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:

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 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.

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 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.

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

From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

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

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 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 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 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.

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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