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.

¹Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel they prophesied to 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 rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping 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 the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

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

⁴Then we told them in this way, what the names of the men were who were making 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.

⁵But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

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 the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;

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

⁷they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.

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.

⁸Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.

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

⁹Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

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

¹⁰We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were 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.

¹¹Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which 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 had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into 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;

¹⁴The gold and silver vessels also of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had 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 he said to him, ‘Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let God’s house be built in 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 the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

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.

¹⁷Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”