1 Thusimbu 25
1 David le a sepai jalamkaiten Asaph, Heman chule Jeduthun insungmi chu Kipana thupha sapphong tohthoa semjang gin ngei, tumging chule Khutbeh la lamkai din alhengdoh taove.
Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office.
2 Asaph chapate Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah chule Asarelah in jong a pau maikainan lengpa thupeh dungjuiyin kipana thupha chu alhangsap uve.
From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king.
3 Heduthun chapate, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshiah, Shimei, Hashabiah chule Mattithah mi gup cheng hin jong a pau makainan semjang gin ngei, thangvah le vahchoi toh thon kipana thupha sapphong toh thon Pathen athangvah uve.
Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord.
4 Heman chapate chu Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romam’ti-e’zer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir chule Mahazioth cheng hi ahiuve.
Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5 Lengpa Themgao a pang Heman hin Pakaiya a konin chapa Somle li le chanu thum ahing e.
All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 Heman le achapate chu Houin sunga tumging thei, Selangdah gin ngei, Semjang sai chule khutbeh a Pakai vahchoina lamkaiya pang ahiuve. Chule ijakaiyin, Asaph, Jeduthun chule Heman jong lengpa toh aki thukop jing uve.
All these, under their father’s hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 Amaho insung hi Pakai vahchoi na mun a tumging sai ding mong a hung kitillu ahi. Abonchauvin tumging sai thei cheh mi Jani somget le get alhing uve.
Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight.
8 Mi hichengse hi teh le khang hihen jilkung le simlai umlouvin athepna cheh uva apang un chuleh vang kibang in akisan cheh uve.
And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.
9 Mi jani somget le get ho hin, chapa somle ni cheh in asauvin, hichengse ho hi hop somni le li in aki homson uvin asopite cheng to vang akisan uve. Vang kisan masapen chu Asaph chilhah lah a Joseph le asopite ahiuvin. Anina a vang kisan chu Gedaliah le asopite ahi,
And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve.
10 athum channa Zaccur,
The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
11 ali channa Zeri,
The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
12 a nga channa Nethaniah,
The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
13 a gup channa Bukkiah,
The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
14 a sagi channa Asarelahz,
The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
15 a get channa Jessiah,
The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
16 a ko channa Mattaniah,
The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
17 a som channa Shimei,
The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
18 a somle khat na Uzziel,
The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
19 a somle ni na Hashabiah,
The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
20 a somle thumna Shubael,
The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
21 a somle li na Mattithiah,
The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
22 a somle nga na Jerimoth,
The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
23 a somle gup na Hannaniah,
The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
24 a somle sagi na Joshbekashah,
The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
25 a somle get na Hanani,
The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
26 a somle ko na Mallothi,
The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve.
27 a somni na Eliathah,
The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
28 a somni le khat na Hothir,
The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
29 a somni le ni na Giddalti,
The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
30 a somni le thumna Mahazioth,
The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
31 a somni le li na Romamti-ezer.
The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
