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Ekika kya Isakaali

(A)Abaana ba Isakaali baali bana:

Tola, ne Puwa, ne Yasubu, ne Simuloni.

Batabani ba Tola baali

Uzzi, Lefaya, Yeryeri, Yamayi, Ibusamu ne Semweri, era be baali abakulu b’enda zaabwe. Ku mulembe gwa Dawudi, bazzukulu ba Tola baali abasajja abalwanyi nga bawera emitwalo ebiri mu enkumi bbiri mu lukaaga.

Uzzi n’azaala

Izulakiya.

Izulakiya n’azaala

Mikayiri, ne Obadiya, ne Yoweeri ne Issiya, era bonna baali bakulu. Okusinziira ku nda yaabwe, baali basajja b’amaanyi era nga balwanyi ba ntalo, nga balina abakyala n’abaana bangi, nga bawera abasajja emitwalo esatu mu kakaaga.

Baganda baabwe bonna awamu abaali ab’ekika kya Isakaali baali abasajja abalwanyi emitwalo munaana mu kasanvu bonna awamu.

Ekika kya Benyamini

(B)Benyamini yalina abatabani basatu,

Bera, ne Bekeri ne Yediyayeri.

Batabani ba Bera baali

Ezuboni, ne Uzzi, ne Wuziyeeri, ne Yerimosi ne Iri, be baana bataano, ate nga bonna bakulu b’enda zaabwe. Mu kubalibwa baali abasajja abalwanyi emitwalo ebiri mu enkumi bbiri mu amakumi asatu mu bana.

Batabani ba Bekeri baali

Zemira, ne Yowaasi, ne Eryeza, ne Eriwenayi, ne Omuli, ne Yeremosi, ne Abiya, ne Anasosi ne Alemesi. Bano be baali abaana ba Bekeri ate nga bonna bakulu b’enda zaabwe. Mu kubalibwa baali abasajja abalwanyi emitwalo ebiri mu ebikumi bibiri mu bibiri.

10 Mutabani wa Yediyayeri,

yali Birukani,

ate batabani ba Birukani nga be ba

Yewusi, ne Benyamini, ne Ekudi, ne Kenaana, ne Zesani, ne Talusiisi ne Akisakali. 11 Bano bonna baali bazzukulu ba Yediyayeri ate nga be bakulu b’enda zaabwe. Era baali abasajja abalwanyi omutwalo gumu mu kasanvu mu ebikumi bibiri.

12 Abasuppimu n’Abakupimu baali bazzukulu ba Iri, ate ng’Abakusimu bazzukulu ba Akeri.

Ekika kya Nafutaali

13 (C)Batabani ba Nafutaali baali

Yaziyeri, ne Guni, ne Yezeri ne Sallumu, era bano be bazzukulu ba Biruka.

Ekika kya Manase

14 (D)Bano be baali bazzukulu ba Manase:

Asuliyeri ne Makiri mukyala we Omwalamu. Be yamuzaalira. Makiri n’azaala Gireyaadi. 15 (E)Makiri n’awasa okuva mu Bakupimu n’Abasuppimu, n’erinnya lya mwannyina nga ye Maaka.

Omuzzukulu omulala yali Zerofekadi, era ng’alina baana ba buwala bokka.

16 Maaka mukyala wa Makiri n’azaala omwana wabulenzi n’amutuuma Peresi. Muganda we ye yali Seresi, nga ne batabani ba Seresi be ba Ulamu ne Lekemu.

17 (F)Mutabani wa Ulamu yali

Bedani,

era bano nga be batabani ba Gireyaadi, mutabani wa Makiri, mutabani wa Manase. 18 (G)Mwannyina Kammolekisi n’azaala Isukondi, ne Abiyezeeri ne Makula.

19 Batabani ba Semida baali

Akyani, ne Sekemu, ne Liki ne Aniyamu.

Ekika kya Efulayimu

20 (H)Mutabani wa Efulayimu yali

Susera, mutabani wa Susera nga ye Beredi, mutabani wa Beredi nga ye Takasi,

mutabani wa Takasi nga ye Ereyadda,

mutabani wa Ereyadda nga ye Takasi, 21 mutabani wa Takasi nga ye Zabadi,

ate mutabani wa Zabadi nga ye Susera.

Efulayimu yalina batabani be abalala babiri, nga be ba Ezeri ne Ereyaddi abattibwa mu nsi ya Gusi nga bagenze okubba (okunyaga) ente. 22 Efulayimu n’abakungubagira okumala ennaku nnyingi, era baganda be ne bajja okumukungubagirako. 23 Awo Efulayimu n’amanya mukyala we, mukyala we n’azaala omwana owoobulenzi omulala, n’amutuuma Beriya kubanga ennyumba ye yatuukibwako emitawaana. 24 (I)Ne muwala we yali Sera, era oyo yazimba Besukoloni ekya eky’emmanga n’eky’engulu, ne Uzzemmuseera.

25 Efulayimu yalinayo n’omutabani omulala erinnya lye Leefa, nga ye kitaawe wa Lesefu,

Lesefu n’azaala Teera, Teera n’azaala Takani,

26 Takani n’azaala Ladani, Ladani n’azaala Ammikudi,

Ladani n’azaala Erisaama, 27 Erisaama n’azaala Nuuni,

Nuuni n’azaala Yoswa.

28 (J)Ettaka lyabwe n’ebifo we baasenga byali Beseri n’obubuga obutono obukyetoolodde, ebuvanjuba w’e Naalani, ebugwanjuba w’e Gezeri, n’obubuga bwakyo, n’e Sekemu n’obubuga bwakyo, okutuukira ddala ku Azza n’obubuga obukyetoolodde. 29 (K)Bazzukulu ba Yusufu, Abamanase, mutabani wa Isirayiri babeeranga Besuseyani, n’e Taanaki, n’e Megiddo, n’e Doli n’obubuga obwali bubiriranye.

Ekika kya Aseri

30 (L)Abaana ba Aseri baali

Imuna, ne Isuva, ne Isuvi, ne Beriya, ne Seera mwannyinaabwe.

31 Batabani ba Beriya baali

Keberi ne Malukiyeeri, ne Malukiyeeri nga ye kitaawe wa Biruzayisi.

32 Keberi n’azaala Yafuleti, ne Somera, ne Kosamu ne mwannyinaabwe Suwa.

33 Batabani ba Yafuleti baali

Pasaki, ne Bimukali, ne Asuvasi.

34 Batabani ba Semeri baali

Aki, ne Loga, ne Yekubba ne Alamu.

35 Batabani ba muganda we Keremu baali Zofa, ne Imuna, ne Seresi ne Amali.

36 Batabani ba Zofa baali

Suwa, ne Kaluneferi, ne Suwali, ne Beri, ne Imula, 37 ne Bezeri, ne Kodi, ne Samma, ne Sirusa, ne Isulani ne Beera.

38 Batabani ba Yeseri baali

Yefune, ne Pisupa ne Ala.

39 Batabani ba Ulla baali

Ala, ne Kanieri ne Liziya.

40 Bano bonna baali bazzukulu ba Aseri, abamu nga bakulu ba nda zaabwe abalala nga basajja baakitiibwa, n’abalala nga balwanyi abazira, n’abalala nga baami bakulu ddala mu bitiibwa byabwe. Abasajja abalwanyi bonna awamu bawera emitwalo ebiri mu kakaaga.

The Family of Issachar(A)

The sons of Issachar were (B)Tola, [a]Puah, [b]Jashub, and Shimron—four in all. The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; (C)their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.

Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.

The Family of Benjamin(D)

The sons of (E)Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all. The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five in all. They were heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.

The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher. And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. 12 [c]Shuppim and [d]Huppim were the sons of [e]Ir, and Hushim was the son of [f]Aher.

The Family of Naphtali(F)

13 The (G)sons of Naphtali were [g]Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and [h]Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

The Family of Manasseh (West)

14 The (H)descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him (I)Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15 Machir took as his wife the sister of [i]Huppim and [j]Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s [k]grandson was (J)Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters. 16 (Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam was (K)Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18 His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, [l]Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Family of Ephraim

20 (L)The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name [m]Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. 24 Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper (M)Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah; 25 and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, (N)Elishama his son, 27 [n]Nun his son, and (O)Joshua his son.

28 Now their (P)possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east [o]Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as [p]Ayyah and its towns; 29 and by the borders of the children of (Q)Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, (R)Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.

The Family of Asher(S)

30 (T)The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of [q]Birzaith. 32 And Heber begot Japhlet, [r]Shomer, [s]Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the children of Japhlet. 34 The sons of (U)Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, [t]Jithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Haniel, and Rizia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among the army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six thousand.

Descendants of Issachar

The sons[a] of Issachar: Tola, (A)Puah, (B)Jashub, and Shimron, four. The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number (C)in the days of David being 22,600. The son[b] of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

Descendants of Benjamin

(D)The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, (E)Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of (F)Aher.

Descendants of Naphtali

13 (G)The sons of Naphtali: (H)Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and (I)Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

14 (J)The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore (K)Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and (L)Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam: (M)Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Descendants of Ephraim

20 The (N)sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.[c] 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper (O)Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, (P)Elishama his son, 27 Nun[d] his son, (Q)Joshua his son. 28 (R)Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west (S)Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; 29 (T)also in possession of the Manassites, (U)Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

Descendants of Asher

30 (V)The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:1 Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:3 Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:27 Hebrew Non