Esela 5

1 balofede dunu aduna amo Ha: ga: iai amola Segalia (Idou egefe) da Isala: ili Gode amo Ea Dioba: le, Yu dunu Yuda soge amola Yelusaleme amo ganodini esalu, ilima muni sia: su.

And the prophets have prophesied (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) to the Jews who [are] in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the Name of the God of Israel—to them.

2 Selubabele (Sia: ladiele egefe) amola Yosiua (Yehosada: ge egefe) da balofede dunu ela sia: nabaloba, elea da Debolo diasu Yelusaleme amo ganodini bu gagumusa: , bu hawa: hamosu mui. Amo balofede dunu aduna da ela fidi.

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, have risen, and begun to build the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them.

3 Hedolodafa, Da: denai (Guma: dini Iufala: idisi eagene hina), Sidabosinai amola ela na: iyado ouligisu dunu da Yelusalemega misini, gasawane amane adole ba: i, “Dilia da nowa dunu ea sia: beba: le amo Debolo diasu gagusala: amola hahamosala: ?”

At that time have come to them Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, “Who has made for you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

4 Amola ilia da dunu Debolo diasu gagulalu amo dunu huluane ilia dio adole ba: i.

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

5 Be Gode da Yu ouligisu dunu noga: le ouligibiba: le, Besia eagene dunu ilia da Da: liase ema meloa dedene ianu amola ea adole iasu ba: beba: le fawane, Yu dunu ilia gagusu logo bu hedofamusa: dawa: i.

And the eye of their God has been on [the] elders of [the] Jews, and they have not caused them to cease until [the] matter goes to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing.

6 Ilia da Da: liase ema dedene iasi amane,

The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, has sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who [are] beyond the river, to Darius the king.

7 “Hina bagade Da: liase! Di olofoiwane esalumu da defea.

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

8 Ninia sia: nabima! Ninia da Yuda sogega asili, Yu dunu da Hina Bagade Gode Ea Debolo diasu amo gagulalebe ba: i. Ilia da igi bagade amola ifa amo dobea ganodini madelagi agoane gagulala. Ilia dawa: iwane amola noga: le hawa: hamonana.

“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.

9 Amalalu, ninia da dunu fi ouligisu dunu ilima nowa da ilima Debolo bu gaguma: ne amola hahamoma: ne ilima sia: bela: ? amane adole ba: i.

Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who has made for you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

10 Amola ninia da dima amo hawa: hamosu dunu ilia ouligisu dunu dio olelemusa: , ninia da Yu dunu ilia ouligisu dio adole ba: i.

And also their names we have asked of them, to let you know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.

11 Ilia da ninima adole i, ‘Nini da Gode (Hebene amola osobo bagade amoma Hina Bagade) amo Ea hawa: hamosu dunu. Musa: hemonega, gasa bagade Isala: ili ouligisu da amo Debolo diasu gagui amola hahamoi. Ninia da amo diasu bu gagulala.

And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of the heavens and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

12 Be ninia aowalali dunu da wadela: le hamoiba: le, Hebene Gode da ougi galu. Amaiba: le, Gode da ea logo fodobeba: le, Ba: bilone hina bagade Nebiuga: denese (e da Ga: ledia: ne fi dunu) da ninia fi dunuma hasalasi. E da Debolo diasu wadela: lesi amola dunu huluane mugululi Ba: bilone sogega masa: ne mugululi asi.

but after that our fathers made the God of the heavens 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;

13 Amalalu, hina bagade Sailase da Ba: bilone ouligisu hou laloba, ode bisili amoga, e da Debolo diasu bu gaguma: ne sia: i.

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

14 Musa: Nebiuga: denese da Yelusaleme Debolo amoga silifa ofodo amola gouli ofodo, amo lale, eno ogogole ‘gode’ liligi ea debolo Ba: bilone soge ganodini ligisi. Amo huluane, Sailase da Yu dunuma bu iasu. E da Sieseba: isa amo Yuda eagene hawa: hamomusa: ilegei amola amo liligi ema i.

and 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 has 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,

15 Sailase da ema e da amo liligi bu Yelusaleme Debolo diasu ganodini salima: ne amola Debolo ea musa: sogebi amoga bu gaguma: ne sia: i.

and said to him, Lift up these vessels, go, put them down in the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and the house of God is built on its place.

16 Amaiba: le, Sieseba: isa da misini, Debolo ea bai hamoi. Amalalu, ninia da Debolo diasu gagulalu, be wali gagui da hame dagoi.

Then this Sheshbazzar has come—he has laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from there even until now it has been building, and is not finished.

17 Defea! Hina bagade! Di da hanai galea, dia fidisu dunu da eagene ilia meloa dedei ganodini hogole ba: mu da defea. Sailase da amo Debolo diasu Yelusaleme amo ganodini bu gaguma: ne sia: bela: o hame sia: bela: , amo hogole ba: ma. Amasea, dia hanai amo ninima adoma,” Yu dunu ilia da amane sia: i.

And now, if it is good to the king, let a search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that [is] there in Babylon, whether it be that there was a decree made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he sends to us.”