Nigerian Pidgin Bible
Nehemiah 11
1 The leaders don settle for Jerusalem, and the rest of the people don draw lots to choose one family out of every ten to go live for city of Jerusalem, and the rest go dey live for the other cities and towns.
2 The people praise anyone else wey offer himself to live in Jerusalem.
3 For other towns and cities the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Temple workmen, and descendants of Solomon servants live for their own property inside their own town. Na the following be the list of leading citizen of the province of Judah wey live for Jerusalem:
4 Members of Judah tribe na: Athaiah, wey be the son of Uzziah and grandson of Zechariah. Him other ancestors na Amariah, Shephatiah, and Mahalalel, descendants of Judah son Perez.
5 Maaseiah, wey be the son of Baruch and grandson of Colhozeh. Him other ancestors na Hazaiah, Adaiah, Joiarib, and Zechariah, descendant of Judah son Shelah.
6 From the descendants of Perez, 468 excellent men live for Jerusalem.
7 Members of Benjamin tribe na: Sallu, the son of Meshullam and grandson of Joed. Him other ancestor na Pedaiah, Kolaiah, Maaseiah, Ithiel, and Jeshaiah.
8 Gabbai and Sallai, Sallu close relative. Na 928 people of Benjamin live for Jerusalem.
9 Joel son of Zichri na the leader, and Judah son of Hassenuah na the second senior officer for the city.
10 The priests na: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, and Jachin.
11 Seraiah, wey be the son of Hilkiah and grandson of Meshullam. Him ancestors na Zadok, Meraoith, and Ahitub, wey be the High Priest.
12 Na 822 memebers of this clan serve in the Temple. Adaiah, wey be the son of Jeroham and grandson of Pelaliah. Him ancestors na Amzi, Zechariah, Pashhur, and Malchijah.
13 Na 242 members of this clan be the heads of families. Amashsai, son of Azarel and grandson of Ahzai. Him ancestors include Meshillemoth and Immer.
14 Na 128 members of this clan be special soldiers. Their leader na Zabdiel, he be member of a family wey dey lead.
15 The Levites na: Shemaiah, wey be the son of Hasshub and grandson of Azrikam. Him ancestors na Hashabiah and Bunni.
16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, important Levite wey dey in charge of work outside the Temple.
17 Mattaniah, wey be the son of Mica and grandson of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph. He lead the temple choir to dey sing the prayer of thanksgiving. Bakbukiah, wey be Mattaniah assistant. Abda, wey be son of Shammua and grandson of Galal, a descendant of Jeduthun.
18 Na 284 Levites live for the holy city of Jerusalem, in all.
19 Temple guards na: Akkub, Talmon and their relatives, dem be 172 in all.
20 The people of Israel wey remain and the Priests and Levites dey live for their own property for other cities and towns of Judah.
21 The temple workmen dey live in the part of Jerusalem wey dem dey call Opgel and na Ziha and Gishpa dey in charge of them.
22 Na Uzzi, the son of Bani and grandson of Hashabiah, be the supervisor of the Levites wey dey live for Jerusalem. Him ancestors na Mattaniah and Mica, and na the clan of Asaph he belong to, the clan wey dey responsible for the music in the temple services.
23 Royal regulation dey on how the clans go dey take turns to dey lead temple music for each day.
24 Pethahiah wey be son of Meshezabel, of the clan of Zerah and tribe of Judah, dey represent the people of Israel for Persian court.
25 Plenty of the people dey live for towns wey dey near their farms. Those wey be part of the tribe of Judah dey live for Kiriath Arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and for the villages wey dey near these cities.
26 Dem also live for the cities of Jeshua, Moladah, Bethpelet,
27 And Hazarshual, and for Beersheba and the villages wey dey around am.
28 Dem live for the city of Ziklag, for Meconah and hin villages,
29 For Enrimmon, for Zorah, for Jarmuth,
30 For Zanoah, for Adullam, and dem live for the villages wey dey near these towns. Dem live in Lachish and for farms wey dey near by, and for Azekah and hin villages. That is to say, the people of Judah dey live for the territory wey dey between Beersheba for the south and the Valley of Hinnom for north.
31 The people of the tribe of Benjamin live for Geba, Michmash, Ai, Bethel, and the villages wey dey nearby,
32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod, and Ono, and for the Valley of Craftsmen.
36 Dem don assign some group of Levites wey don live for the territory of Judah to live with the people of Benjamin.