Haggai 2
1 And in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:
Da a ɛto so aduonu baako wɔ ɔsram a ɛto so ason no, Awurade de asɛm faa Odiyifo Hagai so se:
2 Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel the governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and to the rest of the people, saying:
“Ka eyi kyerɛ Sealtiel babarima Serubabel a ɔyɛ Yuda amrado ne Ɔsɔfopanyin Yehosadak babarima Yosua ne Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo nkae a wɔwɔ asase no so hɔ no. Bisa wɔn se,
3 Who is left among you, that saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in comparison to that as nothing in your eyes?
‘Mo a moaka yi mu hena na ohuu saa ofi yi anuonyam sɛnea na ɛte kan no? Muhu no dɛn nnɛ? Ɛnyɛ mo sɛ ɛnsɛ hwee mprempren ana?
4 Yet now take courage, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord, and take courage, O Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and take courage, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord of hosts: and perform (for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts)
Enti Serubabel, nya akokoduru mprempren.’ Saa na Awurade se, ‘Ɔsɔfopanyin Yehosadak babarima Yosua, nya akokoduru. Mo nnipa a mowɔ asase no so mprempren no, munnya akokoduru. Awurade na ose. Munnya akokoduru na monyɛ adwuma, efisɛ, meka mo ho.’ Saa na Asafo Awurade ka.
5 The word that I covenanted with you when you came out of the land of Egypt: and my spirit shall be in the midst of you: fear not.
‘Eyi ne apam a me ne mo yɛe bere a mufii Misraim. Me Honhom ka mo ho. Ɛno nti munnsuro.’
6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
“Eyi ne asɛm a Asafo Awurade ka. ‘Ɛrenkyɛ biara, mɛwosow ɔsoro ne asase bio. Mɛwosow po tamaa ne asase kesee nso.
7 And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts.
Mɛwosow aman nyinaa, na aman nyinaa anidaso bɛba, na mede anuonyam bɛhyɛ saa ofi yi ma.’ Saa na Asafo Awurade se.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
‘Dwetɛ no yɛ me de. Na sikakɔkɔɔ yɛ me de.’ Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade se.
9 Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
‘Saa ofi yi anuonyam bɛkorɔn asen nʼanuonyam a atwa mu no.’ Saa na Asafo Awurade ka. ‘Na mɛma asomdwoe aba ha.’ Me, Asafo Awurade na makasa.”
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Aggeus the prophet, saying:
Ɔhene Dario adedi mfe abien mu, ɔsram a ɛto so akron no da a ɛto so aduonu anan, Awurade kaa saa asɛm yi kyerɛɛ Odiyifo Hagai.
11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:
“Asɛm a Asafo Awurade ka ni: ‘Mummisa asɔfo no nea mmara no ka.
12 If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No.
Sɛ nam kronkron bi hyɛ obi atade mmuano mu, na sɛ ho kɔka brodo anaa abɔmu, nsa anaa ngo anaa aduan foforo bi a, ɛno nso bɛyɛ kronkron ana?’” Asɔfo no buae se: “Dabi.”
13 And Aggeus said: If one that is unclean by occasion of a soul touch any of all these things, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered, and said: It shall be defiled.
Na Hagai bisae se, “Na sɛ obi nso de ne ho ka funu de gu ne ho fi, na ɔde ne ho twitwiw nneɛma a wɔabobɔ din yi bi ho a na wɔagu ho fi ana?” Na asɔfo no buae se, “Yiw.”
14 And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.
Afei, Hagai kae se, “‘Saa ara na nnipa no ne saa ɔman yi te.’ Saa na Awurade se. ‘Biribiara a wɔyɛ ne biribiara a wɔde ba no ho agu fi.
15 And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.
“‘Enti efi nnɛ, munnwen saa ade yi ho yiye. Monkae sɛnea na nneɛma te, ansa na moreto Awurade asɔredan no fapem no.
16 When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty.
Bere a modwene sɛ mubenya nnɔbae susukoraa aduonu no, munyaa du pɛ. Bere a mode mo ani buu sɛ mubenya galɔn aduonum afi nsakyibea no, munyaa aduonu pɛ.
17 I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that returned to me, saith the Lord.
Memaa ɔyare a ɛsɛe nnɔbae, ɛbɔ ne mparuwbo bɛsɛee mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa. Nanso moampɛ sɛ mobɛsan aba me nkyɛn. Saa na Awurade se.
18 Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.
Efi ɔsram a ɛto so akron, da a ɛto so aduonu anan no, munnwen da a wɔtoo Awurade asɔredan fapem no ho yiye.
19 Is the seed as yet sprung up? or hath the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree as yet flourished? from this day I will bless you.
Aba bi aka asan no so ana? Ebesi nnɛ, bobe, borɔdɔma, atoaa ne ngodua asow wɔn aba ana? “‘Efi saa da yi rekɔ no, mehyira mo.’”
20 And the word of the Lord came a second time to Aggeus in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying:
Awurade asɛm baa Hagai nkyɛn ne mprenu so wɔ ɔsram no da a ɛto so aduonu anan:
21 Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.
“Ka kyerɛ Serubabel a ɔyɛ Yuda amrado no se, merebɛwosow ɔsoro ne asase.
22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the chariot, and him that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Mebutuw ahengua, na masɛe ananafo aheman no tumi. Mɛdan wɔn nteaseɛnam ne wɔn a wɔka no abutuw. Apɔnkɔ akafo no mfoa bɛbobɔ wɔn ho wɔn ho ama wɔatotɔ.
23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
“‘Da no’ Asafo Awurade na ɔka, ‘Mɛfa wo, Sealtiel babarima, me somfo Serubabel, mɛfa wo sɛ nsɔwano kaa, efisɛ mayi wo.’ Me Asafo Awurade, na makasa.”
