¹¶ Ko nga tama a Hura: ko Parete, ko Heterono, ko Karami, ko Huru, ko Hopara.

¹The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

²Na whanau ake ta Reaia, ta te tama a Hopara; ko Iahata. Whanau ake ta Iahata, ko Ahumai, ko Rahara. Ko nga hapu enei o nga Torati.

²Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

³Na, ko nga tama enei a te papa o Etama; ko Ietereere, ko Ihima, ko Iripaha; ko te ingoa ano o to ratou tuahine, ko Haterereponi;

³These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

⁴Ko Penuere papa o Keroro, me Etere papa o Huhaha. Ko nga tama enei a Huru a te matamua a Eparata papa o Peterehema.

⁴and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

⁵Na tokorua nga wahine a Ahuru papa o Tekoa; ko Heraha, ko Naara.

⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶Na whanau ake a raua ko Naara; ko Ahutama, ko Hewhere, ko Temeni, ko Haahahatari, Ko nga tama enei a Naara.

⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

⁷Na ko nga tama a Heraha; ko Terete, ko Ietoara, ko Etenana.

⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

⁸A whanau ake a Koto; ko Anupu, ko Topepa, me nga hapu o Aharahere tama a Harumu.

⁸Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹Na nui atu te ingoa o Tapete i to ona tuakana, teina; i huaina ano hoki tona ingoa e tona whaea ko Tapete; i mea ia, No te mea i mamae toku ngakau i a ia i whanau i roto i ahau.

⁹Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.”

¹⁰A i karanga a Tapete ki te Atua o Iharaira, i mea, Aue! me i pono rawa tau manaaki moku, me i whakanuia e koe te wahi moku, kia tata mai ano hoki tou ringa ki ahau, kia araia atu hoki e koe te kino i ahau, kei mamae toku ngakau! Na ka homai e te Atua tana i inoi ai.

¹⁰Jabez called on the God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!” God granted him that which he requested.

¹¹¶ Na whanau ake ta Kerupu, ta te teina o Hua ko Mehiri; ko te papa ia o Ehetono.

¹¹Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

¹²Whanau ake ta Ehetono; ko Peterapa, ko Pahea, ko Tehina papa o Irinahaha. Ko nga tangata enei o Rekaha.

¹²Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah.

¹³Na, ko nga tama a Kenaha; ko Otoniere, ko Heraia: na, ko nga tama a Otoniere; ko Hatata.

¹³The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.

¹⁴Na, whanau ake ta Meonotai, ko Opora: whanau ake ta Heraia, ko Ioapa matua o Keharahimi; he hunga mohio ratou ki te mahi.

¹⁴Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen.

¹⁵Na, ko nga tama a Karepe tama a Iepune; ko Iru, ko Eraha, ko Naama: me nga tama a Eraha; ara a Kenaha.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

¹⁶Me nga tama a Ieharereere; ko Tiwhi, ko Tipaha, ko Tiria, ko Atareere.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁷Na, ko nga tama a Etera: ko Ietere, ko Merere, ko Epere, ko Tarono: a whanau ake ana; ko Miriama, ko Hamai, ko Ihipa, papa o Ehetemoa.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

¹⁸A whanau ake a tana wahine, a Iehuria; ko Iarere papa o Keroro, ko Hepere papa o Hoko, ko Iekutiere papa o Tanoa. Ko nga tama enei a Pitia, tamahine a Parao i riro nei i a Merere.

¹⁸His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

¹⁹A, ko nga tama a te wahine a Horiia, tuahine o Nahama, ko te papa o Keira Karami, me Ehetemoa Maakati.

¹⁹The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

²⁰Na, ko nga tama a Himono, ko Amanono, ko Rina, ko Penehanana, ko Tirono. Na, ko nga tama a Ihi; ko Tohete, ko Penetohete.

²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.

²¹Ko nga tama a Heraha tama a Hura; ko Ere papa o Reka, ko Raara papa o Mareha, me nga hapu o te whare o nga kaimahi rinena, o te whare o Ahapea;

²¹The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

²²Me Tokimi, me nga tangata o Kotepa, me Ioaha, me Harapa, ko nga rangatira nei enei o Moapa, me Tahupi Reheme. Na he korero nonamata enei.

²²and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are ancient.

²³Ko enei nga kaihanga rihi, me nga tangata i noho ki Netaimi, ki Keteraha: i noho ratou ki reira ki te kingi ki ana mahi.

²³These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work.

²⁴¶ Ko nga tama a Himiona; ko Nemuere, ko Iamini, ko Iaripi, ko Tera, ko Haora:

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

²⁵Ko tana tama ko Harumu; ko tana tama ko Mipihama; ko tana tama ko Mihima.

²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

²⁶A, ko nga tama a Mihima; ko tana tama ko Hamuere; ko tana tama ko Takuru; ko tana tama ko Himei.

²⁶The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

²⁷Na kotahi tekau ma ono nga tama a Himei, tokoono nga tamahine; kihai ia i tokomaha nga tamariki a ona tuakana, kihai hoki o ratou hapu katoa i nui haere, kihai i rite ki nga tama a Hura.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.

²⁸Na, ko o ratou nohoanga, i Peerehepa, i Morara, i Hatarahuara;

²⁸They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

²⁹I Piriha, i Ateme, i Torara;

²⁹and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

³⁰I Petuere, i Horema, i Tikiraka;

³⁰and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

³¹I Petemarakapoto, i Hatarahuhimi, i Petepirei, i Haaraimi. Ko o ratou pa enei, a tae noa ki te kingitanga o Rawiri.

³¹and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim, and at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David.

³²Na, ko o ratou kainga, ko Etama, ko Aina, ko Rimono, ko Tokene, ko Ahana; e rima nga pa:

³²Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

³³Me o ratou kainga katoa i nga taha katoa o aua pa ra ano, tae noa ki Paara. Ko o ratou nohoanga enei, a kei a ratou to ratou whakapapa.

³³and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.

³⁴Me Mehopapa ano, ratou ko Tamareke, ko Hoha tama a Amatia;

³⁴Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

³⁵Ko Hoera, ko Iehu tama a Tohipia, tama a Heraia, tama a Ahiere;

³⁵and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

³⁶Ko Erioenai, ko Taakopa, ko Hehohaia, ko Ahaia, ko Ariere, ko Tehimiere, ko Penaia;

³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

³⁷Ko Tita tama a Hipi, tama a Arono, tama a Ieraia, tama a Himiri, tama a Hemaia:

³⁷and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—

³⁸Ko enei, kua whakahuatia nei o ratou ingoa, he rangatira no o ratou hapu. I nui haere ano nga whare o o ratou matua.

³⁸these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

³⁹I haere hoki ratou ki te tapokoranga atu ki Keroro, ki te rawhiti ra ano o te raorao, ki te rapu haerenga mo a ratou kahui.

³⁹They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

⁴⁰A ka kitea e ratou he haerenga momona, he wahi pai, he whenua whanui ano, ata takoto rangimarie; no Hama hoki te hunga i noho ki reira i mua.

⁴⁰They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.

⁴¹Na ko te haerenga mai o te hunga kua tuhituhia nei o ratou ingoa i nga ra o Hetekia kingi o Hura, patua iho e ratou o ratou teneti me nga Meunimi, i kitea ki reira, huna rawatia iho hoki ratou taea noatia tenei ra, noho iho ana ki to ratou wahi; no te mea he haerenga i reira mo a ratou hipi.

⁴¹These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.

⁴²Na, ko etahi o ratou, ara o nga tama a Himiona, e rima rau tangata, i haere ki Maunga Heira, ko o ratou rangatira ko Peratia, ko Nearia, ko Repaia, ko Utiere, he tama enei na Ihi.

⁴²Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

⁴³A patua iho e ratou nga oranga o nga Amareki i mawhiti i mua: noho ana i reira a taea noatia tenei ra.

⁴³They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.