1 Beresosɛm 25

1 Dawid ne asahene no yiyii mmarima fii Asaf, Heman ne Yedutun mmusua mu sɛ wɔmfa asankuten, mmɛnta ne kyɛnkyɛn mmɔ Onyankopɔn asɛm no dawuru. Wɔn din ne wɔn nnwuma na edidi so yi:

And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.

2 Na Asaf mmabarima no ne: Sakur, Yosef, Netania ne Asarela. Na wɔhyɛ wɔn agya Asaf ase. Ɔno na ɔhene hyɛɛ no ma ɔbɔɔ Onyankopɔn asɛm no dawuru.

The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph [were] next the king.

3 Na Yedutun wɔ mmabarima a wɔne: Gedalia, Seri, Yesaia, Simei, Hasabia ne Matitia. Wɔyɛ baasia a wɔhyɛ wɔn agya ase. Ɔno na ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm, nam sankuten so de aseda ne nkamfo maa Awurade.

To Idithun [were reckoned] the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

4 Na Heman mmabarima din ne: Bukia, Matania, Usiel, Sebuel, Yerimot, Hanania, Hanani, Eliata, Gidalti, Romamti-Eser, Yosbekasa, Maloti, Hotir, ne Mahasiot.

To Aeman [were reckoned] the sons of Aeman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.

5 Eyinom ne Heman a ɔyɛ ɔhene diyifo no mmabarima. Onyankopɔn dom no mmabarima dunan ne mmabea baasa.

All these [were] the sons of Aeman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Aeman fourteen sons, and three daughters.

6 Na saa mmarima yi nyinaa hyɛ wɔn agyanom ase, na wɔnam so too nnwom wɔ Awurade fi. Wɔn nnwuma ne sɛ wɔbɔ kyɛnkyɛn, mmɛnta ne asankuten wɔ Onyankopɔn fi. Na Asaf, Yedutun ne Heman hyɛ ɔhene no ase.

All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Aeman.

7 Na wɔatetew wɔn ne wɔn abusuafo nyinaa wɔ nnwom a wɔto wɔ Awurade anim no mu. Na wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ ahannu aduɔwɔtwe awotwe na wɔn mu biara wɔ nnwonto ho nimdeɛ.

And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight.

8 Wɔnam ntontobɔ kronkron so yiyii nnwontofo tuatuaa nnwuma ahorow ano a wɔanhwɛ sɛ obi yɛ abofra anaa ɔpanyin, ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo anaa osuani.

And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the learners.

9 Ntonto a edi kan no bɔɔ Yosef a ofi Asaf abusua mu, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo Ntonto a ɛto so abien no bɔɔ Gedalia, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.

10 Ntonto a ɛto so abiɛsa no bɔɔ Sakur, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:

11 Ntonto a ɛto so anan no bɔɔ Yisri, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:

12 Ntonto a ɛto so anum no bɔɔ Netania, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

13 Ntonto a ɛto so asia no bɔɔ Bukia, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

14 Ntonto a ɛto so ason no bɔɔ Yesarela, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

15 Ntonto a ɛto so awotwe no bɔɔ Yesaia, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

16 Ntonto a ɛto so akron no bɔɔ Matania, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

17 Ntonto a ɛto so du no bɔɔ Simei, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

18 Ntonto a ɛto so dubaako no bɔɔ Asarel, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

19 Ntonto a ɛto so dumien no bɔɔ Hasabia, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

20 Ntonto a ɛto so dumiɛnsa no bɔɔ Subael, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

21 Ntonto a ɛto so dunan no bɔɔ Matitia, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

22 Ntonto a ɛto so dunum no bɔɔ Yeremot, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

23 Ntonto a ɛto so dunsia no bɔɔ Hanania, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

24 Ntonto a ɛto so dunson no bɔɔ Yosbekasa, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

25 Ntonto a ɛto so dunwɔtwe no bɔɔ Hanani, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

26 Ntonto a ɛto so dunkron no bɔɔ Maloti, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

27 Ntonto a ɛto so aduonu no bɔɔ Eliata, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

28 Ntonto a ɛto so aduonu baako no bɔɔ Hotir, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

29 Ntonto a ɛto so aduonu abien no bɔɔ Gidalti, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

30 Ntonto a ɛto so aduonu abiɛsa no bɔɔ Mahasiot, ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

31 Ntonto a ɛto so aduonu anan no bɔɔ Romamti-Eser ne ne mmabarima ne nʼabusuafo

the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve: