¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

¹ Gaa no bonkoono Dariyus na lordi te. I na tirey jisiyaŋ fuwo fintal mo, nango kaŋ i ga jisiyaŋ jinay jisi Babila ra.

²There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

² I binde na tira fo gar Akemata faada ra kaŋ go Mediya laabo hirro me gaa. I na woodin hantum mo no fonguyaŋ se. Tira ne:

³In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

³ «Bonkoono Sirus jiiri sintina ra, bonkoono Sirus na lordi te Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra ciine ra ka ne: Naŋ i ma windo din cina, nango kaŋ i ga sargayyaŋ no nooya. Naŋ mo i m'a daba sinji nda gaabi, kaŋ a kayyaŋ kambe kar waydu, a tafayyaŋ kambe kar waydu mo no.

⁴with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

⁴ I m'a te mo nda tondi beeri sasare hinza nda kataaku taji sasare fo. Nooru kaŋ i ga wi mo, i m'a bana bonkoono wano ra.

⁵Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put them in God’s house.

⁵ Irikoy fuwo jinayey mo, wura nda nzarfu waney kaŋ yaŋ Nebukadnezzar sambu sududuyaŋ fuwo ra kaŋ go Urusalima ra, ka kand'ey Babila, naŋ i m'i yeti. I m'i samba i ma koy sududuyaŋ fuwo kaŋ go Urusalima ra din do, i afo kulu nga nango ra. I m'i daŋ mo Irikoy fuwo ra.

⁶Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

⁶ Woodin se binde, nin Tattenay kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, nin da Setar-Bozenay, d'araŋ gorokasiney, Afarsaciyancey nooya, kaŋ yaŋ go isa daŋanta, araŋ ma fay da nango din ka ye nangu mooro.

⁷Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁷ Wa kambe kaa ka fun Irikoy windo goyo din ciina ra. Wa fay da Yahudancey mayraykoyo d'i arkusey, i ma Irikoy windo din cina nga nango ra.

⁸Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁸ Ay go ga lordi mo koyne, mate kaŋ araŋ ga te Yahudancey arkusey din se Irikoy windo din cinayaŋ se, ka ne: bonkoono arzaka ra, sanda isa daŋanta jangalo ra nooya, i ma nooru kaŋ i ga wi kaa da anniya kulu, k'a no borey din se da waasi, zama i ma si i ganji.

⁹That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

⁹ Hay fo mo kaŋ i ga laami, sanda yeej'izeyaŋ, wala feeji gaaru yaŋ, wala feej'ize yaŋ sargay kaŋ i ga ton wane, Irikoy kaŋ go beene se, da alkama, da ciiri, da duvan*, da ji alfagey kaŋ yaŋ go Urusalima ra sanney boŋ, kal i m'i no zaari kulu, a ma si fappe.

¹⁰that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

¹⁰ Zama i ma du ka sargayyaŋ salle kaŋ i haw ga kaan Irikoy kaŋ go beene se, i ma adduwa te mo bonkoono nda nga izey fundey se.

¹¹Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:

¹¹ Ay go ga lordi mo ka ne boro kulu kaŋ na sanno wo barmay, kal i ma dubi fo kaa a koy fuwo gaa, i m'a sinji ka bora sarku a gaa beene. Naŋ mo a fuwo ma ciya salanga woodin sabbay se.

¹²and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

¹² Irikoy mo, kaŋ naŋ nga maa ma goro noodin, a ma bonkooney da dumi* cindey kulu mo halaci, borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga ngey kambe salle ngey ma woone barmay se, hala ngey ma Irikoy windo kaŋ go Urusalima ra halaci. Ay wo Dariyus, ay na lordi te. I m'a goy da anniya kulu.»

¹³Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because Darius the king had sent a decree, did accordingly with all diligence.

¹³ Alwaato din gaa Tattenay, kaŋ ga isa daŋanta may, nga nda Setar-Bozenay nda ngey gorokasiney care banda, ngey mo goy yaadin da anniya kulu, sanno kaŋ bonkoono Dariyus samba sabbay se.

¹⁴The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁴ Yahudancey arkusey binde, i cina ka te albarka a ra mo, annabi Haggay da Zakariya Iddo izo annabitara boŋ. I n'a cina ka kubandi Israyla Irikoyo lordo boŋ, da Sirus lordo boŋ mo, da Dariyus, da Persiya bonkoono Artasersiz.

¹⁵This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁵ I binde na windo din cinayaŋo ban Adar hando ra, a jirbi hinzanta hane, sanda Bonkoono Dariyus mayra jiiri iddanta nooya.

¹⁶The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

¹⁶ Kala Israyla izey da alfagey da Lawi borey, ngey nda tamtaray ize cindey i banda na Irikoy windo feeriyaŋ bato haggoy da farhã.

¹⁷They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷ Irikoy windo feeriyaŋo do binde, i na yeeji zangu fo, da feeji gaaru zangu hinka, da feej'ize zangu taaci salle sargay. I na hincin jindi way cindi hinka salle mo, zunubi se sargay Israyla kulu se, Israyla izey kundey baayaŋ boŋ.

¹⁸They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸ I na alfagayaŋ daŋ ngey sata-satey ra, da Lawi borey mo ngey margey ra Irikoy goyo se kaŋ go Urusalima, mate kaŋ i hantum Musa tira ra din.

¹⁹The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

¹⁹ Tamtaray izey na Paska* bato haggoy zaari way cindi taacanta hane, handu sintina ra.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰ Zama alfagey da Lawi borey jin ka ngey boŋ hanandi care banda, i kulu mo hananteyaŋ no. I na Paska bato sarga wi mo tamtaray izey kulu se, da ngey nya-izey alfagey se, da ngey boŋ se mo.

²¹The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

²¹ Israyla izey kaŋ ye ka kaa ka fun tamtaray ra, da ngey kaŋ yaŋ na ngey boŋ margu nd'ey kulu me, ka ngey boŋ fay da cindey kazaamatara zama i ma Rabbi Israyla Irikoyo gande ceeci se, i kulu ŋwa.

²²and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of God’s house, the God of Israel.

²² I na buuru kaŋ sinda dalbu bato mo haggoy kala jirbi iyye da farhã, zama Rabbi n'i biney kaanandi. A na Assiriya bonkoono bina bare ka ye i gaa, zama a m'i kambey gaabandi Irikoy windo goyo se, nga kaŋ ga ti Israyla Irikoyo.