Haggai 1
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
I Kong Darius's andet Aar, i den sjette Maaned, paa den første Dag i Maaneden, kom Herrens Ord ved Profeten Haggaj til Serubabel, Sealthiels Søn, Landshøvdingen i Juda, og til Josua, Jozadaks Søn, Ypperstepræsten, saalunde:
2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.
Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Dette Folk, de sige: Tiden er ikke kommen, Tiden til at bygge Herrens Hus.
3 Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Og Herrens Ord kom ved Profeten Haggaj, saaledes:
4 Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
Er det Tid for eder at bo i eders panelede Huse, medens dette Hus er øde?
5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.
Og nu, saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Giver Agt paa eders Veje!
6 Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
I udsaa meget og høste lidet ind, I æde og blive ikke mætte, I drikke og blive ikke læskede, I klæde eder og blive ikke varme, og den, som faar Løn, faar sin Løn i en hullet Pung.
7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.
Saa siger den Herre Zebaoth: Giver Agt paa eders Veje!
8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.
Gaar op paa Bjerget, og henter Tømmer, og bygger Huset, saa vil jeg have Behag deri og bevise mig herlig, siger Herren.
9 You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.
I vente meget, og se, det bliver til lidet, og naar I have ført det hjem, da blæser jeg det bort. Hvorfor? siger den Herre Zebaoth. For mit Hus's Skyld, som er øde, medens I have travlt, hver med sit eget Hus.
10 For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.
Derfor lukke Himlene sig til over eder, saa at de ikke give Dug, og Jorden har tilbageholdt sin Grøde.
11 And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.
Thi jeg kaldte Tørke over Jorden og over Bjergene og over Kornet og over Mosten og over Olien og over det, som Jorden frembringer, og over Folket og over Kvæget og over alt, hvad der udføres med Hænder.
12 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the people, gave ear to the voice of the Lord their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, because the Lord their God had sent him, and the people were in fear before the Lord.
Da adløde Serubabel, Sealthiels Søn, og Josua, Jozadaks Søn, Ypperstepræsten, og hele det overblevne Folk Herrens deres Guds Røst og Profeten Haggajs Ord, eftersom Herren deres Gud havde sendt ham; og Folket frygtede for Herrens Ansigt.
13 Then Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the Lord.
Da sagde Haggaj, Herrens Sendebud, som Budskab fra Herren til Folket, saaledes: Jeg er med eder, siger Herren.
14 And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of armies, their God.
Og Herren vakte Aanden hos Serubabel, Sealthiels Søn, Judas Landshøvding, og Aanden hos Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og Aanden hos alt det overblevne Folk, og de kom og gjorde Arbejdet paa den Herre Zebaoths, deres Guds Hus
15 On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
paa den fire og tyvende Dag i Maaneden, i den sjette Maaned, i Kong Darius's andet Aar.
