Nehemia 11

1 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Israel dukɔa kplɔlawo nɔ Yerusalem, Du Kɔkɔe la me. Ke azɔ la, woda akɔ be woatia ame siwo le du bubuawo me le Yuda kple Benyamin la ƒe ewolia be woawo hã nava nɔ Yerusalem.

And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem, —and, the rest of the people, cast lots, to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in [other] cities.

2 Ame aɖewo ʋu va Yerusalem le wo ɖokui si, eye wode bubu gã aɖe wo ŋu.

And the people bestowed a blessing on all the men, who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

3 Kplɔla aɖewo tso du bubuwo me va Yerusalem, ke Israelvi aɖewo, nunɔlawo, Levitɔwo, gbedoxɔmedɔwɔlawo kple Solomo ƒe dɔwɔlawo ƒe dzidzimeviwo dometɔ geɖewo ganɔ woawo ŋutɔ ƒe aƒewo me le du vovovowo me le Yuda,

Now, these, are the chiefs of the province, who dwelt in Jerusalem, but, in the cities of Judah, dwelt every man in his possession throughout their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites and the Nethinim, and the Sons of the Servants of Solomon.

4 le esime ame aɖewo tso Yuda kple Benyamin nɔ Yerusalem. Yuda ƒe dzidzimeviwo ƒe kplɔlawoe nye: Ataya, Uzia ƒe vi. Uzia fofoe nye Zekaria, ame si fofoe nye Amaria, ame si fofoe nye Sefatia, ame si fofoe nye Mahalalel, ame si nye Perez ƒe dzidzimevi;

And, in Jerusalem, dwelt certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin, —Of the sons of Judah, Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

5 Maaseya, Baruk ƒe vi, Baruk fofoe nye Kol Hoze, ame si fofoe nye Hazaya, ame si fofoe nye Adaya, ame si fofoe nye Yoyarib, ame si fofoe nye Zekaria, Silonitɔ la ƒe vi.

and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.

6 Ame siawo nye Perez ƒe dzidzimevi dzɔatsu alafa ene kple blaade-vɔ-enyi siwo nɔ Yerusalem.

All the sons of Perez who were dwelling in Jerusalem, four hundred and sixty-eight, men of ability.

7 Benyamin ƒe to la ƒe kplɔlawoe nye: Salu, Mesulam ƒe vi. Mesulam fofoe nye Yoed, ame si fofoe nye Pedaya, Kolaya ƒe vi, ame si fofoe nye Maaseya, ame si fofoe nye Itiel, Yesaya ƒe vi.

And, these, are the sons of Benjamin, —Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah;

8 Gabai kple Salai ƒe dzidzimevi nye alafa asieke kple blaeve-vɔ-enyi.

and, after him, Gabbai, Sallai, —nine hundred and twenty-eight.

9 Woƒe fiae nye Yoel, Zikri ƒe vi, ame si ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔe nye Yuda, Hasenua ƒe vi. Hasenua nye kplɔla ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ.

And, Joel son of Zichri, was in charge over them, —and, Judah son of Hassenuah, was over the city, as second.

10 Kplɔla siwo tso nunɔlawo dome: Yedaia, Yoyarib ƒe vi, Yakin,

Of the priests, Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin;

11 Seraya, Hilkia ƒe vi. Hilkia fofoe nye Mesulam, ame si fofoe nye Merayot, ame si fofoe nye Ahitub, nunɔlagã.

Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, chief ruler of the house of God;

12 Nunɔla alafa enyi kple blaeve-vɔ-eve nɔ dɔ wɔm le gbedoxɔ la me le ame siawo ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te. Adaya, Yeroham vi, ame si nye Pelalya vi, ame si nye Amzi vi, ame si nye Zaharia vi, ame si nye Pasur vi, ame si nye Malkiya vi.

and their brethren who were doing the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two, —and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah;

13 Malkiya ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo nye ŋutsu kako alafa eve kple blaene-vɔ-eve; Amasai, Azarel ƒe vi, Ahzai ƒe vi, Mesilemɔt ƒe vi, Imer ƒe vi

and his brethren, ancestral chiefs, two hundred and forty-two, —and Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer;

14 si ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo nye ŋutsu kako alafa ɖeka kple blaeve-vɔ-enyi. Woƒe amegãe nye Zabdiel, Hagedolim ƒe vi.

and their brethren, strong men of ability, a hundred and twenty-eight, —and, he who was in charge of them, was Zabdiel, son of Haggedolim.

15 Levitɔwo ƒe kplɔlawoe nye: Semaya, Hashub ƒe vi. Hashub fofoe nye Azrikam, ame si fofoe nye Hasabia, Buni ƒe vi;

And, of the Levites, Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;

16 Sabetai kple Yozabad, ame siwo kpɔa dɔwɔlawo le gbedoxɔa godo dzi;

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, over the outside business of the house of God, of the chiefs of the Levites;

17 Matania, Mika ƒe vi. Mika fofoe nye Zabdi, Asaf ƒe vi. Mataniae nye ame si dzea akpedasɔlemewo gɔme kple gbedodoɖa. Bakbukia kple Abda, Sanua ƒe vi nye eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo. Samua fofoe nye Galal, Yedutun ƒe vi.

and Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, leader of the praise who giveth thanks, in prayer, and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, —and Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

18 Levitɔ siwo nɔ Yerusalem la nɔ ame alafa eve kple blaenyi-vɔ-ene.

All the Levites in the holy city, were two hundred and eighty-four.

19 Agbonudzɔlawo: Akub, Talmon kple woƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo, ame siwo dzɔa agboawo nu le ŋutsu alafa ɖeka kple blaadre-vɔ-eve.

And, the door-keepers—Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who were keeping watch in the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.

20 Israelvi mamlɛawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo kaka ɖe Yuda duwo me, ame sia ame nɔ eƒe ƒomenyigba dzi.

But, the residue of Israel, the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

21 Ke gbedoxɔmedɔwɔlawo katã, ame siwo ƒe kplɔlawoe nye Ziha kple Gispa la nɔ Ofel.

Howbeit, the Nethinim, were dwelling in Ophel, —and, Ziha and Gishpa, were over the Nethinim.

22 Levitɔ siwo nɔ Yerusalem la ƒe amegãe nye Uzi, Bani ƒe vi, Hasabia ƒe vi, Matania ƒe vi, Mika ƒe vi. Uzi nye Asaf ƒe dzidzimeviwo dometɔ ɖeka. Dzidzimevi siawoe nye hadzilawo na subɔsubɔ le gbedoxɔ me.

And, the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem, was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, —of the sons of Asaph the singers, to take lead in the business of the house of God.

23 Hadzila siawo nɔ fia la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te, ame si wɔa ɖoɖo ɖe woƒe gbe sia gbe ƒe wɔnawo ŋu.

For, the commandment of the king, was upon them, —as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day.

24 Petahia, Mesezabel ƒe vi, ame si dzɔ tso Zera, Yuda ƒe vi me la naa kpekpeɖeŋu le dua dzi ɖuɖu ƒe nyawo katã me.

And, Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, was at the hand of the king, in every matter pertaining to the people.

25 Yuda ƒe vi siwo nɔ kɔƒewo me le agblewo me la nɔ Kiriat Arba, Dibon kple Yekabzeel kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã wo la.

And, as for the villages in their fields, some of the sons of Judah, dwelt in Kiriath-arba, and the hamlets thereof, and in Dibon, and the hamlets thereof, and in Jekabzeel, and the villages thereof;

26 Yesua, Molada, Bet Pelet,

and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-pelet;

27 Hazar Sual, Beerseba kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã wo,

and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba, and the hamlets thereof;

28 Ziklag; Mekona kple woƒe kɔƒewo,

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah, and in the hamlets thereof,

29 Enrimɔn, Zora, Yarmut,

and in En-rimmmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth;

30 Zanoa, Adulam kple woƒe kɔƒewo, Lakis kple eƒe agblewo kpakple Azeka kple eƒe duwo. Ale ameawo ƒe nɔƒe tso Beerseba va yi Hinom balime la to.

Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish, and the fields thereof, Azekah, and the hamlets thereof, —so they encamped from Beer-sheba, unto the valley of Hinnom.

31 Benyamin ƒe dzidzimeviwo tso Geba nɔ Mikmas, Aya, Betel kple eƒe kɔƒewo,

And, the sons of Benjamin, [dwelt] from Geba, to Michmas and Aija, and Bethel, and the hamlets thereof:

32 Anatɔt, Nɔb, Anania,

Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;

33 Hazor, Rama, Gitaim,

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

34 Hadid, Zeboim, Nebalat,

Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat;

35 Lod, Ono kple Aɖaŋudɔwɔlawo ƒe Balime.

Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.

36 Woɖo Levitɔ aɖewo, ame siwo nɔ Yuda la ɖa be woanɔ Benyamin ƒe viwo gbɔ.

Howbeit, of the Levites, certain courses of Judah, pertained unto Benjamin.