerimoni.

²⁴And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

²⁴Vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo ndivo: Eferi, nalshi, naErieri, naAshirieri, naJeremiya; naHodhavhia, naJadhieri, varume vaiva nesimba noumhare, vanhu vaiva nembiri, vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

²⁵And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁵Asi vakazotadzira Mwari wamadzibaba avo, vakapata vachitevera vamwari vendudzi dzenyika iyo, dzakanga dzaparadzwa naMwari pamberi pavo.

²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

²⁶Mwari walsiraeri akamutsa mweya waPuri mambo waAsiria, nomweya waTirigatipirineseri mambo weAsiria; iye akavatapa, ivo vaRubheni, navaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase, akavaisa Hara, neHabhori, neHara, nokurwizi Gozani kusvikira nhasi.