1Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel [did they prophesy] to them.
1 Annabey* binde, kaŋ yaŋ ga ti annabi Haggay da Zakariya Iddo izo na annabitaray te Yahudancey se kaŋ yaŋ go Yahuda nda Urusalima ra da goray. Israyla Irikoyo maa ra no i na annabitara te i se.
2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, who helped them.
2 Kala Zerubabel, Seyaltiyel izo, da Yesuwa Yozadak izo tun ka kay ka sintin Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra cinayaŋ. Irikoy annabey mo go i banda k'i gaa.
3At that time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them: Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
3 Alwaato din ra mo Tattenay, kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, da Setar-Bozenay, da ngey gorokasiney kaa i do ka ne i se: «May no k'araŋ lordi ka ne araŋ ma windo wo cina, araŋ ma cinaro wo kubandi mo?»
4And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building?
4 Kal iri na borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga cinaro wo te maayey ci i se.
5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease till the matter came to Darius; and then they returned answer by letter concerning it.
5 Amma i Irikoyo moy go Yahudancey arkusey gaa. I man'i ganji mo, hala sanno ga kaa ka to Dariyus do. Waato gaa no i ga tuyaŋo te tira ra muraado wo boŋ.
6The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side the river, sent to Darius the king.
6 Tattenay kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, da Setar-Bozenay, da ngey gorokasiney, Afarsaci borey, kaŋ yaŋ go isa daŋanta, i tira cala neeya, wo kaŋ i samba bonkoono Dariyus do.
7They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!
7 I na tira samba kaŋ ra i hantum ka ne: Baani kulu ma goro bonkoono Dariyus gaa.
8Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their hand.
8 I ma bonkoono bayrandi kaŋ iri wo koy Yahuda laabo ra, ka koy Irikoy Beeray-Beeri-Koyo windo ra, kaŋ i go ga cina nda tondi bambata yaŋ. I goono ga kataakuyaŋ daŋ mo windo meyey gaa. Goyo din goono ga koy da jina da anniya, a goono ga te albarka i kambey ra mo.
9Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
9 Kal iri na arkusey din hã ka ne i se: «May no k'araŋ lordi ka ne araŋ ma windo wo cina, araŋ ma cinaro wo cina ka kubandi mo?»
10We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
10 Iri na cinakoy maayey hã mo, zama iri ma du ka seeda ni se, zama iri m'i jine borey maayey hantum.
11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.
11 Tuyaŋo kaŋ i ye iri se neeya, i ne: «Iri wo, Irikoy, beene nda ganda Koyo tamyaŋ no, Iri goono ga windo wo cina kaŋ i jin ka cina za jiiri boobo kaŋ bisa, kaŋ Israyla bonkooni bambata fo cina ka kubandi mo.
12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of the heavens to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people away unto Babylon.
12 Amma waato kaŋ iri kaayey na Irikoy kaŋ go beene zokoti, hal a te i se bine, kal a n'i daŋ Babila bonkoono Nebukadnezzar, Kaldanca kambe ra. Nga mo na fuwo wo halaci, k'a borey ku ka kond'ey Babila.
13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.
13 Amma Babila bonkoono Sirus jiiri sintina ra, bonkoono Sirus na lordi te ka ne i ma Irikoy windo wo cina.
14And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was at Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did king Cyrus take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sheshbazzar by name, whom he had appointed governor.
14 Wura nda nzarfu jinayey mo, Irikoy fuwo wane yaŋ, Nebukadnezzar n'i ku sududuyaŋ fuwo ra kaŋ go Urusalima ka kond'ey Babila tooru fuwo ra. Bonkoono Sirus mo n'i sambu k'i kaa noodin ka no boro fo se kaŋ se i ga ne Sesbazzar, bora kaŋ a ciya mayraykoy.
15And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is at Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.
15 A ne a se: ‹Ma jinayey wo sambu ka koy k'i daŋ sududuyaŋ fuwo ra kaŋ go Urusalima. I ma Irikoy windo cina nga nango ra mo.›
16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and since that time even until now has it been in building, and it is not completed.
16 Waato din gaa no Sesbazzar wo kaa ka Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra daba sinji. Za han din binde ka kaa ka to hunkuna i goono ga windo cina, i mana a ban mo hala ka kaa sohõ.»
17And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
17 Woodin se binde, hala day bonkoono di kaŋ a ga boori, i ma fintalyaŋ te bonkoono jisiri fuwo kaŋ go noodin Babila ra. I ma di hala yaadin no, da cimi bonkoono Sirus no ka lordi te ka ne i ma Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra din cina. Bonkoono mo ma donton ka seeda iri se haŋ kaŋ ga ciya nga miila sanno wo boŋ.