1. Rubene ke yena letsibolo la Iseraele. Empa ka lebaka la ho silafatsa diphate tsa ntatae, tokelo tsa hae tsa boholo di ile tsa newa bara ba Josefa, mora wa Iseraele; ka hona ha a yo lenaneng, ho latela tswalo ya hae.
2. Le hoja Juda a ne a le matla ho feta bana babo, mme mmusi a ile a hlaha lapeng la hae, ditokelo tsa boholo e ile ya eba tsa Josefa.
3. Bara ba Rubene, letsibolo la Iseraele, ke bana: Hanoke, le Palo, le Heserone, le Karimi.
4. Bara ba Joele ke Shemaya ya tswetseng Gogo, Gogo ya tswetseng Shimei.
5. Shimei yena a tswala Mmika, Mmika a tswala Reaya, Reaya a tswala Baala,
6. Baala a tswala Beera, eo Tigelate-Pilesere, kgosi ya Asiria, a ileng a mo thopa. E ne e le yena kgosana ya ba morabe wa Rubene.
7. Lenaneng la bana babo, ho ya ka malapa abo bona, ke kgosana Jeiele, le Sekariya,
8. le Bela ya tswetsweng ke Asase, Asase ya tswetsweng ke Shema, Shema ya tswetsweng ke Joele. Naha ya bona, e ne e tloha Arowere, ho ya fihla Nebo, le Baale-Meone.