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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

¹⁹Vakarwa vanaHagari, naJeturi, naNafishi, naHobhabhi.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.