1  ✡ 1:1: Ezra 4:24–5:2; 6:14Was Augus 29, da numba two year wen Darius stay king. Da One In Charge tell Haggai, da guy dat talk fo him, fo talk to Zerubbabel, Shealtiel boy, da govna fo Judah, an to Joshua, Jehozadak boy, da Main Pries Guy.

2 Dis wat Da One In Charge, Da God Ova All Da Armies, tell: “Dese peopo tell, ‘Not da right time yet fo build da house fo Da One In Charge one mo time!’ ”

3 Den Da One In Charge tell Haggai fo tell dis: 4 “You guys tink dat now stay okay fo you guys live inside yoa own houses wit nice kine wood walls, same time my house stay all bus up, o wat?!”

5 But now, dis wat Da One In Charge, Da God Ova All Da Armies tell: “Tink real good bout da way you guys live! 6 You guys plant plenny, but you ony harves litto bit food. You guys eat, but no mo enuff fo fill you guys up. You guys drink, but no enuff fo make somebody come piloot. An den you guys put on clotheses, but you no come warm. Whoeva work fo get money, dey put da money inside one money bag wit pukas!”

7 Dis wat Da One In Charge, Da God Ova All Da Armies, tell: “Tink real good bout da way you guys live. 8 Go up inside da mountains, an bring down wood. Build my house, fo me stay good inside bout um Dass how I goin get respeck from da peopo. 9 Eh! Look! You guys figga you goin harves plenny wheat an barley, but you guys harves ony litto bit stuff. Da stuff you guys bring back, I blow um away! How come? Cuz all you guys run aroun plenny fo take kea yoa house, same time my house stay all bus up. 10 Az why, cuz a you guys, da sky hold back even da light rain, an da groun hold back da food. 11 I wen make da fields an da hills dry up. Same ting fo da wheat an barley, da new wine, da olive oil, an wateva kine food da groun give. Goin hurt da peopo an da animals. You guys goin bus ass, but no goin get notting!”

12 Den Zerubbabel, Shealtiel boy, an Joshua, Jehozadak boy, da Main Pries Guy, an all da res a da peopo dat stay dea, dey lissen wat dea God, Da One In Charge, tell. Dey lissen wat Haggai tell, da guy dat talk fo Da One In Charge, cuz was Da One In Charge, dea God, dat wen sen Haggai. Dass why da peopo start fo respeck Da One In Charge.

13 Den Haggai, da messenja guy fo Da One In Charge, give da peopo dis message from Da One In Charge: “I stay wit you guys!” 14 So Da One In Charge make erybody like go all out fo do wat he tell um fo do—Zerubbabel, Shealtiel boy, da govna fo Judah, an Joshua Jehozadak boy, da Main Pries Guy, an all da res a da peopo dat stay dea. Dey come da house fo dea God, Da One In Charge, Da God Ova All Da Armies, an start fo do da work. 15 Az was Setemba 21, da numba two year wen Darius stay king.