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King Darius Numba Two Sen Letta
1 So King Darius Numba Two tell his peopo fo go look inside da Babylon records. (Dis da odda King Darius grankid.) 2 But dey neva find notting dea. Dey find um Medea side, inside da town wit da strong wall dat dey call Ekbatana. Dey find one paypa dat stay roll up. An dis wat da paypa tell:
Govmen Paypa:
3 Da firs year Cyrus was King, he make dis govmen paypa bout da House Fo God Jerusalem side: “Gotta build da Temple one mo time, da same place wea befo time da Jew guys make dea sacrifices. Keep da foundation same size jalike befo time. Make um 45 feet wide, 90 feet long, an 30 feet high. 4 Use cut stone block, three course high, den one course wood, den stone, den wood, lidat. Use da King money fo pay fo eryting. 5 Get plenny gold an silva tings from da House Fo God. Befo time, King Nebukadnezza wen take dem outa da Temple dat wen stay Jerusalem side, an bring um Babylon side. So, take all dat stuff back to Jerusalem an put um inside da Temple Jerusalem side, jalike dey wen stay befo time inside da House Fo God.” Dass wat King Cyrus write befo time.
6 King Darius Numba Two sen dis message:
“Dis letta fo Govna Tatnai, West Eufrates Side, an fo Shetar-Boznai, an all you odda frenz an offisho govmen guys, West Eufrates Side:
“You betta not go dea Jerusalem side! 7 No bodda da work dey stay do fo build da House Fo God. Let da Judah territorial govna guy an da Jew leada guys build dis House Fo God one mo time, da same place jalike befo time.
8 “But dis wat I stay tell you guys fo do: Go help da Jew leada guys fo build da Temple Fo God one mo time. Take da tax money dat you guys stay take fo me ova dea West Eufrates Side, an pay fo all da work. No wase time, no good dey gotta stop da work. 9 Wateva da pries guys need Jerusalem side, give um—young bulls, boy an girl kine sheeps fo make one sacrifice fo Da God Dat Stay Inside Da Sky. Make shua dey get da wheat, salt, wine, an olive oil dat dey need ery day, 10 fo dem make da kine sacrifices dat Da God Dat Stay Inside Da Sky like, an dey goin pray fo me da King fo stay alive, an fo my boys.
11 “Anybody go change dis an no do how I tell um, you guys gotta pull one beam outa dat guy house, make um sharp one side, den poke um thru da guy body fo kill um. Bus up da guy house an make um one rubbish pile. 12 God wen pick Jerusalem town fo be da place wea peopo can come cuz dey know wat kine god him. So den, if any king, o any peopo, change dis ting I tell hea, o if dey bus up dis Temple Jerusalem side, I like da God fo da Jew guys, bus dem up. Dis me, King Darius, dat stay tell you all dis. So do um, an no wase time!”
Dey Give Da Temple To God
13 Den, cuz a wat King Darius wen tell dem, Govna Tatnai, Shetar-Boznai, an dea helpa guys go do eryting King Darius tell um fo do, right den an dea. 14 ✡So da Jew leada guys no stop da work. Dey feel real good inside cuz da guys Haggai an Zekariah Iddo boy, dat talk fo God, give um good words wen dey teach um. Afta long time, dey pau build da Temple, jalike da God fo da Israel peopo wen tell um fo do, an jalike da Kings fo da Persia peopo, Cyrus, Darius, an Artaxerxes wen tell um fo do. 15 Dey pau build da Temple March 12, da numba 6 year dat Darius was King.
16 Den dey make one spesho day fo give da Temple to God. Da Israel peopo—dass da prieses, da Levi ohana guys, an all da odda peopo dat come back from Babylon—dey feel real good inside. 17 Fo give da Temple to God, dey make plenny sacrifice. Dey kill hundred young bulls, two hundred boy kine sheeps, an four hundred bebe sheeps. Dey bring twelve boy kine goats fo make one sacrifice fo take away da shame fo all da bad tings dey wen do, one goat fo ery Israel ohana. 18 Den dey make da teams fo da pries guys work togedda inside da Temple Fo God Jerusalem side, an same ting fo da Levi ohana peopo dat help da prieses. Dey do um jalike da Rules tell um fo do, eryting dat Moses wen write down fo dem inside his book.
Da Spesho Passova Day
19 ✡April 21, da peopo dat come back from Babylon all eat da Passova food. 20 Az okay fo do dat cuz all da pries guys an dea helpas from da Levi ohana wen awready make da right sacrifices fo dem go in front God. Az why okay fo dem work inside da Temple. Da pries guys kill da bebe sheeps fo da Passova food, fo all da peopo dat come back from Babylon, an fo da odda pries guys, an fo dem. 21 All da Israel peopo dat come back from Babylon eat da Passova food. Odda peopo from da Judah land, dat no do all da pilau kine stuff dat dea peopos stay do, dey come jalike da Israel peopo an pray to dea God, Da One In Charge. Dey eat da Passova food too. 22 Fo seven day dey all make da spesho kine ceremony fo Da Bread Dat No Mo Yeast Inside, an dey feel real good inside cuz a dat. Da One In Charge make um feel good inside, cuz he wen make da Assyria king like help da Israel peopo. Az why da king help um fo build da House Fo Da God Fo Da Israel Peopo one mo time.
✡ 6:14 6:14 a: Hag 1:1; Zek 1:1 ✡ 6:19 6:19: Outa 12:1-20