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.

¹Huan Israel ta masapen Reuben tapate, (amah lah piang masapen ahi ngala; himahleh a pa lupna a hihbuah jiakin, a upahihna Israel tapa Joseph tapate kianga piak ahi; huchiin upatna dungjuiin khangthu a kisim kei hi.

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

²A unaute tungah Juda a vualzoua, amah akipanin lal a hongom ngala; ahihhangin upatna Josephaa ahi: )

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

³Israel ta masapen Reuben tapate; Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, Karmi.

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

⁴Joel tapate: Semai a tapa, Gog a tapa, Simei a tapa, Mika a tapa,

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

⁵Reai a tapa, Baal a tapa;

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

⁶Beer a tapa, Assurai kumpipa Tilgathpilneserin a pi mang; Reuben mite lal ahi.

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

⁷Huan a khangthute uh khangthusutna a kisim laia a inkuankuan ua a unaute; hausapa, Jeiel, Zekaria,

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

⁸Bela Azaz tapa, Sema Joel tapa, Aroera teng, Nebo leh Baal-meon pha hiala teng:

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.

⁹Suahlam ah luipi Euphrates akipan gamdai lutna pha hialin a tengta hi: Gilead gama a gante uh a pun jiakin.

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.

¹⁰Huan Saul dam laiin Hagri mite toh a kidou ua, huaite a zou a: huan Gilead suhlam gam tengteng ah a puaninte uah ateng uhi.

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

¹¹Huan Gad tapate amau jawn takah, Saleka tanin Basan gamah a teng uh:

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

¹²Joel hausapa leh, a zom Sapham, leh Janai, leh Saphat Basan ah:

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

¹³Huan a pipute uh inkote a unaute uh: Mikael leh, Mesullam leh, Seba leh, Jorai leh, Jakan, leh Zia, leh Eber, sagih.

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;

¹⁴Hiaite Huri tapa Abihail tapate ahi uh, Jaro tapa, Gilead tapa, Mikael tapa, Jesisai tapa, Jahdo tapa, Buz tapa;

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

¹⁵Ahi Abdiel tapa, Gunni tapa, a pipute uh inkote hausapa.

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

¹⁶Huan Basan a Gilead ah, a khopite, Saron huapkhate tengteng, a tanpha un, a teng uhi.

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

¹⁷Hiaite tengteng Juda Kumpipa Jotham damlai leh Israel kumpipa Jeroboam damlaiin a khangthutein simin a om vek uhi.

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.

¹⁸Reuben tapate leh, Gad mite leh Manassi nam kimkhat mihang sante, namsau leh lum thuah thei mite, leh thalpeua kap ding, kidounaa siam, galkap dia kuan thei, sing li sang li za sagih leh sawmguk ahi uh.

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

¹⁹Huan Hakri mite toh, Jetur toh, Naphis toh, Nodab toh a kidou uhi.

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.

²⁰Huan amaute dou dingin panpihin a om ua, huchiin Hagri mite a khut ua piakin a om ua, a kiang ua omte tengteng toh; amau lah Pathian kiangah kidouna ah a kap ngal ua, Pathianin a ngetna uh a ja a; amaha a muanna uh a koih jiak un.

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.

²¹huan a gante uh a la mang ua; a sangawngsau uh sing nga, belam nuai nih leh sing nga, sabengtung za nih, mite nuai khat.

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

²²Kidouna Pathiana a hih jiakin, mi tampi petmah lah a puk ngal ua. Huchiin saltanna tanphain a mun uah a tengta uhi.

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

²³Huan Manassi nam kimkhatte tate gamsungah a teng ua: Basan akipan Baalherom leh Senir leh Hermon mual tanin a pung uhi.

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.

²⁴Huan hiaite a pipute uh lupente ahi uh: Epher, Isi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremia, Hodavia, Jahdiel, mi hat hangsante, miminthangte, a pipute uh inkote lupente.

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.

²⁵Huchiin a pipute uh Pathian douin a talek ua, a ma ua Pathian in a hihsiat, gama mite pathiante lakah ang a kawm uhi.Huan Israel Pathianin Assuria kumpipa Pul kha leh, Assuria kumpipa Tilgathpilneser kha a tokthoua, huchiin amaute a pi manga, Reuben mite leh, Gad mite leh, Manassi nam kimkhatte mahmah, huan, tuni tanin Halah, leh Habor, leh Hara, ah amaute a pia, Gozan lui phain.

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.

²⁶Huan Israel Pathianin Assuria kumpipa Pul kha leh, Assuria kumpipa Tilgathpilneser kha a tokthoua, huchiin amaute a pi manga, Reuben mite leh, Gad mite leh, Manassi nam kimkhatte mahmah, huan, tuni tanin Halah, leh Habor, leh Hara, ah amaute a pia, Gozan lui phain.