Haggaj 1
1 I Kong Darius's andet Regeringsaar paa den første Dag i den sjette Maaned kom HERRENS Ord ved Profeten Haggaj saaledes: Sig til Judas Statholder Zerubbabel, Sjealtiels Søn, og til Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn:
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2 Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Dette Folk siger: »Endnu er det ikke Tid at bygge HERRENS Hus.«
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.
3 Og HERRENS Ord kom ved Profeten Haggaj saaledes:
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Er det da Tid for eder at bo i Huse med træklædte Vægge, naar dette Hus ligger øde?
Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Derfor, saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det gaar eder!
Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
6 I saar meget, men bringer lidet i Hus; I spiser, men mættes ikke; I drikker, men faar ikke Tørsten slukket; I klæder eder paa, men bliver ikke varme; og Daglejerens Løn gaar i en hullet Pung.
You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det gaar eder!
Thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Gaa op i Bjergene, hent Tømmer og byg Templet, saa jeg kan have Glæde deraf og blive æret, siger HERREN.
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says the LORD.
9 I venter rig Høst, men det bliver kun til lidt; og naar I bringer det i Hus, blæser jeg derpaa. Hvorfor? lyder det fra Hærskarers HERRE. Fordi mit Hus ligger øde, medens enhver af eder har travlt med sit eget Hus.
You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house.
10 Derfor holder Himmelen sin Dug og Jorden sin Afgrøde tilbage;
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 og jeg har kaldt Tørke hid over Land og Bjerge, over Korn, Most og Olie, over alt, hvad Jorden frembringer, over Folk og Fæ, over alt, hvad Hænder virker.
And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the corn, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands.
12 Og Zerubbabel, Sjaltiels Søn, og Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og hele Resten af Folket adlød HERREN deres Guds Røst og Profeten Haggajs Ord, eftersom HERREN havde sendt ham til dem, og Folket frygtede HERREN.
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
13 Da sagde Haggaj, HERRENS Sendebud, i HERRENS Ærinde til Folket: Jeg er med eder, lyder det fra HERREN.
Then spoke Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message to the people, saying, I am with you, says the LORD.
14 Og HERREN vakte Aanden i Judas Statholder Zerubbabel, Sjaltiels Søn, og i Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og i hele Resten af Folket, saa de kom og tog fat paa Arbejdet med deres Guds, Hærskarers HERRES, Hus
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
15 paa den fire og tyvende Dag i den sjette Maaned i Kong Darius's andet Regeringsaar.
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
