< Haggai 1 >
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, a word of YHWH has been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Josedech, 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 spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, This people—they have said, The time has not come, The time the house of YHWH [is] to 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 there is a word of YHWH by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
Tete Yehowa ƒe gbe va to Nyagblɔɖila Hagai dzi be,
4 “Is it time for you to dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?”
“Ɖe ɣeyiɣi de be miawo ya mianɔ aƒe nyuiwo me esi nye gbedoxɔ ƒe glikpowo gale nenema koa?”
5 And now, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Set your heart to your ways.
Azɔ la Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋuti.
6 You have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none has heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.”
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 said YHWH of Hosts: “Set your heart to your ways.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋu.
8 Go up the mountain, and you have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honored,” said YHWH.
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 “Looking for much, and behold, little, And you brought [it] home, and I blew on it—why?” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “Because of My house that is desolate, And you are running—each to his 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 have refrained from dew, And the land has refrained its increase.
Esia tae dziƒowo te zãmu mi eye anyigba gbe nukuwo nana mi ɖo.
11 And I proclaim drought on the land, And on the mountains, and on the grain, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground brings forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labor 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 son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, listen to the voice of their God YHWH, and to the words of Haggai the prophet, as their God YHWH had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of YHWH.
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 And Haggai, messenger of YHWH, in messages of YHWH, speaks to the people, saying, “I [am] with you, a declaration of YHWH.”
Le esia megbe la, Hagai, Yehowa ƒe ame dɔdɔ, tsɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedeasi sia na ameawo, “Meli kpli mi,” Yehowae gblɔe.
14 And YHWH stirs up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and work in the house of YHWH 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 twenty-fourth 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,