Haggai 2

1 in/on/with seventh in/on/with twenty and one to/for month to be word LORD in/on/with hand: to Haggai [the] prophet to/for to say

On October 17 [of that year], Yahweh gave [me], the prophet Haggai, [another] message.

2 to say please to(wards) Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel governor Judah and to(wards) Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and to(wards) remnant [the] people to/for to say

[The message was that I should] say this to Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and to the other people who were still alive [in Jerusalem]:

3 who? in/on/with you [the] to remain which to see: see [obj] [the] house: home [the] this in/on/with glory his [the] first: previous and what? you(m. p.) to see: see [obj] him now not like him like/as nothing in/on/with eye your

“Do any of you remember how glorious our former temple was? [If you do, ] what does it look like to you now? It must seem like nothing at all.

4 and now to strengthen: strengthen Zerubbabel utterance LORD and to strengthen: strengthen Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and to strengthen: strengthen all people [the] land: country/planet utterance LORD and to make: do for I with you utterance LORD Hosts

But now the Commander of the armies of angels says to [all of you], to Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of you people who live in this nation, ‘[Do not be discouraged; ] be strong [DOU], and work [to build this new temple], because I will (be with/help) you.

5 [obj] [the] word which to cut: make(covenant) with you in/on/with to come out: come you from Egypt and spirit my to stand: stand in/on/with midst your not to fear

My Spirit remains among you, like I promised your [ancestors] when they left Egypt. [So] do not be afraid!’”

6 for thus to say LORD Hosts still one little he/she/it and I to shake [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet and [obj] [the] sea and [obj] [the] dry ground

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Soon I will shake the sky and the earth, the oceans and the land again.

7 and to shake [obj] all [the] nation and to come (in): come desire all [the] nation and to fill [obj] [the] house: home [the] this glory to say LORD Hosts

I will shake [again the people of] all the nations, and as a result they will bring their treasures [to this temple]. I will fill this temple with [my] glory.

8 to/for me [the] silver: money and to/for me [the] gold utterance LORD Hosts

The silver and the gold [that they own] are [really] mine, [so they will bring them to me].

9 great: large to be glory [the] house: home [the] this [the] last from [the] first: previous to say LORD Hosts and in/on/with place [the] this to give: give peace utterance LORD Hosts

[Then] this temple will be more glorious than the former/previous [temple was]. And I will cause things to go well for you all. [That will surely happen because I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.”

10 in/on/with twenty and four to/for ninth in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Haggai [the] prophet to/for to say

On December 18 of that year, Yahweh gave [another] message to [me], the prophet Haggai.

11 thus to say LORD Hosts to ask please [obj] [the] priest instruction to/for to say

This is what the Commander of the armies of angels said to me: “Ask the priests [this question] about what is written in the laws [of Moses about sacrifices]:

12 look! to lift: bear man: anyone flesh holiness in/on/with wing garment his and to touch in/on/with wing his to(wards) [the] food: bread and to(wards) [the] stew and to(wards) [the] wine and to(wards) oil and to(wards) all food to consecrate: consecate and to answer [the] priest and to say not

‘If one [of you priests takes from the altar some] meat that was sacrificed and is carrying it in his robes, if his robe touches [some] bread or stew or wine or [olive] oil or some other food, does that food also become (holy/acceptable for a sacrifice)?’” [When he said that to] the priests, they replied, “No.”

13 and to say Haggai if to touch unclean soul: dead in/on/with all these to defile and to answer [the] priest and to say to defile

Then Haggai asked them, “If someone becomes unacceptable to God by touching a corpse, and [then he] touches any of those foods, will the food [also] become unacceptable to God?” The priests replied, “Yes.”

14 and to answer Haggai and to say so [the] people [the] this and so [the] nation [the] this to/for face: before my utterance LORD and so all deed: work hand their and which to present: bring there unclean he/she/it

Then Haggai replied, “Yahweh says [this]: ‘It is the same with you people and with this nation. Everything that you do and [all the sacrifices] that you all offer are unacceptable to me [because of the sins that you have committed].

15 and now to set: consider please heart your from [the] day [the] this and above [to] from before to set: put stone to(wards) stone in/on/with temple LORD

Think about what has been happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of my temple.

16 from to be they to come (in): come to(wards) heap twenty and to be ten to come (in): come to(wards) [the] wine to/for to strip fifty winepress and to be twenty

When you expected [to harvest] 20 bushels [of grain, you harvested] only ten bushels. When someone went to a [big] wine vat to get 50 gallons [of wine], there were only 20 [gallons in the vat].

17 to smite [obj] you in/on/with blight and in/on/with mildew and in/on/with hail [obj] all deed: work hand: themselves your and nothing [obj] you to(wards) me utterance LORD

I sent (blight/hot winds) and mildew and hail to destroy all your crops. But still you did not return to me.

18 to set: consider please heart your from [the] day [the] this and above [to] from day twenty and four to/for ninth to/for from [the] day which to found temple LORD to set: consider heart your

Starting from this day, December 18, the day when [you] have laid the foundation of my [new] temple, continue to think carefully [about your situation].

19 still [the] seed in/on/with fear and till [the] vine and [the] fig and [the] pomegranate and tree [the] olive not to lift: bear from [the] day [the] this to bless

Is there now [RHQ] [any grain] seed left in your barns? [No, because you have eaten the small amount that you harvested]. And there is no fruit on your grapevines and fig trees and pomegranate [trees] and olive trees. But, from now on, I will bless you!’”

20 and to be word LORD second to(wards) Haggai in/on/with twenty and four to/for month to/for to say

On that same day, Yahweh gave another message to me.

21 to say to(wards) Zerubbabel governor Judah to/for to say I to shake [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet

[He said, ] “Tell Zerubbabel the governor of Judah that I am going to shake the sky and the earth.

22 and to overturn throne kingdom and to destroy strength kingdom [the] nation and to overturn chariot and to ride her and to go down horse and to ride their man: anyone in/on/with sword brother: compatriot his

I will end the power of the kings of [many] nations [DOU]. I will cause their chariots and their drivers, their horses and [the soldiers] who are riding on them to be destroyed. [What will happen is that I will cause the soldiers] to kill each other with their swords.

23 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD Hosts to take: take you Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel servant/slave my utterance LORD and to set: make you like/as signet for in/on/with you to choose utterance LORD Hosts

Zerubbabel, you serve [me well]. So [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, declare that [like kings wear] signet rings [to show that they have authority to rule people], I will appoint you and cause you [to have authority to rule]. I will do that because I have chosen you. [That will surely happen because I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.”