Nigerian Pidgin Bible
Nehemiah 7
1 And now we don build the wall, we don set the gate, and the temple guards, the members of the holy choir, and the other Levites don dey do their work.
2 I put two men to dey in charge of Jerusalem city: My brother Hanani and Hamaniah, commanding officer of the tower. Hananiah na God fearing man wey person fit trust and he no get equal.
3 I tell them say make dem no open the gates of Jerusalem for morning until after sun don rise and make dem close and lock them before the guards commot for duty for evening. I also tell them make dem appoints guards from among the people wey dey live for Jerusalem and make dem assign them to post and others to dey patrol the area around their own house.
4 Jerusalem na large city, but no be plenty people dey live inside am, and dem never build plenty house inside am.
5 God move me make I gather the people and their leaders and officials and make I check their house records. I locate the record of those wey don first return from slavery, and na the information wey I find be this:
6 Plenty of the people wey come from foreign land commot from the province of Babylonia and return to Jerusalem and Judah, each to him own town. Their families don dey live for foreign land of Babylonia ever since King Nebuchadnezzar don take them there as prisoners.
7 Na Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah be their leaders.
8 Na the lists of clans of Israel, with the number of those wey come from each clans wey return from foreign land be this: Descendants of Parosh na 2,172.
9 Descendants of Shephatiah na 372;
10 Descendants of Arah na 652;
11 Descendants of Pahath Moab of the family line of Jeshua and Joab na 2,818;
12 Descendants of Elam na 1,254;
13 Descendants of Zattu na 845;
14 Descendants of Zaccai na 760;
15 Descendants of Binnui na 648;
16 Descendants of Bebai na 628;
17 Descendants of Azgad na 2,322;
18 Descendants of Adonikam na 667;
19 Descendants of Bigvai na 2,067;
20 Descendants of Adin na 655;
21 Descendants of Ater through the family of Hezekiah na 98;
22 Descendants of Hashum na 328;
23 Descendants of Bezai na 324;
24 Descendants of Hariph na 112;
25 Descendants of Gideon na 95;
26 From the towns of Bethlehem and Netophah na 188;
27 From the town of Anathoth na128;
28 From the town of Beth Azmaveth na 42;
29 From the towns of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth na 743;
30 From the towns of Ramah and Geba na 621;
31 From the town of Micmash na 122;
32 From the towns of Bethel and Ai na 123;
33 From the town of Nebo na 52;
34 From the town of Elam na 1,254;
35 From the town of Harim na 320;
36 From the town of Jericho na 345;
37 From the towns of Lod, Hadid, and Ono na 721;
38 From the town of Senaah na 3,930;
39 Na the priests be these: Descendants of Jedaiah through the family of Jeshua na 973;
40 Descendants of Immer na 1,052;
41 Descendants of Pashhur na 1,247;
42 Descendants of Harim na 1,017.
43 Na the people from the tribe of Levi be these: Descendants of Jeshua through Kadmiel through the family of Hodaviah na 74.
44 Na the singers be these: Descendants of Asaph na 148.
45 Na the gatekeepers be these: Descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai na 138.
46 Na the special Temple servants be these: Descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
47 Keros, Sia, Padon,
48 Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai,
49 Hanan, Giddel, Gahar,
50 Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda,
51 Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah,
52 Besal, Meunim, Nephushesim,
53 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
54 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
55 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
56 Neziah, and Hatipha.
57 Na the descendants of the Solomon servants be this: Sotai, Sophereth, Perida
58 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
59 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth Hazzebaim, and Ammon,
60 The Temple servants and the descendants of Solomon servants na 392
61 Some people come Jerusalem from these towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. But these people no fit prove say their families really come from Israelites:
62 Descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda na 642.
63 Descendant of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai come from the family of Priests. (if a man don marry a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead, dem go count him as a descendant of Barzillai.)
64 These people dey search for their family history, but dem no fit find them. Dem no fit prove say their ancestors na priests, so dem no fit serve as priests. Dem no include their names for the list of the priests.
65 The governor order them say make dem no chop any of the most holy food until the priest fit use the Urim and Thummim to ask God wetin to do.
66 All together, na 42,360 people dey for the group wey come back. Dem no count their 7337 men and women slaves join.
67 Dem also get 245 men and women singer with them.
68 Dem get 736 horses, 245mules,
69 435camels, and 6720 donkeys.
70 Some of the family leaders give money to support the work. The governor give 19 pounds of gold to the treasury. He also give 50 bowls and 530 pieces of cloth for the priests.
71 The family leaders give 375 pounds of gold to the treasury to take support the work. Dem also give 2750 pounds of silver.
72 All together the other people give 375 pounds of gold, 2500pounds of silver, and 67 pieces of clothing for the priests.
73 Naso the priest, the people wey come from the tribe of Levi, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Temple servants settle down for their own town. And all the other Israelites settle down for their own towns. All the Israelites don settle down for their own towns, by the seventh month of the year.