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.

¹As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel — for he [is] the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and [he is] not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,

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

²for Judah hath been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright [is] to Joseph.

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

³Sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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

⁴Sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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

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

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

⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he [is] prince of the Reubenite.

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

⁷And his brethren, by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, [are] heads: Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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

⁸and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel — he is dwelling in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-Meon;

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

⁹and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

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

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they have made war with the Hagarites, who fall by their hand, and they dwell in their tents over all the face of the east of Gilead.

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

¹¹And the sons of Gad, over-against them have dwelt in the land of Bashan unto Salcah,

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

¹²Joel the head, and Shapham the second, and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan;

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

¹³and their brethren of the house of their fathers [are] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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

¹⁴These [are] sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz;

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

¹⁵Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, [is] head of the house of their fathers;

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

¹⁶and they dwell in Gilead in Bashan, and in her small towns, and in all suburbs of Sharon, upon their outskirts;

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

¹⁷all of them reckoned themselves by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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.

¹⁸Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, [are] forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host.

¹⁹Vakarwa vanaHagari, naJeturi, naNafishi, naHobhabhi.

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

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

²⁰and they are helped against them, and the Hagarites are given into their hand, and all who [are] with them, for they cried to God in battle, and He was entreated of them, because they trusted in Him.

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.

²¹And they take captive their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings a hundred thousand;

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

²²for many have fallen pierced, for of God [is] the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.

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

²³And the sons of the half of the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baal-Hermon, and Senir, and mount Hermon, they have multiplied.

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

²⁴And these [are] heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men mighty in valour, men of name, heads to the house of their fathers.

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

²⁵And they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go a-whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence;

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.

²⁶and stir up doth the God of Israel the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur, and he removeth them — even the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh — and bringeth them in to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and the river of Gozan unto this day.