1 Beresosɛm 8 – AKCB & NIRV

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

1 Beresosɛm 8:1-40

Benyamin Asefo

1Benyamin mmabarima na wodidi so yi:

Bela (abakan), Asbel, Ahra,

2Noha ne Rafha.

3Bela mmabarima yɛ:

Adar, Gera, Abihud, 4Abisua, Naaman, Ahoa, 5Gera, Sefufan ne Huram.

6Ehud mmabarima mmusua ntuanofo a na wɔte Geba na wɔpam wɔn fii hɔ kɔɔ Manahat:

7Ehud mmabarima ne Naaman, Ahiya ne Gera. Gera a na ɔyɛ Usa ne Ahihud agya no na bere a wɔretu no odii wɔn anim.

8Saharaim gyaee ne yerenom Husim ne Baara akyi no, ɔwoo mma wɔ Moab asase so. 9Ne yere foforo Hodes woo Yobab, Sibia, Mesa, Malkam, 10Yeus, Sakia ne Mirma. Saa mmabarima yi bɛyɛɛ mmusua ntuanofo. 11Na Saharaim yere Husim awo Abitub ne Elpaal dedaw.

12Elpaal mmabarima yɛ:

Eber, Misam ne Semed a ɔkyekyeree Ono ne Lod ne wɔn nkuraa no, 13Beria ne Sema. Na wɔyɛ mmusua ntuanofo a na wɔte Ayalon, na wɔpam ɔmanfo a wɔte Gat no.

14Beria mmabarima yɛ Ahio, Sasak, Yeremot, 15Sebadia, Arad, Eder, 16Mikael, Yispa ne Yoha.

17Elpaal mmabarima yɛ Sebadia, Mesulam, Hiski, Heber, 18Ismerai, Yislia ne Yobab.

19Simei mmabarima yɛ Yakim, Sikri, Sabdi, 20Elienai, Siletai, Eliel, 21Adaia, Beraia ne Simrat.

22Sasak mmabarima yɛ Yispan, Eber, Eliel, 23Abdon, Sikri, Hanan, 24Hanania, Elam, Antotia, 25Yifdeia ne Penuel.

26Yeroham mmabarima yɛ Samserai, Seharia, Atalia, 27Yaaresia, Elia ne Sikri.

28Eyinom ne agyanom mmusua ntuanofo a wɔakyerɛw wɔn din wɔ wɔn mu biara anato nkrataa mu. Na wɔn nyinaa tenaa Yerusalem.

Saulo Abusua

29Yeiel (Gibeon agya) tenaa Gibeon. Na ne yere din de Maaka 30a na ne babarima abakan din de Abdon. Na Yeiel mmabarima a wɔaka no din de Sur, Kis, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 31Gedor, Ahio, Seker, 32ne Miklot a ɔyɛ Simea agya. Na saa abusuafo yi tete bemmɛn wɔn ho wɔn ho wɔ Yerusalem.

33Ner na ɔwoo Kis. Kis na ɔwoo Saulo, Saulo na ɔwoo Yonatan, Malki-Sua, Abinadab ne Esbaal.

34Yonatan babarima ne:

Merib-Baal (anaa Mefiboset) na Merib-Baal woo Mika.

35Mika mmabarima ne:

Piton, Melek, Tarea ne Ahas.

36Ahas woo Yehoada na Yehoada woo Alemet, Asmawet ne Simri. Na Simri woo Mosa. 37Mosa woo Binea. Binea woo Rafha. Rafha woo Elasa. Elasa woo Asel.

38Asel woo mmabarima baasia a wɔne:

Asrikam, Bokeru, Ismael, Searia, Obadia ne Hanan. Na eyinom yɛ Asel mma.

39Na Asel nuabarima Esek wɔ mmabarima baasa a wɔne

Ulam a ɔyɛ abakan, Yeus a ɔto so abien ne Elifelet a ɔto so abiɛsa. 40Ulam mmabarima nyinaa yɛ akofo a wɔakwadaw akodi mu, wɔyɛ agyantowfo antoamfom. Na wɔwɔ mma ne nananom bebree a na wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ ɔha aduonum.

Eyinom nyinaa yɛ Benyamin asefo.

New International Reader’s Version

1 Chronicles 8:1-40

The Family History of Saul

1Benjamin was the father of

Bela. Bela was his first son.

Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was the third.

2Nohah was the fourth. And Rapha was the fifth.

3The sons of Bela were

Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

6Here are the members of the family line of Ehud. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Geba. Later, they were taken away from their own land. They were forced to go to Manahath. 7The sons of Ehud were

Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera took them away from their land. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 9His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families. 11His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.

12The sons of Elpaal were

Eber, Misham and Shemed. Shemed built Ono and Lod and the villages around it. 13Beriah and Shema were also sons of Elpaal. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Aijalon. Beriah and Shema drove out the people who were living in Gath.

14Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 15Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

17Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were other sons of Elpaal.

19Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, 20Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

22Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, 24Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

26Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.

28All these men were the leaders of their families. They were listed as chiefs in their family history. They lived in Jerusalem.

29Jeiel lived in the city of Gibeon. He was the father of Gibeon.

Jeiel had a wife named Maakah. 30His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 31Gedor, Ahio, Zeker 32and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. Mikloth and Shimeah also lived in Jerusalem. They lived near their relatives.

33Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.

34The son of Jonathan was

Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah.

35The sons of Micah were

Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz. 36Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. 37Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son. And Azel was Eleasah’s son.

38Azel had six sons. Their names were

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All of them were the sons of Azel.

39Here are the sons of Azel’s brother Eshek.

Ulam was his first son. Jeush was the second. Eliphelet was the third. 40The sons of Ulam were brave fighting men. They could use a bow. They had many sons and grandsons. The total number of sons and grandsons was 150.

All these men belonged to the family line of Benjamin.