In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Haggai 1:2 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of Yahweh to be rebuilt.”’”
Haggai 1:3 Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
The verse centers on "second", "year", "darius", "king", "first", "sixth", "month", and "word". 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 says Yahweh of hosts This people...", 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.