¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

¹ Gaa no bonkoono Dariyus na lordi te. I na tirey jisiyaŋ fuwo fintal mo, nango kaŋ i ga jisiyaŋ jinay jisi Babila ra.

²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

² I binde na tira fo gar Akemata faada ra kaŋ go Mediya laabo hirro me gaa. I na woodin hantum mo no fonguyaŋ se. Tira ne:

³In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

³ «Bonkoono Sirus jiiri sintina ra, bonkoono Sirus na lordi te Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra ciine ra ka ne: Naŋ i ma windo din cina, nango kaŋ i ga sargayyaŋ no nooya. Naŋ mo i m'a daba sinji nda gaabi, kaŋ a kayyaŋ kambe kar waydu, a tafayyaŋ kambe kar waydu mo no.

⁴[with] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:

⁴ I m'a te mo nda tondi beeri sasare hinza nda kataaku taji sasare fo. Nooru kaŋ i ga wi mo, i m'a bana bonkoono wano ra.

⁵and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put [them] in the house of God.

⁵ Irikoy fuwo jinayey mo, wura nda nzarfu waney kaŋ yaŋ Nebukadnezzar sambu sududuyaŋ fuwo ra kaŋ go Urusalima ra, ka kand'ey Babila, naŋ i m'i yeti. I m'i samba i ma koy sududuyaŋ fuwo kaŋ go Urusalima ra din do, i afo kulu nga nango ra. I m'i daŋ mo Irikoy fuwo ra.

⁶Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

⁶ Woodin se binde, nin Tattenay kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, nin da Setar-Bozenay, d'araŋ gorokasiney, Afarsaciyancey nooya, kaŋ yaŋ go isa daŋanta, araŋ ma fay da nango din ka ye nangu mooro.

⁷let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁷ Wa kambe kaa ka fun Irikoy windo goyo din ciina ra. Wa fay da Yahudancey mayraykoyo d'i arkusey, i ma Irikoy windo din cina nga nango ra.

⁸Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁸ Ay go ga lordi mo koyne, mate kaŋ araŋ ga te Yahudancey arkusey din se Irikoy windo din cinayaŋ se, ka ne: bonkoono arzaka ra, sanda isa daŋanta jangalo ra nooya, i ma nooru kaŋ i ga wi kaa da anniya kulu, k'a no borey din se da waasi, zama i ma si i ganji.

⁹And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

⁹ Hay fo mo kaŋ i ga laami, sanda yeej'izeyaŋ, wala feeji gaaru yaŋ, wala feej'ize yaŋ sargay kaŋ i ga ton wane, Irikoy kaŋ go beene se, da alkama, da ciiri, da duvan*, da ji alfagey kaŋ yaŋ go Urusalima ra sanney boŋ, kal i m'i no zaari kulu, a ma si fappe.

¹⁰that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹⁰ Zama i ma du ka sargayyaŋ salle kaŋ i haw ga kaan Irikoy kaŋ go beene se, i ma adduwa te mo bonkoono nda nga izey fundey se.

¹¹Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

¹¹ Ay go ga lordi mo ka ne boro kulu kaŋ na sanno wo barmay, kal i ma dubi fo kaa a koy fuwo gaa, i m'a sinji ka bora sarku a gaa beene. Naŋ mo a fuwo ma ciya salanga woodin sabbay se.

¹²And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [this] order; let it be done diligently.

¹² Irikoy mo, kaŋ naŋ nga maa ma goro noodin, a ma bonkooney da dumi* cindey kulu mo halaci, borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga ngey kambe salle ngey ma woone barmay se, hala ngey ma Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra halaci. Ay wo Dariyus, ay na lordi te. I m'a goy da anniya kulu.»

¹³Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently.

¹³ Alwaato din gaa Tattenay, kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, nga nda Setar-Bozenay nda ngey gorokasiney care banda, ngey mo goy yaadin da anniya kulu, sanno kaŋ bonkoono Dariyus samba sabbay se.

¹⁴And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed [it] according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁴ Yahudancey arkusey binde, i cina ka te albarka a ra mo, annabi Haggay da Zakariya Iddo izo annabitara boŋ. I n'a cina ka kubandi Israyla Irikoyo lordo boŋ, da Sirus lordo boŋ mo, da Dariyus, da Persiya bonkoono Artasersiz.

¹⁵And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁵ I binde na windo din cinayaŋo ban Adar hando ra, a jirbi hinzanta hane, sanda Bonkoono Dariyus mayra jiiri iddanta nooya.

¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;

¹⁶ Kala Israyla izey da alfagey da Lawi borey, ngey nda tamtaray ize cindey i banda na Irikoy windo feeriyaŋ bato haggoy da farhã.

¹⁷and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷ Irikoy windo feeriyaŋo do binde, i na yeeji zangu fo, da feeji gaaru zangu hinka, da feej'ize zangu taaci salle sargay. I na hincin jindi way cindi hinka salle mo, zunubi se sargay Israyla kulu se, Israyla izey kundey baayaŋ boŋ.

¹⁸And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸ I na alfagayaŋ daŋ ngey sata-satey ra, da Lawi borey mo ngey margey ra Irikoy goyo se kaŋ go Urusalima, mate kaŋ i hantum Musa tira ra din.

¹⁹And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

¹⁹ Tamtaray izey na Paska* bato haggoy zaari way cindi taacanta hane, handu sintina ra.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰ Zama alfagey da Lawi borey jin ka ngey boŋ hanandi care banda, i kulu mo hananteyaŋ no. I na Paska bato sarga wi mo tamtaray izey kulu se, da ngey nya-izey alfagey se, da ngey boŋ se mo.

²¹And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

²¹ Israyla izey kaŋ ye ka kaa ka fun tamtaray ra, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ na ngey boŋ margu nd'ey kulu me, ka ngey boŋ fay da cindey kazaamatara zama i ma Rabbi Israyla Irikoyo gande ceeci se, i kulu ŋwa.

²²and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

²² I na buuru kaŋ sinda dalbu bato mo haggoy kala jirbi iyye da farhã, zama Rabbi n'i biney kaanandi. A na Assiriya bonkoono bina bare ka ye i gaa, zama a m'i kambey gaabandi Irikoy windo goyo se, nga kaŋ ga ti Israyla Irikoyo.