Dem Wey Come House With Ezra
Ezra list di people wey dey travel with am, see say no Levites dey, and send for ministers for our Papa house. Shame catch am to ask di king for soldiers after im don boast about im Papa protection, so im call fast instead — and di silver and gold wey dem weigh reach Jerusalem complete.
8 1Na dis be di heads of dem families, and di family-line of dem wey comot with me from Babylon for di time wey King Artaxerxes dey reign:
2From Phinehas pikin dem, Gershom; from Ithamar pikin dem, Daniel; from David pikin dem, Hattush.
3From Shecaniah pikin dem; from Parosh pikin dem: Zechariah, with 150 men wey dem trace by family-line.
4From di pikin dem of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai di pikin of Zerahiah, and with am 200 men.
5From di pikin dem of Zattu, Shecaniah di pikin of Jahaziel, and with am 300 men.
6From di pikin dem of Adin, Ebed di pikin of Jonathan, and with am 50 men.
7From di pikin dem of Elam, Jeshaiah di pikin of Athaliah, and with am 70 men.
8From di pikin dem of Shephatiah, Zebadiah di pikin of Michael, and with am 80 men.
9From di pikin dem of Joab, Obadiah di pikin of Jehiel, and with am 218 men.
10From di pikin dem of Bani, Shelomith di pikin of Josiphiah, and with am 160 men.
11From di pikin dem of Bebai, Zechariah di pikin of Bebai, and with am 28 men.
12From di pikin dem of Azgad, Johanan di pikin of Hakkatan, and with am 110 men.
13Adonikam pikin dem, di ones wey come later—dia names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, Shemaiah—and 60 men with dem.
14From di pikin dem of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with dem 70 men.
Ezra Look For Ministers For Di House
15I gada dem for di river wey dey flow go Ahava, and we camp for there three days. As I dey check di people and di priests, I no see any pikin of Levi for there. 16So I send call di leaders Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, and di men wey sabi understand tin, Joiarib and Elnathan. 17I send dem go meet Iddo, di leader for Casiphia, and I tell dem wetin dem go talk to am and to im people, di temple servants wey dey there, so dem go bring us ministers for di house of our Papa. 18As di good hand of our Papa dey on us, dem bring us one man wey sabi understand tin from di pikin dem of Mahli pikin of Levi pikin of Israel: Sherebiah, with im sons and im brothers, eighteen. 19Hashabiah, and with am Jeshaiah from di pikin dem of Merari, with im brothers and dia sons—twenty altogether, 20and 220 temple servants, wey David and di officials appoint to serve di Levites—dem list all of dem by name.
21So for there, for di river Ahava, I proclaim fasting, so we go humble ourselves before our Papa and ask am for safe road for us, our pikin dem, and all our goods. 22Shame dey catch me to ask di king for soldiers and men wey dey ride horse to protect us from enemy for di road, since we don tell am say, “Di hand of our Papa dey on all wey dey seek am for good, but im power and im anger dey against all wey abandon am.” 23So we fast and beg our Papa about dis tin, and e answer our prayer.
24I set apart twelve leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah—and ten of dia brothers with dem. 25I weigh give dem di silver, di gold, and di vessels—di offering for di house of our Papa wey di king, im counselors, im officials, and all Israel wey dey there don give. 26I weigh put for dia hand about 24 tons silver, silver vessels wey worth about 4 tons, gold about 4 tons, 2720 gold basin wey worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine, shining bronze, wey precious like gold. 28I tell dem, “Una be holy to our Papa, and di vessels holy, and di silver and gold na voluntary offering to our Papa, di God of una fathers. 29Watch and guard dem well well until una weigh dem before di chief priests, di Levites, and di family heads of Israel for Jerusalem, inside di rooms of di house of our Papa.”
30So di priests and di Levites collect di silver, gold, and vessels wey dem weigh, to carry go Jerusalem, go di house of our Papa.
31We comot from di river Ahava for di twelfth day of di first month go Jerusalem. Di hand of our Papa dey on us, and e save us from enemy and from ambush for di road.
32We reach Jerusalem and rest for there three days. 33For di fourth day, dem weigh di silver, gold, and vessels inside di house of our Papa and hand dem give Meremoth, di priest, pikin of Uriah, with Eleazar pikin of Phinehas by im side, and di Levites Jozabad pikin of Jeshua and Noadiah pikin of Binnui by dia side. 34Dem count and weigh everytin, and dem record di full weight for dat time.
35Den di people wey come back from exile offer burnt offerings to our Papa, God of Israel: twelve bull for all Israel, ninety-six ram, seventy-seven lamb, twelve male goat as sin offering—all of am na burnt offering to our Papa. 36Dem also deliver di king decrees give di king satraps and di governors of di province Beyond di River, and dem support di people and di house of our Papa. a a v36 Beyond di River na di official Persian name for dia province for di west side of di Euphrates River.
