¹And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright,

¹ Israyla hay-jina Ruben izey neeya: (amma baa kaŋ hay-jine no, kulu nda yaadin, zama a na nga baabo daaro ziibandi, i n'a hay-jine beera no Israyla izo Yusufu izey se. Woodin sabbay se no i mana Ruben hantum asuli lasaabuyaŋ tira ra a hayyaŋ darza boŋ.

²for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph's),

² Baa kaŋ Yahuda te zaama nga nya-izey boŋ hala bonkooni fun a gaa, kulu nda yaadin hay-jine darza ya Yusufu wane no.)

³-- the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.

³ Israyla hay-jina Ruben izey din neeya: Hanoku, Pallu, Hezron, da Karmi.

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

⁴ Yowel mo banda neeya: a ize Semaya, Semaya ize Gog, Gog ize Simey,

⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

⁵ Simey ize Mika, Mika ize Reyaya, Reyaya ize Baal,

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

⁶ Baal ize Beyera, bora kaŋ Assiriya koyo Tiglat-Pileser konda tamtaray ra. Nga no ga ti Ruben kunda jine bora.

⁷And his brethren by their families, in the genealogical register of their generations, were: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

⁷ A dumey mo, ngey kaŋ yaŋ i hantum asuli lasaabuyaŋ tira ra i almayaaley boŋ d'i zamaney boŋ, ngey neeya: i jine bora Yeyel, boro kaŋ ga dak'a gaa Zakariya,

⁸and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

⁸ da Bela Azaz ize, Sema ize, Yowel ize, kaŋ goro Arower gooro ra ka to hala Nebo nda Baal-Meyon tondi kuuko gaa.

⁹and eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

⁹ I soobay ka kawyeyaŋ cina wayna funay haray ka to hala Ufratis isa saajo me gaa, zama i almaney yulwa ka tonton Jileyad laabo ra.

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

¹⁰ Sawulu zamana ra mo Ruben kunda konda wongu Hagarancey gaa k'i zeeri, hal i goro i windey ra Jileyad laabo se wayna funay haray.

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

¹¹ Gad kunda izey binde goro Basan laabo ra ka tanji nda Ruben kunda ka to hala Saleka.

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

¹² Yowel ga ti i jine bora. Safam mo ga dak'a ga, gaa no Yanay da Safat Basan ra.

¹³And their brethren according to their fathers' houses were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jaachan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

¹³ I nya-izey mo i kaayey almayaaley boŋ neeya: Munkayla, Mesullam, Seba, Yoray, Yakan, Ziya, da Heber -- i boro iyye.

¹⁴-- 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:

¹⁴ Woodin yaŋ Abihayel izeyaŋ no, Huri ize, Yarowa ize, Jileyad ize, Munkayla ize, Yesisay ize, Yado ize, Buzu ize.

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

¹⁵ Ahi Abdiyel ize, Guni ize, nga no ga ti i kaayey almayaaley jine bora.

¹⁶And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture-grounds of Sharon, as far as their limits.

¹⁶ I nangorayey ga ti Jileyad da Basan da nga kawyey, da Saruna kuray nangey kulu ka koy hal i birney meyey gaa.

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

¹⁷ Woodin yaŋ kulu, i n'i gar hantumante asuli lasaabuyaŋ tirey ra, Yahuda bonkoono Yotam da Israyla bonkoono Yerobowam zamana ra.

¹⁸The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, able to go forth to war.

¹⁸ Ruben da Gad izey, da Manasse kunda jara izey yaarukomyaŋ no. I ga koray da takuba koto, i ga hay da hangaw mo. I ga waani wongu gumo. I soojey mo zambar waytaaci cindi taaci da zangu iyye da waydu no.

¹⁹And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab;

¹⁹ I konda wongu Hagarancey gaa, Yetur, da Nafisu, da Nodab.

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.

²⁰ I na Irikoy ce k'a ŋwaaray wongo ra, nga mo maa ka ta i se, zama i de a gaa. A n'i gaakasinay mo ngey ibarey gaa, hal i na Hagarancey nda borey kaŋ yaŋ go i banda daŋ i kambey ra.

²¹And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls.

²¹ Israyla mo n'i almaney ku ka kond'ey: yo zambar waygu, da feeji zambar zangu hinka nda waygu, da farkay zambar hinka. I na boro zambar zangu mo di.

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

²² Zama boro boobo kaŋ buukoyaŋ, zama wongo din, Irikoy no k'a miila. Israyla borey binde goro i nango ra hala zamana kaŋ mebarawey kond'ey tamtaray.

²³And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan as far as Baal-Hermon and Senir, and mount Hermon; they were many.

²³ Manasse kunda jara binde goro laabo ra. I ciya iboobo za Basan ka koy Baal-Hermon ka koy Senir ka koy Hermon tondi kuuko gaa.

²⁴And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

²⁴ I kaayey almayaaley jine borey mo neeya: Efer, Izi, Eliyel, Azriyel, Irimiya, Hodabiya, nda Yadiyel. I kulu soojeyaŋ no, boroyaŋ kaŋ te maa, i kaayey almayaaley jine borey no.

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

²⁵ Amma i na amaana ŋwaari te ngey kaayey Irikoyo jine. I ciya zina-teeriyaŋ* ka laabo din borey toorey gana, dumey kaŋ yaŋ Irikoy halaci i jine.

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

²⁶ Woodin sabbay se no Israyla Irikoyo mo na Assiriya bonkoono Pul bina zuku, sanda Assiriya bonkoono Tiglat-Pileser no. Nga mo n'i ku ka kond'ey tamtaray, sanda Ruben kunda, da Gad wano, da Manasse kunda jara. A kond'ey hala Haala kwaara, da Habor, da Hala, da hala Gozan isa me gaa mo. I go noodin ka kaa hala hunkuna.