Nehemiah 11

11 ¹Di leaders live for Jerusalem; di rest of di people cast lot make dem bring one from every ten come live for Jerusalem, di holy city, and leave di remaining nine make dem stay for di oda towns. ²And di people bless all di men wey gladly gree to live for Jerusalem.

³Na dis be di province leaders wey live for Jerusalem; but for Judah towns, everi person live for im own land, for dem own towns—Israel, di priests, di Levites, di temple servants, and di pikin-pikin of Solomon servants. ⁴Some of di pikin-pikin of Judah and Benjamin live for Jerusalem. From Judah: Athaiah pikin of Uzziah, wey be pikin of Zechariah, wey be pikin of Amariah, wey be pikin of Shephatiah, wey be pikin of Mahalalel, from di pikin-pikin of Perez; ⁵and Maaseiah pikin of Baruch, wey be pikin of Col-hozeh, wey be pikin of Hazaiah, wey be pikin of Adaiah, wey be pikin of Joiarib, wey be pikin of Zechariah, wey be pikin of di Shilonite. ⁶All di pikin-pikin of Perez wey live for Jerusalem come reach 468 strong men.

⁷From Benjamin: Sallu pikin of Meshullam, wey be pikin of Joed, wey be pikin of Pedaiah, wey be pikin of Kolaiah, wey be pikin of Maaseiah, wey be pikin of Ithiel, wey be pikin of Jeshaiah, ⁸and afta am Gabbai and Sallai—928 all togeda. ⁹Joel pikin of Zichri dey oversee dem; Judah pikin of Hassenuah na di second oga ova di city.

¹⁰For di priests: Jedaiah pikin of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹Seraiah pikin of Hilkiah, wey be pikin of Meshullam, wey be pikin of Zadok, wey be pikin of Meraioth, wey be pikin of Ahitub, di chief officer for di house of our Papa; ¹²and dem brodas wey dey do di work for di house: 822; and Adaiah pikin of Jeroham pikin of Pelaliah pikin of Amzi pikin of Zechariah pikin of Pashhur pikin of Malchijah, ¹³and im brodas, wey be family heads—242; and Amashsai pikin of Azarel, wey be pikin of Ahzai, wey be pikin of Meshillemoth, wey be pikin of Immer, ¹⁴and dem people, strong warriors—128; dem overseer na Zabdiel pikin of Haggedolim.

¹⁵For di Levites: Shemaiah pikin of Hasshub, wey be pikin of Azrikam, wey be pikin of Hashabiah, wey be pikin of Bunni; ¹⁶and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from di heads of di Levites, dey oversee di outside work for di house of our Papa; ¹⁷and Mattaniah pikin of Mica, wey be pikin of Zabdi, wey be pikin of Asaph, wey dey lead for thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, di second among im people; and Abda pikin of Shammua, wey be pikin of Galal, wey be pikin of Jeduthun. ¹⁸All di Levites for di holy city come reach 284.

¹⁹Di gatekeepers—Akkub, Talmon, and dem people wey dey watch di gates—reach 172.

²⁰Di rest of Israel, di priests, and di Levites dey for all di towns of Judah, everi person for im own inheritance. ²¹Di temple servants live for Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa dey ova di temple servants.

²²Uzzi pikin of Bani, wey be pikin of Hashabiah, wey be pikin of Mattaniah, wey be pikin of Mica, from di pikin-pikin of Asaph, dey oversee di Levites for Jerusalem, di singers wey dey responsible for di work for di house of our Papa. ²³Bikos there be command from di king concerning dem, and dem settle sure daily share for di singers. ²⁴Pethahiah pikin of Meshezabel, from di pikin-pikin of Zerah pikin of Judah, dey for di king hand for everi matter concerning di people.

²⁵As for di villages with dem farmland, some of di pikin-pikin of Judah live for Kiriath-arba and im villages, Dibon and im villages, Jekabzeel and im settlements, ²⁶for Jeshua, for Moladah, for Beth-pelet, ²⁷for Hazar-shual, for Beersheba and im villages, ²⁸for Ziklag, for Meconah and im villages, ²⁹for En-rimmon, for Zorah, for Jarmuth, ³⁰Zanoah, Adullam and dem villages, Lachish and im farmland, Azekah and im villages. So dem settle from Beersheba go reach di Hinnom Valley. ³¹Di pikin-pikin of Benjamin live from Geba go up, for Michmash, Aija, Bethel and im villages, ³²Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵Lod, and Ono, di Valley of Craftsmen. ³⁶And some divisions of di Levites from Judah dem give to Benjamin.