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 Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Le Fia Darius ƒe dziɖuɖu ƒe ƒe evelia me le ɣleti adelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va to Hagai, nyagblɔɖila la dzi na Yudatɔwo ƒe anyigbadziɖulagã, Zerubabel, Sealtiel ƒe vi kple nunɔlagã Yosua, Yehozadak ƒe vi dzi.
2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Ame siawo le gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Ɣeyiɣi mede ne woagbugbɔ nye gbedoxɔ atu o.’”
3 And the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Tete Yehowa ƒe gbe va to Nyagblɔɖila Hagai dzi be,
4 Is it time for you that ye should dwell in your wainscoted houses, while this house lieth waste?
“Ɖe ɣeyiɣi de be miawo ya mianɔ aƒe nyuiwo me esi nye gbedoxɔ ƒe glikpowo gale nenema koa?”
5 And now thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
Azɔ la Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋuti.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes.
Mieƒãa nuku taŋtaŋ gake nuku ʋɛ aɖewo ko mieŋena. Mieɖua nu gake meɖia ƒo na mi o. Mienoa nu gake meɖia kɔ na mi o, mietaa avɔ gake medea dzo lãme na mi o. Miexɔa fetu ke ɖeko mietsɔnɛ dea kotoku ŋɔŋɔ me.”
7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋu.
8 Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
Miyi ɖe towo dzi ne miatso atiwo vɛ ne miatsɔ agbugbɔ atu nye gbedoxɔe. Ekema makpɔ ŋudzedze le eŋuti wòade bubu ŋunye.” Yehowae gblɔe.
9 Ye looked for much, and behold it was little; and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. Wherefore? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, whilst ye run every man to his own house.
“Miele mɔ kpɔm na nu geɖe, ke nu ʋɛ aɖe ko miekpɔ, eye ne mietsɔe va aƒe mee la, meɖoa ƒuƒu ɖee, eye metɔna ɖe mia si o. Nu ka tae?” Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe. “Elabena nye gbedoxɔ ganye gli gbagbã li ko, ke mia dome ame sia ame le ʋiʋlim be miatso aƒe nyuiwo na mia ɖokuiwo.
10 Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Esia tae dziƒowo te zãmu mi eye anyigba gbe nukuwo nana mi ɖo.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon man, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Meɖe gbe be ku neɖi le agblewo kple towo dzi. Kuɖiɖi ana bli, wain yeye, ami kple miaƒe agblemenu bubuwo nagblẽ. Kuɖiɖi la nava amegbetɔwo, lãwo kple amegbetɔwo ƒe asinudɔwɔwɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi.”
12 And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, according as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people feared before Jehovah.
Tete Zerubabel, Sealtiel ƒe vi, Yosua, Yehozadak ƒe vi, nunɔlagã kple ame mamlɛawo katã ɖo to Nyagblɔɖila Hagai ƒe gbedeasi si wòxɔ tso Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la gbɔ elabena woxɔe se be Yehowa, woƒe Mawu lae dɔe eya ta ameawo vɔ̃ Yehowa eye wosubɔe.
13 Then spoke Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
Le esia megbe la, Hagai, Yehowa ƒe ame dɔdɔ, tsɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedeasi sia na ameawo, “Meli kpli mi,” Yehowae gblɔe.
14 And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
Ale Yehowa de dzo Zerubabel, Sealtiel ƒe vi, ame si nye Yudatɔwo ƒe anyigbadziɖulagã kple Yosua, Yehozadak ƒe vi, nunɔlagã la kple ame mamlɛawo ƒe gbɔgbɔ me. Woƒo ƒu eye wodze Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, woƒe Mawu la ƒe gbedoxɔ tutu gɔme
15 in the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
le ɣleti adelia ƒe ŋkeke blaeve-vɔ-enelia dzi. Le Fia Darius ƒe dziɖuɖu ƒe ƒe evelia me,
