Nehemiah
10 The people wey use their seal stamp-am na:
Ne·he·mi′ah wey be the governor,* the son of Hac·a·li′ah,
And Zed·e·ki′ah, 2 Se·rai′ah, Az·a·ri′ah, Jeremiah, 3 Pash′hur, Am·a·ri′ah, Mal·chi′jah, 4 Hat′tush, Sheb·a·ni′ah, Mal′luch, 5 Ha′rim, Mer′e·moth, O·ba·di′ah, 6 Daniel, Gin′ne·thon, Bar′uch, 7 Me·shul′lam, A·bi′jah, Mij′a·min, 8 Ma·a·zi′ah, Bil′gai, and She·mai′ah; na this people be priests.
9 And the Levites wey sign-am too na: Jesh′u·a wey be the son of Az·a·ni′ah, Bin′nu·i wey come from among the sons of Hen′a·dad, Kad′mi·el, 10 and their brothers Sheb·a·ni′ah, Ho·di′ah, Ke·li′ta, Pe·la′iah, Ha′nan, 11 Mi′ca, Re′hob, Hash·a·bi′ah, 12 Zac′cur, She·re·bi′ah, Sheb·a·ni′ah, 13 Ho·di′ah, Ba′ni, and Be·ni′nu.
14 Na the leaders of the people wey sign-am be this: Pa′rosh, Pa′hath-mo′ab, E′lam, Zat′tu, Ba′ni, 15 Bun′ni, Az′gad, Be′bai, 16 Ad·o·ni′jah, Big′vai, A′din, 17 A′ter, Hez·e·ki′ah, Az′zur, 18 Ho·di′ah, Ha′shum, Be′zai, 19 Ha′riph, An′a·thoth, Ne′bai, 20 Mag′pi·ash, Me·shul′lam, He′zir, 21 Me·shez′a·bel, Za′dok, Jad′du·a, 22 Pel·a·ti′ah, Ha′nan, A·nai′ah, 23 Ho·she′a, Han·a·ni′ah, Has′shub, 24 Hal·lo′hesh, Pil′ha, Sho′bek, 25 Re′hum, Ha·shab′nah, Ma·a·sei′ah, 26 A·hi′jah, Ha′nan, A′nan, 27 Mal′luch, Ha′rim, and Ba′a·nah.
28 The rest of the people, wey be, the priests, the Levites, the gatemen, the people wey de sing, the temple servants,* and everybody wey don separate imself from the people of the land to follow the Law of the true God, with their wives, their sons and their daughters, all the people wey fit know and understand something*— 29 join their brothers, their important men, and put curse for their own head and swear say them go obey the Law of the true God, wey e use Moses the servant of the true God give them, and to sofri follow all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, im judgments, and im directions. 30 We no go give our daughters to the people of the land and we no go take their daughters for our sons.
31 If the people of the land bring their things and every kind of grain come sell for Sabbath day, we no go buy anything from them for Sabbath day or for holy day. And for the seventh year, we no go harvest anything wey the land produce and we go cancel the money wey anybody de owe us.
32 We still decide among ourself say each of us go contribute one third of one shekel* every year for the work of the house* of our God, 33 for the layer bread,* for the grain offering wey them de do everytime, for the offering wey them de burn, wey them de do everytime for Sabbath days and new moons, and for the festivals wey them de do for the time wey them fix, for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make Israel clean from sin, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34 We still cast lots* to know when the priests, the Levites, and the people for the family groups for our papa side suppose bring wood come the house of our God, for the time wey them fix every year, wey them go use make fire ontop the altar of Jehovah our God according to wetin them write for the Law. 35 We go still bring the first ripe fruit of our land and the first ripe fruit of all kind of tree wey de produce fruit come the house of Jehovah every year, 36 together with the firstborn of our sons and of our animals wey them de keep for house, according to wetin them write for the Law, and the firstborn of our group of animals, and the firstborn of our sheep and goats. We go bring them come the house of our God, to give the priests wey de work for the house of our God. 37 And the firstfruits of our flour wey them no grind smooth, our contributions, the fruits wey come from every kind of trees, new wine, and oil, na things wey we suppose come give the priests wey them go put for the storerooms* of the house of our God, together with the tenth part of things wey come from the land wey we go give the Levites, because na the Levites be the people wey de collect the tenth parts of the things wey come out from all our cities wey we de do farmwork.
38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, must dey with the Levites when the Levites de collect the tenth parts of the things, and the Levites suppose contribute the tenth part of the tenth part to the house of our God, come the rooms* wey dey inside the storehouse. 39 Na inside the storerooms* Israel people and the sons of the Levites suppose bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and na there the things wey them de use work for the holy place dey, together with the priests wey de work, the gatemen, and the people wey de sing. We no go abandon the house of our God.