1 Mu mwaka wa bubili ukutula apo Dariusi imfumu atendekele ukuteka,+ mu mweshi walenga mutanda (6), pa bushiku bwa kubalilapo ubwa mu mweshi, e po icebo ca kwa Yehova caishiile muli Hagai+ kasesema kuli Serubabele+ mwana Shealtiele,+ kateka wa Yuda,+ na kuli Yoshua+ mwana Yehosadaki+ shimapepo mukalamba, aciti:

4 “Yehova atila, ‘Lelo nomba kosa, we Serubabele, kabili kosa,+ we Yoshua mwana Yehosadaki shimapepo mukalamba.’

“‘Kabili koseni, mwe bantu bonse aba mu calo, ‘kabili bombeni,’+ e fyasosa Yehova.

“‘Pantu ndi na imwe,’+ e fyasosa Yehova wa mabumba.

5 Na ine natile: “Nabamufwike ica kufwala ca ku mutwe icasanguluka.”+ Awe bamufwikile ica kufwala ca ku mutwe icasanguluka no kumufwika amalaya; na malaika wa kwa Yehova aiminine mupepi.