1 Bonkoono Dariyus jiiri hinkanta handu iddanta, hando jirbi sintina ra no Rabbi sanno kaa annabi* Haggay do, Zerubabel Seyaltiyel izo kaŋ ga Yahudiya* may se. A kaa alfaga* beero Yehozadak izo Yesuwa mo se ka ne:
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi Kundeykoyo ci neeya: Dumi wo go ga ne: «Alwaato mana to kaŋ i ga Rabbi windo cina.»
2“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’”
3 Waato din gaa no Rabbi sanno kaa annabi Haggay do ka ne:
3Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
4 A mana hima araŋ ma goro araŋ fu taalamantey ra, windi woone binde go kurmu.
4“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
5 Sohõ binde Rabbi Kundeykoyo ne: Wa laakal ye araŋ muraadey gaa.
5Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.
6 Araŋ na iboobo duma, amma araŋ wi kayna fo. Araŋ ŋwa, amma araŋ mana kungu. Araŋ haŋ, amma araŋ mana yesi. Araŋ na bankaaray daŋ, amma araŋ hargu mana fun. Boro kaŋ goono ga du banandi mo goono g'a daŋ zika kaŋ gonda funeyaŋ ra.
6You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”
7 Haŋ kaŋ Rabbi Kundeykoyo goono ga ci neeya: Wa laakal ye araŋ muraadey gaa.
7This is what Yahweh of Armies says: “Consider your ways.
8 Wa kaaru tondi beero boŋ ka bunduyaŋ sambu k'ay windo cina. Ay mo, ya maa kaani nda woodin, ay ma du darza mo. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.
8Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.
9 Araŋ tammahã araŋ ga du hari boobo, a go mo, a ciya kayna fo. Waato kaŋ araŋ ye ka kand'a fu mo, ay n'a funsu. Ifo se? Rabbi Kundeykoyo ne: Ay windo sabbay se no, zama a goono ga goro kurmu, amma araŋ goono ga zuru, boro kulu ga koy nga windo ra.
9“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.
10 Araŋ sabbay se no beena wangu ka harandaŋ te, laabo mo goono ga nga nafa ganji.
10Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
11 Ay na kwaari mo ce ka ne a ma kaa laabo gaa, da tondi kuukey gaa, da ntaaso, da reyzin* hari taji, da ji, da haŋ kaŋ laabo ga hay kulu, da borey, da almaney, d'araŋ kambe goy taabi kulu mo gaa.
11I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.”
12 Waato din gaa Zerubabel, Seyaltiyel izo, da alfaga beero Yesuwa, Yehozadak izo, da jama kulu kaŋ cindi, i na Rabbi ngey Irikoyo sanno gana. I maa annabi Haggay sanney se mo, za kaŋ Rabbi i Irikoyo no k'a donton, borey mo humburu Rabbi.
12Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.
13 Alwaato din Rabbi diya Haggay na Rabbi sanno dede jama se ka ne: Rabbi ne: «Ay go araŋ banda.»
13Then Haggai, Yahweh’s messenger, spoke Yahweh’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says Yahweh.
14 A binde, Zerubabel Seyaltiyel izo kaŋ ga Yahudiya may, da alfaga beero Yesuwa Yehozadak izo, da jama kulu kaŋ cindi din, Rabbi n'i biyey bare hal i kaa ka goy Rabbi Kundeykoyo, ngey Irikoyo windo ra.
14Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God,
15 Woodin sintin bonkoono Dariyus jiiri hinkanta handu iddanta, jirbi waranka cindi taacanta hane.
15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.