¹When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

¹ Waati kaŋ handu iyyanta kay, Israyla izey mo go birney ra, kala jama margu care banda Urusalima ra.

²Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

² Kala Yesuwa Yozadak izo tun ka kay, nga nda nga nya-ize alfagey, da Zerubabel, Seyaltiyel izo, nda nga nya-izey. I na Israyla Irikoyo sargay feema cina, zama i ma sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ salle sanda mate kaŋ i hantum Irikoy bora Musa asariya* ra.

³In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

³ I na feema sinji nga daba boŋ. Noodin mo no i na sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ no Rabbi se, susubay da wiciri waney zama i humburu laabo borey.

⁴They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;

⁴ I na tandey bato mo haggoy, sanda mate kaŋ i hantum. I na sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ no zaari kulu lasaabuyaŋo boŋ, danga mate kaŋ i kayandi i se, zaari kulu muraadey hina me.

⁵and afterward the continual burnt offering, the offerings of the new moons, of all the set feasts of Yahweh that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to Yahweh.

⁵ Kokor banda koyne, kala sargay kaŋ si fappe kaŋ i ga ton, nda handu kayyaŋ sargay, da Rabbi bato kulu kaŋ i daŋ, borey kaŋ yaŋ i hanandi, da boro kulu kaŋ na sargay no Rabbi se bine yadda boŋ.

⁶From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh; but the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was not yet laid.

⁶ Za handu iyya jirbi sintina hane no i sintin ka tonyaŋ sargay salle Rabbi se, amma i mana jin ka Rabbi windo daba sintin jina.

⁷They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.

⁷ I na nooru no mo cinakoy da sacey se. I na ŋwaari da haŋyaŋ hari da ji mo no Zidonancey da Tir borey se, zama i ma kande sedre* bundu ka fun Liban ka koy teeko gaa d'a ka to hala Yaffa kwaara, yadda kaŋ i du Persiya bonkoono Sirus do din boŋ.

⁸Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of Yahweh’s house.

⁸ I Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra din do kaayaŋ banda jiiri hinkanta, handu hinkanta ra, kala Zerubabel, Seyaltiyel izo, da Yesuwa, Yozadak izo, da ngey nya-ize alfaga cindey, da Lawi borey, da borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ fun tamtaray ka kaa Urusalima, i na Lawi borey daŋ, za jiiri waranka izey ka koy beene, i ma ciya jine fune yaŋ Irikoy windo cinayaŋ se.

⁹Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.

⁹ Alwaato din Yesuwa tun ka kay nga nda nga izey, d'a nya-izo Kadmiyel da nga izey, da Yahuda izey, da Henadad izey da ngey izey, d'i nya-izey Lawi borey. Care banda no i ga haggoy da cinakoy kaŋ ga goy te Irikoy windo ra.

¹⁰When the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh’s temple, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, according to the directions of David king of Israel.

¹⁰ Waato kaŋ cinakoy na Rabbi windo daba sinji, i na alfagey daŋ i ma kay ngey bankaarayey ra nda hilliyaŋ, ngey nda Lawi borey Asaf izey. I gonda guuruyaŋ kaŋ i ga kar care gaa zama i ma Rabbi sifa, Israyla bonkoono Dawda lordey boŋ.

¹¹They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh had been laid.

¹¹ Kal i soobay ka baytu ka tu care se, i goono ga Rabbi sifa k'a saabu ka ne: «Zama nga wo booriyankoy no, zama a baakasinay suujo ga tondo hal abada Israyla se.» Jama kulu mo kuuwa nda jinde gaabikooni waato kaŋ i na Rabbi sifa, zama i na Rabbi windo daba sinji.

¹²But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,

¹² Amma boro boobo alfagey ra da Lawi borey ra, da kaayey windi arkusey da dottijo zeeney, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga windi zeena bay, i hẽ da jinde beeri waato kaŋ i di i na Rabbi windo daba sinji. Amma boro boobo cilili nda gaabi farhã sabbay se,

¹³so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far away.

¹³ hala boro si hin ka bine kaani kuuwa nda jama hẽeno kosongo fayanka, zama jama kuuwa nda gaabi. I maa kosongo mo hala nangu mooro.