Di Work wey Papa Send Haggai
The people wey return from exile don come back, but dem leave our Papa house for ruin while dem dey decorate their own. Haggai call dem make dem build am again—and e put the whole call on top one promise wey e dey repeat: “I dey with una.”
1 1For di second year wey King Darius dey rule, for di sixth month, for di first day, di word of our Papa come through Haggai di prophet to Zerubbabel, di pikin of Shealtiel, wey be governor of Judah, and to Joshua, di pikin of Jehozadak, di high priest:
2Na dis one di Papa of heaven army talk: “Dis people dey talk say di time never reach to build back di house of our Papa.”
3Den di word of our Papa come through Haggai di prophet:
4“You suppose dey live for your fine-fine house wey dem cover with wood, while dis house just dey scatter so?” 5So den, na dis one di Papa of heaven army talk: “Make una think well-well about how una don dey live. 6Una plant plenty, but una harvest small. Una dey chop, but e never do una. Una dey drink, but una belle never full. Una dey wear cloth, but body no dey warm anybody. And di person wey dey work collect money, na so so put am inside purse wey get hole.”
7Na dis one di Papa of heaven army talk: “Make una think well-well about how una don dey live. 8Climb go up di hills, carry wood come down, and build back di house, so dat e go sweet me and dem go honour me,” na so our Papa talk. 9“Una dey expect plenty, but na small e turn to be. Wetin una carry come house, I blow am comot. Why?” na so di Papa of heaven army talk. “Na because of my house, wey still dey scatter, while every one of una dey busy with im own house. 10Na so, because of una, di sky no gree drop im dew, and di ground no gree bring im crops. 11I call drought come for di farm and di hills, for di grain, di new wine, di olive oil, for anything wey di ground dey produce, for people and animal, and for all di work wey una hand do.”
12Den Zerubbabel di pikin of Shealtiel, Joshua di pikin of Jehozadak wey be high priest, and all di people wey remain obey di voice of our Papa and di words of Haggai di prophet, because na our Papa send Haggai; and di people fear for front of our Papa.
13Den Haggai, di messenger of our Papa, give di people dis message: “I dey with una, na so our Papa talk.” a a v13 When di people turn back to di work of di Papa, e answer dem with di heart wey every papa get — “I dey with una.” Say im dey with dem, na di reward be dat.
14So our Papa touch di spirit of Zerubbabel di pikin of Shealtiel, wey be governor of Judah, di spirit of Joshua di pikin of Jehozadak wey be high priest, and di spirit of all di people wey remain. Dem come and work for di house of di Papa of heaven army, 15for di twenty-fourth day of di sixth month, for di second year wey Darius di king dey rule.
