¹ DaH the leghwI'pu', Haggai the leghwI'pu', je Zechariah the puqloD vo' Iddo, prophesied Daq the Jews 'Iv were Daq Judah je Jerusalem; Daq the pong vo' the joH'a' vo' Israel prophesied chaH Daq chaH.

² vaj rose Dung Zerubbabel the puqloD vo' Shealtiel, je Jeshua the puqloD vo' Jozadak, je taghta' Daq chen the tuq vo' joH'a' nuq ghaH Daq Jerusalem; je tlhej chaH were the leghwI'pu' vo' joH'a', helping chaH.

³ Daq the rap poH ghoSta' Daq chaH Tattenai, the governor beyond the bIQtIQ, je Shetharbozenai, je chaj tlhejwI'pu', je ja'ta' thus Daq chaH, “ 'Iv nobta' SoH a decree Daq chen vam tuq, je Daq finish vam reD?”

⁴ vaj maH ja'ta' chaH after vam Da, nuq the pongmey vo' the loDpu' were 'Iv were making vam building.

⁵ 'ach the mIn vo' chaj joH'a' ghaHta' Daq the quppu' vo' the Jews, je chaH ta'ta' ghobe' chenmoH chaH mev, until the matter should ghoS Daq Darius, je vaj jang should taH cheghta' Sum letter concerning 'oH.

⁶ The copy vo' the letter vetlh Tattenai, the governor beyond the bIQtIQ, je Shetharbozenai, je Daj tlhejwI'pu' the Apharsachites, 'Iv were beyond the bIQtIQ, ngeHta' Daq Darius the joH;

⁷ chaH ngeHta' a letter Daq ghaH, Daq nuq ghaHta' ghItlhta' thus: Daq Darius the joH, Hoch roj.

⁸ taH 'oH Sovta' Daq the joH, vetlh maH mejta' Daq the province vo' Judah, Daq the tuq vo' the Dun joH'a', nuq ghaH chenta' tlhej Dun naghmey, je timber ghaH laid Daq the walls; je vam vum goes Daq tlhej diligence je cheptaH Daq chaj ghopmey.

⁹ vaj maH tlhobta' chaH quppu', je ja'ta' Daq chaH thus, “ 'Iv nobta' SoH a decree Daq chen vam tuq, je Daq finish vam reD?”

¹⁰ maH tlhobta' chaH chaj pongmey je, Daq inform SoH vetlh maH might write the pongmey vo' the loDpu' 'Iv were Daq the nach vo' chaH.

¹¹ Thus chaH cheghta' maH jang, ja'ta', “ maH 'oH the toy'wI'pu' vo' the joH'a' vo' chal je tera', je 'oH building the tuq vetlh ghaHta' chenta' Dochvammey law' DISmey ben, nuq a Dun joH vo' Israel chenta' je finished.

¹² 'ach after vetlh maj vavpu' ghajta' provoked the joH'a' vo' chal Daq QeHpu', ghaH nobta' chaH Daq the ghop vo' Nebuchadnezzar joH vo' Babylon, the Chaldean, 'Iv Qaw'ta' vam tuq, je qengta' the ghotpu DoH Daq Babylon.

¹³ 'ach Daq the wa'Dich DIS vo' Cyrus joH vo' Babylon, Cyrus the joH chenmoHta' a decree Daq chen vam tuq vo' joH'a'.

¹⁴ The SuD baS je baS chIS Dujmey je vo' the tuq vo' joH'a', nuq Nebuchadnezzar tlhapta' pa' vo' the lalDan qach vetlh ghaHta' Daq Jerusalem, je qempu' Daq the lalDan qach vo' Babylon, chaH Cyrus the joH tlhapta' pa' vo' the lalDan qach vo' Babylon, je chaH were toDta' Daq wa' 'Iv pong ghaHta' Sheshbazzar, 'Iv ghaH ghajta' chenmoHta' governor;

¹⁵ je ghaH ja'ta' Daq ghaH, ‘ tlhap Dochvammey Dujmey, jaH, lan chaH Daq the lalDan qach vetlh ghaH Daq Jerusalem, je chaw' the tuq vo' joH'a' taH chenta' Daq its Daq.'

¹⁶ vaj the rap Sheshbazzar ghoSta', je laid the foundations vo' the tuq vo' joH'a' nuq ghaH Daq Jerusalem: je since vetlh poH 'ach until DaH ghajtaH 'oH taH Daq building, je yet 'oH ghaH ghobe' completed.

¹⁷ DaH vaj, chugh 'oH seem QaQ Daq the joH, chaw' pa' taH search chenmoHta' Daq the joH treasure tuq, nuq ghaH pa' Daq Babylon, whether 'oH taH vaj, vetlh a decree ghaHta' chenmoHta' vo' Cyrus the joH Daq chen vam tuq vo' joH'a' Daq Jerusalem; je chaw' the joH ngeH Daj pleasure Daq maH concerning vam matter.”