¹[Ny namporisihan'i Hagay sy Zakaria ny Jiosy handroso hanao na tempoly indray, sy ny naneken'i Dariosy, mpanjakan'i Persia, ny hanaovany azy] Ary ny mpaminany, dia Hagay mpaminany sy Zakaria, zanak'Ido, naminany tamin'ny Jiosy tany Joda sy Jerosalema tamin'ny anaran'Andriamanitry ny Isiraely izay tao aminy.

¹And prophesied have the prophets, (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) unto the Jews who [are] in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel — unto them.

²Dia nitsangana Zerobabela, zanak'i Sealtiela, sy Jesoa, zanak'i Jozadaka, ka nanomboka nanao ny tranon'Andriamanitra any Jerosalema indray; ary ireo mpaminanin'Andriamanitra ireo dia teo aminy ka nanampy azy.

²Then have Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, risen, and begun to build the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them.

³Ary tamin'izany andro izany ihany koa dia nankany amin'ireo Tatenay, governoran'ny etỳ an-dafin'ny ony etỳ, sy Setara-bozenay mbamin'ny namany; ka izao no nataony taminy: Iza no nandidy anareo hanao io trano io sy hahavita io manda io?

³At that time come to them hath Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, `Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?`

⁴Ary izao koa no nataonay taminy Iza avy no anaran'izay lehilahy manao io trano io? [Na: (nataony)]

⁴Then thus we have said to them, `What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?`

⁵Nefa ny mason'Andriamaniny nitsinjo ny loholon'ny Joda, ka tsy nahasakana azy ireo, mandra-pahatongan'ny teny ho any amin'i Dariosy sy ny nahazoany ny valiny ny amin'izany raharaha izany.

⁵And the eye of their God hath been upon the elders of the Jews, and they have not caused them to cease till the matter goeth to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing.

⁶Ny tenin'ny taratasy izay nampitondrain'i Tatenay, governoran'ny etỳ an-dafin'ny ony etỳ, sy Setara-bozenay ary ny Afarsekita namany, izay amin'ny etỳ an-dafin'ny ony etỳ; ho any amin'i Dariosy mpanjaka;

⁶The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who [are] beyond the river, unto Darius the king.

⁷eny, nampitondrainy ho any aminy ny taratasy izay nisy teny toy izao: Ho an'i Dariosy mpanjaka anie ny fiadanana be.

⁷A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

⁸Aoka ho fantatry ny mpanjaka fa nankany amin'ny tany Joda izahay ho any an-tranon'Andriamanitra lehibe, izay atao amin'ny vato vaventy, sady misy hazo alatsaka amin'ny rindrin-trano, ary mandroso tsara izany asa izany sady ambinina eo an-tànany.

⁸`To Darius the king, all peace! be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built [with] rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand.

⁹Dia nanontany ireo loholona ireo izahay nanao hoe: Iza no nandidy anareo hanao io trano io sy hanangana io manda io?

⁹Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?

¹⁰Nanontany ny anarany avy koa izahay mba hampahafantarinay anao sy hosoratanay ny anaran'ny olona izay lohany;

¹⁰And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.

¹¹ka izao no teny navaliny anay: Izahay dia mpanompon'Andriamanitry ny lanitra sy ny tany ka manamboatra ny trano izay efa vita ela, fa ny mpanjaka lehibe anankiray tamin'ny Isiraely no nanao sy nahavita azy.

¹¹`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

¹²Fa noho ny nampahatezeran'ny razanay an'Andriamanitry ny lanitra, dia natolony izy ho eo an-tànan'i Nebokadnezara Kaldeana, mpanjakan'i Babylona, izay efa nandrava io trano io ka nitondra ny olona ho babo tany Babylona.

¹²but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;

¹³Fa tamin'ny taona voalohany nanjakan'i Kyrosy, mpanjakan'i Babylona, kosa dia nanao didy Kyrosy mpanjaka, mba hatao indray io tranon'Andriamanitra io.

¹³but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

¹⁴Ary ny fanaka volamena sy volafotsy momba ny tranon'Andriamanitra, izay efa nalain'i Nebokadnezara tao amin'ny tempoly tany Jerosalema ka nentiny ho any amin'ny tempoly any Babylona, dia nalain'i Kyrosy mpanjaka tao amin'ny tempoly any Babylona ka natolotra tamin'ny anankiray atao hoe Sesbazara, izay efa notendreny ho governora;

¹⁴and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to [one], Sheshbazzar [is] his name, whom he made governor,

¹⁵ary hoy izy taminy: Raiso ireo fanaka ireo, ka andeha, apetraho ao amin'ny tempoly izay any Jerosalema; ary aoka ny tranon'Andriamanitra hatsangana eo amin'ilay efa niorenany ihany.

¹⁵and said to him, These vessels lift up, go, put them down in the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and the house of God is builded on its place.

¹⁶Dia avy Sesbazara ka nanao ny fanorenan'ny tranon'Andriamanitra any Jerosalema; ary hatramin'izany andro izany ka mandraka ankehitriny dia efa natao ihany izy, saingy tsy mbola vita.Koa raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, aoka hizahana ny trano firaketan'ny mpanjaka, izay any Babylona, na misy didy nataon'i Kyrosy mpanjaka hanaovana io tranon'Andriamanitra any Jerosalema io, na tsia; ary aoka ny sitrapon'ny mpanjaka hambarany aminay ny amin'izany zavatra izany.

¹⁶Then hath this Sheshbazzar come — he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished.

¹⁷Koa raha sitraky ny mpanjaka, aoka hizahana ny trano firaketan'ny mpanjaka, izay any Babylona, na misy didy nataon'i Kyrosy mpanjaka hanaovana io tranon'Andriamanitra any Jerosalema io, na tsia; ary aoka ny sitrapon'ny mpanjaka hambarany aminay ny amin'izany zavatra izany.

¹⁷`And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that [is] there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.`