Haggai 1
1 in/on/with year two to/for Darius [the] king in/on/with month [the] sixth in/on/with day one to/for month to be word LORD in/on/with hand: to Haggai [the] prophet to(wards) Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel governor Judah and to(wards) Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large to/for to say
[I am], Haggai, a prophet. I received a message from Yahweh on August 29th, during the second year that Darius was the king [of Persia]. I told this message to Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak’s son Jeshua, the Supreme Priest.
2 thus to say LORD Hosts to/for to say [the] people [the] this to say not time to come (in): come time house: temple LORD to/for to build
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, told [me] that the people were saying that it was not yet time for them to rebuild Yahweh’s temple.
3 and to be word LORD in/on/with hand: power Haggai [the] prophet to/for to say
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 time to/for you you(m. p.) to/for to dwell in/on/with house: home your to cover and [the] house: home [the] this desolate
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 and now thus to say LORD Hosts to set: consider heart your upon way: conduct your
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 to sow to multiply and to come (in): bring little to eat and nothing to/for satiety to drink and nothing to/for be drunk to clothe and nothing to/for to warm to/for him and [the] to hire to hire to(wards) bundle to pierce
You have planted a lot [of seeds], but you are not getting many [crops] to harvest. You eat [food], but you never get enough. You drink [wine], but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, [but things are very expensive], with the result that [it is as though] [MET] [your money disappears because] you are putting it in purses/pockets that have [big] holes in them.”
7 thus to say LORD Hosts to set: consider heart your upon way: conduct your
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 to ascend: rise [the] mountain: mount and to come (in): bring tree: wood and to build [the] house: home and to accept in/on/with him (and to honor: honour *Q(K)*) to say LORD
[Then] go up into the hills, [cut down trees, ] and bring timber [down here], and rebuild my temple. When you do that, I will be pleased, and I will be honored.
9 to turn to(wards) to multiply and behold to/for little and to come (in): bring [the] house: home and to breathe in/on/with him because what? utterance LORD Hosts because house: home my which he/she/it desolate and you(m. p.) to run: run man: anyone to/for house: home his
You expected [to harvest] plenty [of crops], but there were few [crops to harvest]. And when you brought the crops home, I caused them to spoil [IDM] quickly. The reason [that happened is that] my temple is a ruins, while each of you are busy building your own [beautiful] houses.
10 upon so upon you to restrain (heaven *L(abh)*) from dew and [the] land: country/planet to restrain crops her
It is because of what you [are doing] that rain does not fall from the sky, and [as a result] there are no crops.
11 and to call: call to drought upon [the] land: country/planet and upon [the] mountain: mount and upon [the] grain and upon [the] new wine and upon [the] oil and upon which to come out: produce [the] land: soil and upon [the] man and upon [the] animal and upon all toil palm
I have caused a (drought/severe lack of rain) on the hills and on your fields. The result has been that your grain [has withered], and your grapevines [MTY] and olive trees [MTY] and all your [other] crops have dried up. [Because of that, ] you and your cattle [do not have enough food], and the hard work that you have done will be for nothing.”
12 and to hear: obey Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel and Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and all remnant [the] people in/on/with voice LORD God their and upon word Haggai [the] prophet like/as as which to send: depart him LORD God their and to fear: revere [the] people from face of LORD
Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the others of God’s people who were still alive obeyed the message that Yahweh our God had said, and they heeded the message that I had given them, because [they knew that] Yahweh our God had sent/appointed me. And the people revered Yahweh.
13 and to say Haggai messenger LORD in/on/with message LORD to/for people to/for to say I with you utterance LORD
Then [I], Haggai, who was Yahweh’s messenger, gave this message from Yahweh to the people: “I, Yahweh, declare that I am with you.”
14 and to rouse LORD [obj] spirit Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel governor Judah and [obj] spirit Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and [obj] spirit all remnant [the] people and to come (in): come and to make: [do] work in/on/with house: temple LORD Hosts God their
[So] Yahweh motivated Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the other people to want to rebuild the temple of our God, the Commander of the armies of angels. They gathered together and started to work to rebuild it.
15 in/on/with day twenty and four to/for month in/on/with sixth in/on/with year two to/for Darius [the] king
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
