1. Ngomnyaka wesibili kaDariyu inkosi ngenyanga yesithupha ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga lafika izwi likaJehova ngesandla sikaHagayi umprofethi kuZerubabele indodana kaSheyalitiyeli, umbusi wakwaJuda, nakuJoshuwa indodana kaJehosadaki, umpristi omkhulu, ngokuthi:
2. Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Laba bantu bathi: ‘Akukabi yisikhathi sokuza, isikhathi sokwakha indlu kaJehova.’ ”
3. Kwase kufika izwi likaJehova ngoHagayi umprofethi, lathi:
4. “Kuyisikhathi sokuba nihlale ezindlini zenu ezembesiweyo, le ndlu iseyize, na?”
5. Ngalokho usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Bekani ezinhliziyweni zenu izindlela zenu.