¹Dhavhidhi navakuru vehondo vakatsaurirawo basa ravo vanakomana vaAsafi naHemani naJedhutuni, kuti vaporofite nembira, nemitengeramwa, namakandira; mazita avakabata basa ravo ndiwo:

¹And 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.

²vavanakomana vaAsafi: Zakuri, naJosefa, naNetania, naAsharera, vanakomana vaAsafi; vairairwa naAsafi, waiporofita nomurayiro wamambo.

²Of 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.

³VaJedhutuni: vanakomana vaJedhutuni. Gedharia, naZeri, naJeshaya, naHashabhia, naMatitia, vatanhatu; ivo vairairwa nababa vavo Jedhutuni, nembira, waiporofita achivonga nokurumbidza Jehovha.

³Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.

⁴VaHemani: vanakomana vaHemani: Bhukia, naMatania, naUzieri, naShebhueri, naJerimoti, naHanania, naHanani, naEriata, naGidhareti, naRomamitiezeri, naJoshibhekasha, naMaroti, naHotiri, naMahazioti.

⁴Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;

⁵Ava vose vakanga vari vanakomana vaHemani muoni wamambo pamashoko aMwari; Mwari akapa Hemani vanakomana vane gumi navana, navakunda vatatu, kuzomusimbisa.

⁵all these [are] sons of Heman — seer of the king in the things of God — to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶Ava vose vairairwa nababa vavo pakuimba kwavo paimba yaJehovha namakandira, nemitengeramwa, nembira, pabasa reimba yaMwari; Asafi, naJedhutuni, naHemani vairairwa namambo.

⁶All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, 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.

⁷Ava vose, pamwechete nehama dzavo dzakanga dzadzidziswa kuimbira Jehovha, ivo vose vakanga vachigona kwazvo, vakasvika mazana maviri namakumi masere navasere.

⁷And their number, with their brethren — taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent — is two hundred, eighty and eight.

⁸Vakakanda mijenya kuzoratidzwa mabasa avo, kusina anodarikwa, vaduku pamwechete navakuru, navadzidzisi pamwechete navadzidzi.

⁸And they cause to fall lots — charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

⁹Mujenya wokutanga waAsafi ukabata Josefa; wechipiri Gedharia; iye navanin'ina vake vakanga vari gumi navaviri;

⁹And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;

¹⁰wechitatu Zakuri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁰the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹¹wechina Iziri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹²weshanu Netania, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹²the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹³wetanhatu Bhukia, navanakomana vake, navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹³the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹⁴wechinomwe Jesharera, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁴the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹⁵worusere Jeshaya, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁵the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹⁶wepfumbamwe Matania, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁶the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹⁷wegumi Shimei, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁷the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁸wegumi nomumwe Azareri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁸eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

¹⁹wegumi navaviri Hashabhia, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

¹⁹the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁰wegumi navatatu Shubhaeri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁰at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²¹wegumi navana Matitia, navanakomana vake, navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²¹at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²²wegumi navashanu Jeremoti, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²²at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²³wegumi navatanhatu Hanania, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²³at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁴wegumi navanomwe Joshibhekasha, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁴at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁵wegumi navasere Hanani, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁵at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁶wegumi navapfumbamwe Maroti, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁶at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁷wamakumi maviri Eriati, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁷at the twentieth [to] Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁸wamakumi maviri nomumwe Hotiri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁸at the one and twentieth [to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

²⁹wamakumi maviri navaviri Gidhareti, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

²⁹at the two and twentieth [to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

³⁰wamakumi maviri navatatu Mahazioti, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri;

³⁰at the three and twentieth [to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

³¹wamakumi maviri navana Romamitiezeri, navanakomana vake navanin'ina vake, gumi navaviri.

³¹at the four and twentieth [to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.