Haggaj 1
1 I Kong Darius's andet Regeringsår på den første Dag i den sjette Måned kom HERRENs Ord ved Profeten Haggaj således: 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, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, saying,
2 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Dette Folk siger: "Endnu er det ikke Tid at bygge HERRENs Hus."
“Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'”
3 Og HERRENs Ord kom ved Profeten Haggaj således:
Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Er det da Tid for eder at bo i Huse med træklædte Vægge, når dette Hus ligger øde?
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your finished houses, while this house lies ruined?
5 Derfor, så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det går eder!
So now Yahweh of hosts says this: Consider your ways!
6 I sår meget, men bringer lidet i Hus; I spiser, men mættes ikke; I drikker, men får ikke Tørsten slukket; I klæder eder på, men bliver ikke varme; og Daglejerens Løn går i en hullet Pung.
You have sown much seed, but bring in little harvest; you eat but do not have enough; you drink but cannot get drunk. You wear clothes but cannot warm yourselves, and the wage earner earns money only to put it into a bag full of holes!
7 Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det går eder!
Yahweh of hosts says this: “Consider your ways!
8 Gå op i Bjergene, hent Tømmer og byg Templet, så jeg kan have Glæde deraf og blive æret, siger HERREN.
Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build my house; then I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified!—says Yahweh.”
9 I venter rig Høst, men det bliver kun til lidt; og når I bringer det i Hus, blæser jeg derpå. 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, but behold! you have brought little home, for I blew it away! Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts. “Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you is working on his own house.
10 Derfor holder Himmelen sin Dug og Jorden sin Afgrøde tilbage;
Because of this the heavens withhold the dew from you, and the earth withholds its produce.
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.
I have summoned a drought upon the land and upon the mountains, upon the grain and upon the new wine, upon the oil and upon the harvest of the earth, upon men and upon beasts, and upon all the labor of your 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 son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, because Yahweh their God had sent him and the people feared the face of Yahweh.
13 Da sagde Haggaj, HERRENs Sendebud, i HERRENs Ærinde til Folket: Jeg er med eder, lyder det fra HERREN.
Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke Yahweh's message to the people and said, “I am with you!—this is Yahweh's declaration!”
14 Og HERREN vakte Ånden i Judas Statholder Zerubbabel, Sjaltiels Søn, og i Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og i hele Resten at Folkef, så de kom og tog fat på Arbejdet med deres Guds, Hærskarers HERREs, Hus
So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they went and worked on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God
15 på den fire og tyvende Dag i den sjette Måned i Kong Darius's andet Regeringsår.
in the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
