Nehemiah 10

10 ¹Now dem wey put dem seal for am na: Nehemiah di governor, pikin of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, ²Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ⁸Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. Na dem be di priests. ⁹And di Levites: Jeshua pikin of Azaniah, Binnui from di sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, ¹⁰and dem fellow Levites: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, ¹¹Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, ¹²Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, ¹³Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. ¹⁴Di leaders of di people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, ¹⁵Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, ¹⁶Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, ¹⁷Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, ¹⁸Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, ¹⁹Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, ²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, ²¹Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, ²²Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, ²³Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, ²⁴Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, ²⁵Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, ²⁶Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, ²⁷Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

Di People Tie Demsef to our Papa

²⁸Di rest of di people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and everybody wey comot demsef from di people of di lands to follow di law of our Papa—dem wife, dem sons, and dem daughters, everybody wey get knowledge and sabi understand, ²⁹all dis ones join dem fellow big men, dem tie demsef with curse and oath to follow di law of our Papa wey e give through Moses im servant, and to keep and do all di commands of our Oga Papa, im rulings and im statutes. ³⁰We promise say we no go give our daughters make dem marry di people wey dey round us, and we no go take dem daughters for our sons. ³¹If di people of di land bring goods or grain come sell for Sabbath day, we no go buy from dem for Sabbath or any holy day. Every seventh year we go let di land rest and we go cancel every debt.

³²We tie ourselves too say we go give eighth part of one ounce of silver every year for di work of our Papa house: ³³for di bread wey dem dey put for im front, di daily grain and burnt offerings, di Sabbath, New Moon, and feast offerings, di holy gifts, and di sin offerings wey go cover Israel wrong—for all di work of our Papa house. ³⁴We, di priests, di Levites, and di people, cast lots for di wood offering, make we bring am come our Papa house by our families, for di times wey dem set every year, make dem burn am for our Papa altar, as di law talk. ³⁵We promise too say we go bring di firstfruits of our ground and di firstfruits of every fruit of every tree, year by year, come di house of our Papa. ³⁶We go bring di firstborn of our sons and our animals too, as dem write for di law, and di firstborn of our cows and our sheep, come our Papa house, give di priests wey dey serve dia. ³⁷We go bring di first of our dough, our contributions, di fruit of every tree, di new wine, and di oil give di priests, come di store rooms of our Papa house; and di tenth of our land give di Levites, because na di Levites dey collect di tenth for all our farming towns. ³⁸One priest wey come from Aaron go join di Levites when dem dey collect di tenth, and di Levites go bring tenth of dat one come up to our Papa house, come di store rooms of di treasury. ³⁹Di people of Israel and di Levites go bring di grain, new wine, and oil contributions come di store rooms wey dey hold di sanctuary things, di place wey di priests wey dey serve, di gatekeepers, and di singers dey stay. We no go abandon our Papa house.