Nehemiah 7

Chapter 7.

7 ¹After dem don build di wall finish and I don set di doors, dem appoint di gatekeepers, di singers, and di Levites. ²I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, wit Hananiah as commander of di fortress, because e be faithful man wey dey fear our Papa pass plenty people. ³I tell dem sey, “Make una no open Jerusalem gates until di sun don hot; and while di guards still dey watch, make dem shut di doors and lock dem wit bar. Appoint watchmen from di people wey dey live for Jerusalem, each one for im own post, each one for front of im own house.”

⁴Di city big well well, but di people wey dey inside am small, and dem never build houses back.

Dem Count our Papa Im People Wey Come Back Home

⁵Den my Papa put am for my heart make I gada di nobles, di officials, and di people, make dem register by dia family line. I find di record of di family line of di first people wey come back, and I see wetin dem write inside am:

⁶Na dis be di people of di province wey come back from exile, wey Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon bin carry go, and dem return to Jerusalem and Judah, each one to im own town, ⁷wey come togeda wit Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah—dis na di count of di men among di people of Israel:

⁸Di descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

⁹di descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

¹⁰di descendants of Arah, 652;

¹¹di descendants of Pahath-moab (through di line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

¹²di descendants of Elam, 1,254;

¹³di descendants of Zattu, 845;

¹⁴di descendants of Zaccai, 760;

¹⁵di descendants of Binnui, 648;

¹⁶di descendants of Bebai, 628;

¹⁷di descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

¹⁸di descendants of Adonikam, 667;

¹⁹di descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

²⁰di descendants of Adin, 655;

²¹di descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

²²di descendants of Hashum, 328;

²³di descendants of Bezai, 324;

²⁴di descendants of Hariph, 112;

²⁵di descendants of Gibeon, 95.

²⁶Di men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

²⁷di men of Anathoth, 128;

²⁸di men of Beth-azmaveth, 42;

²⁹di men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;

³⁰di men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

³¹di men of Michmas, 122;

³²di men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

³³di men of di oda Nebo, 52.

³⁴Di descendants of di oda Elam, 1,254;

³⁵di descendants of Harim, 320;

³⁶di descendants of Jericho, 345;

³⁷di descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

³⁸di descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

³⁹Di priests: di descendants of Jedaiah (through di house of Jeshua), 973.

⁴⁰Di descendants of Immer, 1,052;

⁴¹di descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

⁴²di descendants of Harim, 1,017.

⁴³Di Levites: di descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel and di line of Hodevah), 74.

⁴⁴Di singers: di descendants of Asaph, 148.

⁴⁵Di gatekeepers: di descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 138.

⁴⁶Di temple servants: di descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷Keros, Sia, Padon, ⁴⁸Lebana, Hagaba, Shalmai, ⁴⁹Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, ⁵⁰Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, ⁵¹Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, ⁵²Besai, Meunim, Nephushesim, ⁵³Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, ⁵⁴Bazlith, Mehida, Harsha, ⁵⁵Barkos, Sisera, Temah, ⁵⁶Neziah, and Hatipha.

⁵⁷Di descendants of Solomon im servants: di descendants of Sotai, Sophereth, Perida, ⁵⁸Jaala, Darkon, Giddel, ⁵⁹Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, and Amon. ⁶⁰All di temple servants and di descendants of Solomon im servants come be 392.

⁶¹Na dis ones come up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but dem no fit show dia fada im house or dia family line, weda dem be from Israel:

⁶²Di descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 642.

⁶³From di priests: di descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—wey marry one of di daughters of Barzillai di Gileadite and take dat family name.

⁶⁴Dis ones look for dia family records, but dem no find any, so dem comot dem from di priesthood as people wey no clean. ⁶⁵Di governor tell dem make dem no chop di most holy food until one priest fit use Urim and Thummim ask. ^a a v65 Di Urim and Thummim na sacred tins wey di high priest dey keep, wey dem dey use take find clear answer from God for hard questions.

⁶⁶Di whole assembly togeda come be 42,360, ⁶⁷apart from dia 7,337 male and female servants; and dem get 245 male and female singers. ⁶⁸Dem get 736 horses, 245 mules, ⁶⁹435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

⁷⁰Some family heads give sometin for di work. Di governor give di treasury 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. ⁷¹Some family heads give di work treasury 20,000 gold coins and about 2,750 pounds of silver. ⁷²Di res of di people give 20,000 gold coins, about 2,500 pounds of silver, and 67 priestly garments.

⁷³Di priests, di Levites, di gatekeepers, di singers, some of di people, di temple servants, and all Israel settle for dia towns. By di seventh month, di people of Israel don dey for dia towns.