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1 ✡Dat time, had two guys, Haggai an Iddo boy Zekariah, dat stay talk fo da God fo da Israel peopo. Dey talk to da Jew guys Judah side an Jerusalem town. 2 ✡Cuz a wat dey tell, Shealtiel boy Zerubbabel an Jehozadak boy Jeshua start fo build da Temple Fo God inside Jerusalem one mo time. Da two guys dat stay talk fo God, dey stay by Zerubbabel an Jeshua an help dem.
3 Az why Tatnai, govna fo da West Eufrates Side, an Shetar-Boznai an dea helpa guys come Jerusalem. Dey tell Zerubbabel guys, “Eh! Who tell you guys can build dis Temple dat was all bus up, an fo build da place one mo time, aah?!” 4 Da govna guys tell Zerubbabel guys dey gotta give um da names fo all da peopo dat stay work fo build da Temple. 5 But God, dis how he take kea da Jew leada guys: Da govna guys like tell da Jews dey no can build, but dey neva tell um yet, cuz firs, dey gotta make one report fo King Darius Persia side, den, dey gotta wait fo da King write dem back one letta.
Govna Tatnai Write Letta To King Darius
6 Dis da letta dat Tatnai da govna fo da West Eufrates Side wen write, togedda wit Shetar-Boznai an da odda govmen guys from da West Eufrates Side. Dey sen um to King Darius Numba Two:
7 “Dis letta fo King Darius. We like eryting stay good fo you.
8 “Us guys like you know, we wen go da place wea dey stay build da Temple Fo Da Big God, Judah side. Dey stay use cut stone block an big kine beam fo da wall. Erybody bus ass, an eryting stay go good fo dem. 9 So we talk to dem, an aks um, ‘Who wen tell you guys you can build dis Temple one mo time dat was all bus up, an make um come nice one mo time?’ 10 An we tell da Jew leadas fo give us guys da names fo all dea leada guys, fo us write down fo you dat stay in charge.
11 “Dis wat da Jew leadas wen tell us: ‘Us, we da worka guys fo da God dat stay in charge a da sky an da world. We stay build dis Temple dat wen get all bus up. Long time befo time, one big king fo da Israel peopo wen build um. 12 ✡But oua ancesta guys wen do plenny kine stuff dat make da God in da sky come huhu wit us. So God wen let King Nebukadnezza from Babylon take ova dem. Dat king wen tell his guys fo bus up dis Temple an make da peopo move Babylon side.
13 ✡“ ‘Da year King Cyrus come King fo Babylon, he make one govmen paypa dat tell, good fo build dis Temple one mo time. 14 Had plenny gold an silva tings dat King Nebukadnezza wen take outa da Temple Jerusalem side. He wen put um inside da Babylon temple. King Cyrus wen take all dat stuff outa da temple Babylon side, an turn um ova to one guy name Sheshbazza. Den he make dat guy da territorial govna fo da Judah land. 15 King Cyrus tell Sheshbazza, “Go take all dis stuffs, an put um inside da Temple Jerusalem side. Den you guys go build da House Fo God one mo time, same place jalike befo time.” 16 So dis guy Sheshbazza, he come ova hea an make da foundation fo da House Fo God inside Jerusalem. From dat time till now, da peopo stay work, but still not pau yet.’
17 “So den, King Darius, if you tink az good, tell yoa peopo fo look inside da records fo da kings ova dea Babylon side. Tell um fo look if az right, dat King Cyrus wen make one govmen paypa dat tell can build da House Fo God Jerusalem side. So wateva good fo you, tell us guys, cuz you da King.”
✡ 5:1 5:1: Hag 1:1; Zek 1:1 ✡ 5:2 5:2: Hag 1:12; Zek 4:6-9 ✡ 5:12 5:12: 2Kings 25:8-12; 2Rec 36:17-20; Jer 52:12-15 ✡ 5:13 5:13: Ezra 1:2-11