1 Nyakati 25
1 Daudi na viongozi wa wafanyakazi wa hema la kuabudia walichaguliwa kwa kazi baadhi walikuwa wana wa Asafu, Hemani, na Yeduthuni. Wanaume hawa walitabiri kwa vinubi, vifaa vya uzi, na upatu. Hii ni orodha ya wanaume walioifanya hii kazi:
And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:
2 Kutoka wana wa Asafu: Zakuri, Yosefu, Nethania, na Asharela, wana wa Asafu, chini ya mwongozo wa Asafu, ambaye alitabiri chini ya uwangalizi wa mfalme.
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
3 Kutoka wana wa Yeduthuni: Gedalia, Zeri, Yeshaia, Shimei, Hashabia, na Matithia, sita kwa ujumla, chini ya mwongozo wa baba yao Yeduthuni, ambaye alipiga kinubi kwa kutoa shukurani na kumsifu Yahweh.
Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, [and Shimei] six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
4 Kutoka wana wa Hemani: Bukia, Matania, Uzieli, Shebueli, na yerimothi, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gidalti, Romamti Ezeri, yoshibekasha, Mallothi, Hothiri, na Mahaziothi.
Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:
5 Hawa wote walikuwa wana wa Hemani mfalme wa manabii. Mungu alimpa Hemani wana kumi na nne na mabinti watatu kwa ajili ya kumpa heshima.
all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 Hawa wote walikuwa chini ya mwongozo wa baba yao. Walikuwa ni waimbaji katika nyumba ya Yahweh, pamoja na upatu na vifaa vya uzi walivyohudumu katika nyumba ya Mungu. Asafu, Yeduthuni, na Hemani walikuwa chini ya uwangalizi wa mfalme.
All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.
7 Wao na kaka zao walikuwa na uwelewa na walifundishwa kutengeneza muziki kwa Yahweh walikuwa na idadi ya 288.
And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 Walirusha kura kwa majukumu yao, wote sawa, sawa kwa vijana na kwa wazee, kwa walimua na kwa wanafunzi.
And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
9 Sasa kuhusu wana wa Asafu: kura ya kwanza iliangukia katika familia ya Yusufu; ya pili iliangukia katika familia ya Gedalia, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.
10 ya tatu iliangukia kwa Zakuri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
11 ya nne iliangukia kwa Izri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
12 ya tano iliangukia kwa Nethania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
13 ya sita iliangukia kwa Bukia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
14 ya saba iliangukia kwa Yesharela, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
15 ya nane iliangukia kwa Yeshaia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
16 ya tisa iliangukia kwa Matania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
17 ya kumi iliangukia kwa Shimei, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
18 ya kumi na moja iliangukia kwa Azareli, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
19 ya kumi na mbili iliangukia kwa Hashabia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
20 ya kumi na tatu iliangukia kwa Shubaeli, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
21 ya kumi na nne iliangukia kwa Matithia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
22 ya kumi na tano iliangukia kwa Yeromothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
23 ya kumi na sita iliangukia kwa Hanania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
24 ya kumi na saba iliangukia kwa Yoshibekasha, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
25 ya kumi na nane iliangukia kwa Hanani, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
26 ya kumi na tisa iliangukia kwa Malothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
27 ya ishirini iliangukia kwa Eliatha, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
28 ya ishirini na moja iliangukia kwa Hothiri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
29 ya ishirini na mbili iliangukia kwa Gidalti, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
30 ya ishirini na tatu iliangukia kwa Mahaziothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;
The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
31 ya ishirini na nne iliangukia kwa Romamti Eza, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili.
The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
