1 Berɛsosɛm 25

1 Dawid ne asahene no yiyii mmarima firii Asaf, Heman ne Yedutun mmusua mu sɛ wɔmfa nsankuten, mmɛnta ne kyankyan mmɔ Onyankopɔn asɛm no ho dawuro. Wɔn din ne wɔn nnwuma na ɛdidi soɔ yi:

And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of the workmen is according to their service.

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

Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah; sons of Asaph [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.

3 Na Yedutun wɔ mmammarima a wɔn nie: Gedalia, Seri, Yesaia, Simei, Hasabia ne Matitia. Wɔyɛ baasia a wɔhyɛ wɔn agya Yedutun ase. Ɔno na ɔnam sankuten so de aseda ne nkamfo maa Awurade de bɔɔ Onyankopɔn asɛm no ho dawuro.

Of Jeduthun, sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, [and Shimei, and] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, by the side of their father Jeduthun; he is prophesying with a harp, for giving of thanks and of praise for YHWH.

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

Of Heman, sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;

5 Yeinom ne Heman a ɔyɛ ɔhene nkɔmhyɛni no mmammarima. Onyankopɔn domm no mmammarima dunan ne mmammaa baasa.

all these [are] sons of Heman, seer of the king in the things of God, to lift up a horn; and God gives fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

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

All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of YHWH, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.

7 Na wɔatete wɔn ne wɔn abusuafoɔ nyinaa wɔ nnwom a wɔbɔ wɔ Awurade anim no mu. Na wɔn nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ ahanu aduɔwɔtwe nwɔtwe na wɔn mu biara wɔ nnwontoɔ ho nimdeɛ.

And their number, with their brothers taught in the song of YHWH—all who are intelligent—[is] two hundred and eighty-eight.

8 Wɔnam ntontobɔ kronkron so yiyii nnwomtofoɔ tuatuaa nnwuma ahodoɔ ano a wɔanhwɛ sɛ obi yɛ abɔfra anaa ɔpanin, ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ anaa osuani.

And they cause lots to fall, charge next to [charge], the small as well as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

9 Ntonto a ɛdi ɛkan no bɔɔ Yosef a ɔfiri Asaf abusua mu, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ Ntonto a ɛtɔ so mmienu no bɔɔ Gedalia, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

And the first lot goes out for Asaph to Joseph; the second, Gedaliah—him, and his brothers and his sons—twelve;

10 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa no bɔɔ Sakur, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the third, Zaccur, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

11 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no bɔɔ Yisri, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

12 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so enum no bɔɔ Netania, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

13 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nsia no bɔɔ Bukia, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

14 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nson no bɔɔ Yesarela, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the seventh, Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

15 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no bɔɔ Yesaia, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

16 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so nkron no bɔɔ Matania, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

17 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so edu no bɔɔ Simei, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers—twelve:

18 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dubaako no bɔɔ Asarel, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

eleventh, Azareel, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

19 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dumienu no bɔɔ Hasabia, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

20 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dumiɛnsa no bɔɔ Subael, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

21 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunan no bɔɔ Matitia, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

22 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunum no bɔɔ Yeremot, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

23 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunsia no bɔɔ Hanania, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

24 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunson no bɔɔ Yosbekasa, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

25 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunwɔtwe no bɔɔ Hanani, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

26 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so dunkron no bɔɔ Maloti, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

27 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu no bɔɔ Eliata, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

28 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu baako no bɔɔ Hotir, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

29 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu mmienu no bɔɔ Gidalti, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

30 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu mmiɛnsa no bɔɔ Mahasiot, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers—twelve;

31 Ntonto a ɛtɔ so aduonu ɛnan no bɔɔ Romamti-Eser, ɔne ne mmammarima ne nʼabusuafoɔ

the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers—twelve.