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

In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

“Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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

‘Who is left amongst you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing?

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

Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the LORD. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the LORD, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says the LORD of Armies.

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

This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived amongst you. ‘Don’t 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

For this is what the LORD of Armies says: ‘Yet once more, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;

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

and I will shake all nations. The treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Armies.

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

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says the LORD of Armies.

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

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of Armies.”

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

In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

“The LORD of Armies says: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

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 someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’” The priests answered, “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 said, “If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”

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 answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says the LORD; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

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

Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the LORD’s 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

Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

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 struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says the LORD.

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

‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.

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 the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today 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

The LORD’s word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

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

“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens 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 overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.

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

In that day, says the LORD of Armies, I will take you, Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says the LORD, ‘and will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ says the LORD of Armies.”