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1 UDavida lenduna zebutho behlukanisela-ke inkonzo emadodaneni kaAsafi lakaHemani lakaJeduthuni, abaprofetha ngamachacho, ngezigubhu zezintambo, langensimbi ezincencethayo. Lenani lamadoda omsebenzi lalinjengokwenkonzo yawo:

Moreover David and the chief. officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office.

2 Emadodaneni kaAsafi: OZakuri loJosefa loNethaniya loAsarela, amadodana kaAsafi, phansi kwesandla sikaAsafi, owaprofetha ngokwesandla senkosi.

Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph prophesying near the king.

3 NgoJeduthuni: Amadodana kaJeduthuni: OGedaliya, loZeri, loJeshaya, uHashabhiya, loMathithiya, beyisithupha, ezandleni zikayise uJeduthuni, owayeprofetha ngechacho, ukubonga lokudumisa iNkosi.

And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Serf, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, six, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

4 NgoHemani: Amadodana kaHemani: OBukhiya, uMathaniya, uUziyeli, uShebuweli, loJerimothi, uHananiya, uHanani, uEliyatha, uGidaliti, loRomamiti-Ezeri, uJoshibekasha, uMaloti, uHothiri, uMahaziyothi.

Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel, and Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth:

5 Bonke laba babengamadodana kaHemani umboni wenkosi emazwini kaNkulunkulu ukuphakamisa uphondo. Njalo uNkulunkulu wamnika uHemani amadodana alitshumi lane lamadodakazi amathathu.

All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 Bonke laba babesezandleni zikayise ekuhlabeleleni endlini yeNkosi ngensimbi ezincencethayo, izigubhu zezintambo, lamachacho enkonzweni yendlu kaNkulunkulu, phansi kwesandla senkosi, oAsafi loJeduthuni loHemani.

All these under their father’s hand were distributed to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of the Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman.

7 Lenani labo kanye labafowabo ababefundiswe ngezingoma zeNkosi, bonke ababelolwazi, lalingamakhulu amabili lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesificaminwembili.

And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight,

8 Basebesenza inkatho yokuphosa ngomlindo, omncinyane njengomkhulu, ofundisayo lofundayo.

And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.

9 Inkatho yokuqala yasiphumela uAsafi kuJosefa; eyesibili kuGedaliya, yena labafowabo lamadodana akhe, belitshumi lambili;

And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve.

10 eyesithathu kuZakuri, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The third to Zachur, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

11 eyesine kuIziri, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The fourth to Isari, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

12 eyesihlanu kuNethaniya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

13 eyesithupha kuBukhiya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

14 eyesikhombisa kuAsarela, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The seventh to Isreela, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

15 eyesificaminwembili kuJeshaya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

16 eyesificamunwemunye kuMathaniya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

17 eyetshumi kuShimeyi, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

18 eyetshumi lanye kuAzareli, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

19 eyetshumi lambili kuHashabhiya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

20 eyetshumi lantathu kuShebuweli, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

21 eyetshumi lane kuMathithiya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

22 eyetshumi lanhlanu kuJeremothi, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

23 eyetshumi lesithupha kuHananiya, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

24 eyetshumi lesikhombisa kuJoshibekasha, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

25 eyetshumi lesificaminwembili kuHanani, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

26 eyetshumi lesificamunwemunye kuMalothi, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

27 eyamatshumi amabili kuEliyatha, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

28 eyamatshumi amabili lanye kuHothiri, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

29 eyamatshumi amabili lambili kuGidaliti, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

30 eyamatshumi amabili lantathu kuMahaziyothi, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili;

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

31 eyamatshumi amabili lane kuRomamiti-Ezeri, amadodana akhe labafowabo, belitshumi lambili.

The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to his sons and his brethren twelve.