¹Prorokovala sta pa Hagaj, prorok, in Zaharija, sin Idov, proroka, Judom, ki so bili na Judovem in v Jeruzalemu; v imenu Boga Izraelovega sta jim prorokovala.

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.

²Tedaj vstane Zerubabel, sin Sealtielov, in Jesua, sin Jozadakov, ter začneta zidati hišo Božjo, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in ž njima proroka Božja, ki sta ju podpirala.

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.

³V istem času pride k njim Tatenaj, deželski oblastnik tostran reke, in Setar-bozenaj in njiju tovariši ter jim reko takole: Kdo vam je ukazal zidati to hišo in dokončati to obzidje?

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?`

⁴Nato smo jim povedali, katera so imena mož, ki so se lotili zidanja.

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

⁵A oko njih Boga je bilo obrnjeno v starejšine Judov, da se jim ni branilo, dokler se ni stvar sporočila Dariju in se je potem odposlal pismen odgovor o tem.

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.

⁶To pa je opis lista, ki so ga poslali Tatenaj, deželski oblastnik tostran reke, in Setar-bozenaj in njegovi tovariši Afarsakaji, ki so bili tostran reke, kralju Dariju.

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.

⁷Poslali so mu poročilo, v katerem je bilo pisano takole: Kralju Dariju ves mir!

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

⁸Znano bodi kralju, da smo šli v pokrajino Judovo, k hiši velikega Boga, ki jo grade z velikimi kameni in ji brune pokladajo v stene, in delo to, ker so marljivi, je uspešno v njih rokah.

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.

⁹Tedaj smo vprašali tiste starejšine in jim rekli takole: Kdo vam je ukazal zidati to hišo in dokončati to obzidje?

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?

¹⁰Vprašali smo jih tudi za njih imena, da tebi oznanimo, da bi zapisali imena mož, ki jim načelujejo.

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.

¹¹Oni pa so nam dali tak odgovor, rekoč: Mi smo hlapci Boga nebes in zemlje ter zidamo hišo, ki je bila prej zgrajena pred mnogimi leti, ki jo je velik kralj Izraelov zidal in dokončal.

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:

¹²A potem, ko so očetje naši dražili v jezo Boga nebes, jih je dal v roko Nebukadnezarja, kralja babilonskega, Kaldejca, ki je podrl to hišo in ljudstvo odpeljal v Babilon.

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;

¹³Toda v prvem letu Cira, kralja babilonskega, je kralj Cir izdal povelje, da naj se zida ta hiša Božja.

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

¹⁴Tudi zlate in srebrne posode hiše Božje, ki jih je bil vzel Nebukadnezar iz templja v Jeruzalemu in jih prinesel v tempelj v Babilonu, je vzel kralj Cir iz templja v Babilonu in jih izročil tistemu, po imenu Sesbazarju, ki ga je postavil za oblastnika v deželi,

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,

¹⁵in mu je velel: Vzemi te posode, pojdi, deni jih v tempelj, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in naj se hiša Božja gradi na mestu njenem.

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.

¹⁶Takrat je prišel tisti Sesbazar in je položil podstave hiši Božji, ki je v Jeruzalemu, in od tega časa do sedaj jo zidajo, in ni še dokončana. –Sedaj torej, ako se vzvidi kralju, naj poiščejo v kraljevi hiši, v zakladnici, ki je tam v Babilonu, če je tako, da je izdal kralj Cir povelje zidati to hišo Božjo v Jeruzalemu, in naj nam kralj sporoči svojo voljo za to stvar.

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.

¹⁷Sedaj torej, ako se vzvidi kralju, naj poiščejo v kraljevi hiši, v zakladnici, ki je tam v Babilonu, če je tako, da je izdal kralj Cir povelje zidati to hišo Božjo v Jeruzalemu, in naj nam kralj sporoči svojo voljo za to stvar.

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.`