¹Ruben adalah anak sulung Yakub. Tetapi karena Ruben telah menodai kehormatan salah seorang selir ayahnya, maka haknya sebagai anak sulung dicabut dan diberikan kepada Yusuf. Meskipun begitu yang terkuat dari antara keturunan Yakub bukan suku Yusuf melainkan suku Yehuda. Bahkan yang pertama-tama menjadi raja seluruh umat Israel adalah dari suku Yehuda itu.

¹The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

²(5:1)

²For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

³Ruben anak sulung Yakub, mempunyai empat anak laki-laki: Henokh, Palu, Hezron dan Karmi.

³the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

⁴Inilah urutan keturunan Yoel: Semaya, Gog, Simei, Mikha, Reaya, Baal dan Beera. Beera adalah pemimpin suku Ruben ketika ia ditangkap oleh Tiglat-Pileser raja Asyur, dan dibawa ke pembuangan.

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

⁵(5:4)

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

⁶(5:4)

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

⁷Dalam silsilah tercatat juga kepala-kepala kaum yang berikut ini dalam suku Ruben: Yeiel, Zakharia,

⁷His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

⁸dan Bela anak Azas, cucu Sema dari kaum Yoel. Suku Ruben tinggal di Aroer dan di wilayah yang mulai dari Aroer ke arah utara sampai ke Nebo dan Baal-Meon.

⁸and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:

⁹Mereka mempunyai banyak sekali ternak di daerah Gilead. Karena itu, mereka menempati wilayah sebelah timur sampai ke padang gurun yang terbentang sejauh Sungai Efrat.

⁹and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

¹⁰Pada zaman Raja Saul, suku Ruben menyerang dan mengalahkan orang Hagri di sebelah timur Gilead, lalu menduduki negeri itu.

¹⁰In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

¹¹Di sebelah utara wilayah suku Ruben tinggal suku Gad di tanah Basan sampai sejauh Salkha di sebelah timur.

¹¹The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah:

¹²Dari suku Gad itu Yoel adalah leluhur kaum yang terkemuka, dan Safam adalah leluhur kaum nomor dua. Yaenai dan Safat adalah leluhur kaum-kaum lainnya di Basan.

¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

¹³Orang-orang lain dalam suku Gad termasuk dalam tujuh kaum yang berikut ini: Mikhael, Mesulam, Syeba, Yorai, Yakan, Ziya dan Eber.

¹³Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

¹⁴Mereka keturunan Abihail anak Huri. Urutan silsilah mereka dari bawah ke atas adalah sebagai berikut: Abihail, Huri, Yaroah, Gilead, Mikhael, Yesisai, Yahdo, Bus.

¹⁴These 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;

¹⁵Kepala kaum-kaum itu adalah Ahi anak Abdiel, cucu Guni.

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

¹⁶Mereka tinggal di wilayah Basan dan Gilead, dan kota-kota di wilayah itu serta di seluruh padang rumput di Saron.

¹⁶They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

¹⁷Silsilah ini dibuat pada zaman Yotam raja Yehuda, dan Yerobeam raja Israel.

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

¹⁸Di dalam suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye yang di sebelah timur Yordan ada 44.760 prajurit yang terlatih dan berpengalaman dalam menggunakan perisai, pedang dan busur.

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

¹⁹Mereka berperang melawan suku Yetur, Nafis dan Nodab, yaitu suku-suku di dalam bangsa Hagri.

¹⁹They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

²⁰Prajurit-prajurit itu percaya kepada Allah dan minta tolong kepada-Nya, maka Allah mengabulkan permintaan mereka dan memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka atas orang-orang Hagri itu dan sekutu mereka.

²⁰They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.

²¹Karena peperangan itu terjadi atas kehendak Allah, maka banyak musuh yang mereka bunuh. Mereka juga menawan 100.000 orang, dan merampas 50.000 unta, 250.000 domba dan 2.000 keledai. Setelah itu mereka menetap di daerah itu sampai pada masa bangsa Israel ditawan dan dibawa ke pembuangan.

²¹They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

²²(5:21)

²²For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.

²³Sebagian suku Manasye tinggal di wilayah Basan sampai ke utara sejauh Baal-Hermon, Senir dan Gunung Hermon. Mereka makin lama makin banyak.

²³The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.

²⁴Inilah kepala-kepala kaum mereka: Hefer, Yisei, Eliel, Azriel, Yeremia, Hodawya dan Yahdiel. Mereka semua adalah prajurit-prajurit yang perkasa.

²⁴These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

²⁵Orang Israel tidak setia kepada Allah yang disembah leluhur mereka. Mereka meninggalkan Dia dan beribadat kepada dewa-dewa bangsa-bangsa yang telah diusir oleh Allah dari negeri Kanaan.

²⁵They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁶Karena itu Allah menggerakkan hati Pul raja Asyur, maka pergilah ia menyerbu negeri itu. Pul juga dikenal sebagai Tiglat-Pileser. Lalu suku Ruben, Gad dan suku Manasye yang di sebelah timur Yordan diangkutnya sebagai tawanan dan dibuang ke Halah, Habor, Hara dan ke suatu tempat dekat Sungai Gozan. Di sana mereka tinggal dan menetap sampai hari ini.

²⁶The 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, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.