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

¹Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:

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

²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.

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

³Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

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

⁴Of Heman; the 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 were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave 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 were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

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

⁷The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.

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

⁸They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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

⁹Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:

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

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁴the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁰for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²¹for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²²for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²³for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁴for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁵for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁶for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁷for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁸for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

²⁹for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

³⁰for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

³¹for the four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.