In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:
Haggai 1:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.
Haggai 1:3 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
The verse centers on "second", "year", "darius", "king", "sixth", "month", and "first". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "second" and "year", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The next verse adds "Thus saith the Lord of hosts saying...", so "second" and "year" should be read forward into that movement. In Haggai context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "second" and "year" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.