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:

David and the leaders of the army selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:

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.

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.

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.

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

4 Kutoka wana wa Hemani: Bukia, Matania, Uzieli, Shebueli, na yerimothi, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gidalti, Romamti Ezeri, yoshibekasha, Mallothi, Hothiri, na Mahaziothi.

From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and 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 the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters to lift up his horn.

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. They were musicians in Yahweh's house, with cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's house. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king's supervision.

7 Wao na kaka zao walikuwa na uwelewa na walifundishwa kutengeneza muziki kwa Yahweh walikuwa na idadi ya 288.

They and their brothers who were skilled and trained to make music to Yahweh numbered 288.

8 Walirusha kura kwa majukumu yao, wote sawa, sawa kwa vijana na kwa wazee, kwa walimua na kwa wanafunzi.

They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the same for the young as well as the old, the teacher as well as the student.

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;

Now regarding Asaph's sons: The first lot fell to Joseph's family; the second fell to Gedaliah's family, twelve persons in number;

10 ya tatu iliangukia kwa Zakuri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the third fell to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

11 ya nne iliangukia kwa Izri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the fourth fell to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

12 ya tano iliangukia kwa Nethania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the fifth fell to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

13 ya sita iliangukia kwa Bukia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the sixth fell to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

14 ya saba iliangukia kwa Yesharela, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the seventh fell to Jesarelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

15 ya nane iliangukia kwa Yeshaia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the eighth fell to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

16 ya tisa iliangukia kwa Matania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the ninth fell to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

17 ya kumi iliangukia kwa Shimei, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the tenth fell to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

18 ya kumi na moja iliangukia kwa Azareli, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the eleventh fell to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

19 ya kumi na mbili iliangukia kwa Hashabia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the twelfth fell to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

20 ya kumi na tatu iliangukia kwa Shubaeli, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the thirteenth fell to Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

21 ya kumi na nne iliangukia kwa Matithia, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the fourteenth fell to Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

22 ya kumi na tano iliangukia kwa Yeromothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the fifteenth fell to Jerimoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

23 ya kumi na sita iliangukia kwa Hanania, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the sixteenth fell to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

24 ya kumi na saba iliangukia kwa Yoshibekasha, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the seventeenth fell to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

25 ya kumi na nane iliangukia kwa Hanani, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the eighteenth fell to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

26 ya kumi na tisa iliangukia kwa Malothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the nineteenth fell to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

27 ya ishirini iliangukia kwa Eliatha, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the twentieth fell to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

28 ya ishirini na moja iliangukia kwa Hothiri, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the twenty-first fell to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

29 ya ishirini na mbili iliangukia kwa Gidalti, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the twenty-second fell to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

30 ya ishirini na tatu iliangukia kwa Mahaziothi, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili;

the twenty-third fell to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

31 ya ishirini na nne iliangukia kwa Romamti Eza, wana wake na ndugu zake, idadi ya watu kumi na mbili.

the twenty-fourth fell to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number.