1 Chronicles 25

25 ¹David and di army commanders separate some of di sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for di work, dem wey dey prophesy with lyre, harp, and cymbal. Dia number, according to dia work, na: ²Sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, di sons of Asaph—under Asaph im hand, wey dey prophesy under di king im hand. ³Jeduthun im sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, Mattithiah—six, wey dia papa Jeduthun dey lead, wey dey prophesy with di lyre, dey give tank and dey praise our Papa. ⁴Of Heman, sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵All dis ones na sons of Heman, di king im seer, wey dem give through our Papa im word to lift Heman up. Our Papa give Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All dis ones dey under dia papa im hand for song for di house of our Papa, with cymbal, harp, and lyre for di work of di house of our Papa; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman dey under di king im hand. ⁷Dia number, together with dia brodas wey dem train to sing to our Papa—all of dem sabi am well well—na 288. ⁸Dem cast lot for dia duty, small and big di same way, teacher and student di same way.

⁹Di first lot come out for Asaph, to Joseph; di second, Gedaliah with im brodas and sons, twelve. ¹⁰Di third to Zaccur, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹¹di fourth to Izri, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹²di fifth to Nethaniah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹³di sixth to Bukkiah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁴di seventh to Jesarelah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁵di eighth to Jeshaiah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁶di ninth to Mattaniah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁷di tenth to Shimei, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁸di eleventh to Azarel, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ¹⁹di twelfth to Hashabiah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁰di thirteenth to Shubael, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²¹di fourteenth to Mattithiah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²²di fifteenth to Jeremoth, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²³di sixteenth to Hananiah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁴di seventeenth to Joshbekashah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁵di eighteenth to Hanani, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁶di nineteenth to Mallothi, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁷di twentieth to Eliathah, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁸di twenty-first to Hothir, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ²⁹di twenty-second to Giddalti, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ³⁰di twenty-third to Mahazioth, im sons and im brodas, twelve; ³¹di twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, im sons and im brodas, twelve.