复述犹大的后裔

犹大的儿子是法勒斯、希斯仑、迦米、户珥、朔巴。 朔巴的儿子利亚雅生雅哈,雅哈生亚户买和拉哈。他们都属于琐拉人的宗族。 以坦的儿子[a]是耶斯列、伊施玛和伊得巴,女儿名叫哈悉勒玻尼。 基多的父亲是毗努伊勒,户沙的父亲是以谢珥。这些人都是伯利恒的父亲、以法她的长子户珥的后代。 提哥亚的父亲亚施户有两个妻子,一个名叫希拉,一个名叫拿拉。 拿拉给他生了亚户撒、希弗、提米尼和哈辖斯他利。这些都是拿拉的儿子。 希拉的儿子是洗列、琐辖和伊提南。 哥斯生亚诺和琐比巴,他也是哈伦的儿子亚哈黑宗族的祖先。 雅比斯比他的众弟兄尊贵,他母亲给他取名叫雅比斯,意思是:“我生他时非常痛苦”。 10 雅比斯向以色列的上帝祷告说:“愿你赐福给我,扩大我的疆土,与我同在,使我远离患难和痛苦。”上帝答应了他的祈求。

11 书哈的弟兄基绿生米黑,米黑是伊施屯的父亲。 12 伊施屯生伯拉巴、巴西亚和提欣拿,提欣拿是珥拿辖的父亲。这些都是利迦人。 13 基纳斯的儿子是俄陀聂和西莱雅。俄陀聂的儿子是哈塔、悯挪太。 14 悯挪太生俄弗拉。西莱雅生革·夏纳欣人的祖先约押。他们都是工匠。 15 耶孚尼的儿子是迦勒,迦勒的儿子是以路、以拉和拿安,以拉的儿子是基纳斯。 16 耶哈利勒的儿子是西弗、西法、提利和亚撒列。 17 以斯拉的儿子是益帖、米列、以弗和雅伦。米列娶了法老的女儿比提雅为妻,她给米列生了米利暗、沙迈和以实提摩的父亲益巴。 18 米列还娶了一个犹大人为妻,她生了基多的父亲雅列、梭哥的父亲希伯和撒挪亚的父亲耶古铁。 19 荷第雅的妻子是拿含的妹妹,她的儿子们是迦米人基伊拉和玛迦人以实提摩的父亲。 20 示门的儿子是暗嫩、林拿、便·哈南和提伦。以示的儿子是梭黑和便·梭黑。

21 犹大有个儿子名叫示拉。示拉的后代是利迦的父亲珥、玛利沙的父亲拉大、在亚实比织细麻布的各家族、 22 约敬、哥西巴人、约阿施以及统治摩押和雅叔比利恒的萨拉。这都是古代的记录。 23 他们都是住在尼他英和基低拉的陶匠,他们在那里为王效力。

西缅的后裔

24 西缅的儿子是尼姆利、雅悯、雅立、谢拉和扫罗。 25 扫罗的儿子是沙龙,沙龙的儿子是米比衫,米比衫的儿子是米施玛, 26 米施玛的儿子是哈姆利,哈姆利的儿子是撒刻,撒刻的儿子是示每。 27 示每有十六个儿子和六个女儿,他弟兄的儿女不多。他们整个宗族的人不如犹大宗族的人多。 28 西缅人住在别示巴、摩拉大、哈萨·书亚、 29 辟拉、以森、陀腊、 30 彼土利、何珥玛、洗革拉、 31 伯·玛嘉博、哈萨·苏撒、伯·比利、沙拉音。在大卫做王以前,这些都是西缅人的城邑。 32 他们还有五座城邑:以坦、亚因、临门、陀健、亚珊, 33 以及这些城附近的村庄,远至巴力。这些都是他们的住处。他们有自己的家谱。

34 西缅的后代还有米所巴、雅米勒、亚玛谢的儿子约沙、 35 约珥、约示比的儿子耶户。约示比是西莱雅的儿子,西莱雅是亚薛的儿子。 36 西缅的后代还有以利约乃、雅哥巴、约朔海、亚帅雅、亚底业、耶西篾、比拿雅、 37 示非的儿子细撒。示非是亚龙的儿子,亚龙是耶大雅的儿子,耶大雅是申利的儿子,申利是示玛雅的儿子。 38 以上所提的这些人都是族长,各宗族都人丁兴旺。 39 他们前往平原东边的基多谷寻找牧羊的草场, 40 找到了一片肥沃的草场,又辽阔又安静。从前含族人在那里居住。 41 在犹大王希西迦执政期间,以上这些西缅人的族长来攻打含族人的驻地和那里所有的米乌尼人,消灭了他们,占据了那里,一直住到今天,因为那里有可以牧羊的草场。 42 有五百个西缅人在以示的儿子毗拉提、尼利雅、利法雅和乌薛的带领下前往西珥山, 43 铲除了残余的亚玛力人,从此定居在那里,直到今日。

Footnotes

  1. 4:3 儿子”希伯来文是“父亲”。

The descendants of Y’hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval. Re’ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor‘ati. These are [the sons] of the father of ‘Eitam: Yizre‘el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister’s name was Hatzlelponi. P’nu’el fathered Geder, and ‘Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

Ashur the father of T’koa had two wives, Hel’ah and Na‘arah. Na‘arah bore him Achuzam, Hefer, Teimni and Achashtari; these were the sons of Na‘arah. The sons of Hel’ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan. Kotz fathered ‘Anuv, Tzovevah and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum. Ya‘betz was honored more than his brothers; his mother called him Ya‘betz, she explained, “because I bore him in pain [a].” 10 Ya‘betz called on the God of Isra’el: “Please bless me by enlarging my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm, so that it will not cause me pain [b].” God granted his request.

11 K’luv the brother of Shuchah fathered M’chir, who fathered Eshton. 12 Eshton fathered Beit-Rafa, Paseach and T’chinah the father of ‘Ir-Nachash. These are the men of Rekhah.

13 The sons of K’naz: ‘Otni’el and S’rayah. The son of ‘Otni’el: Hatat. 14 M‘onotai fathered ‘Ofrah, and S’rayah fathered Yo’av the father of Gei-Harashim; for they were craftsmen [c].

15 The sons of Kalev the son of Y’funeh: ‘Iru, Elah and Na‘am. The son of Elah: K’naz. 16 The sons of Yehallel’el: Zif, Zifah, Tirya and Asar’el. 17-18 The sons of ‘Ezrah: Yeter, Mered, ‘Efer and Yalon. These are the sons of Bityah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took as his wife: she conceived Miryam, Shamai and Yishbach the father of Esht’moa; while his Jewish wife bore Yered the father of G’dor, Hever the father of Sokho and Y’kuti’el the father of Zanoach.

19 The sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham were the father of Ke‘ilah the Garmi and Esht’moa the Ma‘akhati. 20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. The sons of Yish‘i: Zochet and Ben-Zochet.

21 The sons of Shelah the son of Y’hudah: ‘Er the father of Lekha, La‘adah the father of Mareshah and the clans of fine-linen-workers at Beit-Ashbea, 22 Yokim, the men of Kozeva, Saraf the ruler in Mo’av, and Yashuvi-Lechem (the records are ancient). 23 These were potters and inhabitants of N’ta‘im and G’derah; they lived there, occupied with the king’s work.

24 The sons of Shim‘on: N’mu’el, Yamin, Yariv, Zerach and Sha’ul. 25 His son was Shalum, his son was Mivsam, and his son was Mishma. 26 The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu’el, his son Zakur, his son Shim‘i. 27 Shim‘i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y’hudah. 28 They lived at Be’er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu‘al, 29 Bilhah, ‘Etzem, Tolad, 30 B’tu’el, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir’i and Sha‘arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32 Their villages were ‘Eitam, ‘Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and ‘Ashan, five cities, 33 along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba‘al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy. 34 Meshovav, Yamlekh, Yoshah the son of Amatzyah, 35 Yo’el, Yehu the son of Yoshivyah the son of S’rayah the son of ‘Asi’el, 36 Elyo‘einai, Ya‘akovah, Y’shochayah, ‘Asayah, ‘Adi’el, Y’simi’el, B’nayah, 37 Ziza the son of Shif‘i the son of Alon the son of Y’da‘yah the son of Shimri the son of Sh’ma‘yah — 38 these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. 39 Seeking pasture for their flocks they went to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley. 40 They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham. 41 Those whose names are written above came during the time of Hizkiyahu king of Y’hudah; they attacked their tents and the Me‘unim who were found there, destroyed them completely, and have lived there in place of them to this day; because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim‘on went to Mount Se‘ir under the leadership of P’latyah, Ne‘aryah, Refayah and Uzi’el the sons of Yish‘i. 43 They attacked the remnant of ‘Amalek who had escaped and have lived there to this day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Hebrew: ‘otzev
  2. 1 Chronicles 4:10 Hebrew: ‘atzbi
  3. 1 Chronicles 4:14 Hebrew: harashim