圣殿的歌乐手

25 大卫和众首领派亚萨、希幔和耶杜顿的后代伴着琴、瑟和钹宣讲上帝的话。以下是担当这职务的人:

撒刻、约瑟、尼探雅、亚萨利拉受他们的父亲亚萨指挥,照王的旨意宣讲上帝的话。 基大利、西利、耶筛亚、示每、哈沙比雅、玛他提雅六人受他们的父亲耶杜顿的指挥,伴着琴声称谢、颂赞耶和华,宣讲祂的话。 希幔的儿子是布基雅、玛探雅、乌薛、细布业、耶利摩、哈拿尼雅、哈拿尼、以利亚他、基大利提、罗幔提·以谢、约施比加沙、玛罗提、何提、玛哈秀。 希幔是王的先见,上帝恩宠他,按应许赐给他十四个儿子、三个女儿。 这些人由他们的父亲指挥,在耶和华的殿唱歌、敲钹、弹琴、鼓瑟,事奉耶和华。亚萨、耶杜顿、希幔听命于王。 他们和其他训练有素、负责歌颂耶和华的亲族共有二百八十八人。 这些人不分长幼、师徒,都抽签分班。

第一签抽出来的是亚萨的儿子约瑟。第二签是基大利及其亲族和儿子共十二人。 10 第三签是撒刻及其儿子和亲族共十二人。 11 第四签是伊洗利和他儿子及亲族共十二人。 12 第五签是尼探雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 13 第六签是布基雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 14 第七签是耶萨利拉及其众子和亲族共十二人。 15 第八签是耶筛亚及其众子和亲族共十二人。 16 第九签是玛探雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 17 第十签是示每及其众子和亲族共十二人。 18 第十一签是亚萨烈及其众子和亲族共十二人。 19 第十二签是哈沙比雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 20 第十三签是书巴业及其众子和亲族共十二人。 21 第十四签是玛他提雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 22 第十五签是耶利摩及其众子和亲族共十二人。 23 第十六签是哈拿尼雅及其众子和亲族共十二人。 24 第十七签是约施比加沙及其众子和亲族共十二人。 25 第十八签是哈拿尼及其众子和亲族共十二人。 26 第十九签是玛罗提及其众子和亲族共十二人。 27 第二十签是以利亚他及其众子和亲族共十二人。 28 第二十一签是何提及其众子和亲族共十二人。 29 第二十二签是基大利提及其众子和亲族共十二人。 30 第二十三签是玛哈秀及其众子和亲族共十二人。 31 第二十四签是罗幔提·以谢及其众子和亲族共十二人。

David Assigns the Temple Musicians Their Duties

25 David and the temple officials chose the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of music. They were to praise the Lord by playing cymbals, harps and other stringed instruments. Here is a list of the musicians and their duties:

Asaph's four sons, Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, were under the direction of their father and played music whenever the king told them to.

Jeduthun's six sons, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[a] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, were under the direction of their father and played harps and sang praises to the Lord.

Heman had 14 sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. Heman was one of the king's prophets, and God honored Heman by giving him 14 sons and 3 daughters. His sons were under his direction and played cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments during times of worship at the temple.

Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman took their orders directly from the king.

There were 288 of these men, and all of them were skilled musicians. David assigned them their duties by asking the Lord what he wanted.[b] Everyone was responsible for something, whether young or old, teacher or student.

9-31 The musicians were divided into 24 groups of twelve, and each group went by the name of their family leader. They were assigned their duties in the following order: Joseph, Gedaliah, Zaccur, Zeri, Nethaniah, Bukkiah, Asarelah, Jeshaiah, Mattaniah, Shimei, Uzziel, Hashabiah, Shebuel, Mattithiah, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Joshbekashah, Hanani, Mallothi, Eliathah, Hothir, Giddalti, Mahazioth, and Romamtiezer.

Footnotes

  1. 25.3 Shimei: One Hebrew manuscript and two ancient translations; other Hebrew manuscripts do not have this name.
  2. 25.8 asking the Lord what he wanted: The Hebrew text has “casting lots” (see the note at 6.65).