Haggai 1
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, saying,
Ozi Onyenwe anyị, nke rutere Hegai onye amụma, nke o ziri Zerubabel nwa Shealtiel, onye na-achị Juda, na Joshua nwa Jehozadak, onyeisi nchụaja. Ozi a rutere ya nʼafọ nke abụọ nke ọchịchị eze Daraiọs, nʼụbọchị nke mbụ nʼọnwa nke isii.
2 “Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build Yahweh's house.'”
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile na-ekwu, “Ndị a na-asị, ‘Nʼoge ahụ erubeghị mgbe anyị ga-ewu ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.’”
3 Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị bịara site nʼọnụ Hegai, onye amụma na-asị,
4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your finished houses, while this house lies ruined?
“Nke a ọ bụ oge unu onwe unu ji ebi nʼụlọ unu e ji osisi machie, mgbe ụlọnsọ ukwu a nọgidere na-adakpọsị?”
5 So now Yahweh of hosts says this: Consider your ways!
Ugbu a, ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile na-ekwu, “Lezienụ ụzọ unu anya.
6 You have sown much seed, but bring in little harvest; you eat but do not have enough; you drink but cannot get drunk. You wear clothes but cannot warm yourselves, and the wage earner earns money only to put it into a bag full of holes!
Unu na-agha mkpụrụ, ma na-enweta naanị ihe ntakịrị. Unu na-eri nri, ma ihe unu na-eri adịghị ezuru unu. Unu na-aṅụ ihe ọṅụṅụ ma unu adịghị aṅụju afọ ka o si mmasị unu. Unu na-eyikwasị onwe unu uwe, ma ọ dịghị achụ unu oyi. Unu na-anata ụgwọ ọrụ, maọbụ nʼakpa puru epu ka unu na-etinye ya.”
7 Yahweh of hosts says this: “Consider your ways!
Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile na-ekwu, “Chezienụ echiche banyere ndụ unu.
8 Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build my house; then I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified!—says Yahweh.”
Jeenụ nʼelu ugwu, wedata osisi, jiri ya wuo ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, obi ga-atọ m ụtọ na ya, a ga-asọpụkwara m nʼebe ahụ.” Ọ bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
9 “You looked for much, but behold! you have brought little home, for I blew it away! Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts. “Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you is working on his own house.
“Unu na-ele anya ihe ukwu, ma lee, ọ bụ naanị ihe ntakịrị ka ọ pụtara. Mgbe unu welatara ha nʼụlọ, a fụfụsiri m ha niile. Nke a ọ bụ nʼihi gịnị?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwupụtara. “Ọ bụ nʼihi na ụlọnsọ ukwu m, nke nọgidere na-abụ mkpọmkpọ ebe, ma onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-agba mbọ ịrụ naanị ihe gbasara ụlọ nke aka ya.
10 Because of this the heavens withhold the dew from you, and the earth withholds its produce.
Ya mere, nʼihi unu ka eluigwe ji jide igirigi ha, ala ejidekwala ihe omume nke ubi.
11 I have summoned a drought upon the land and upon the mountains, upon the grain and upon the new wine, upon the oil and upon the harvest of the earth, upon men and upon beasts, and upon all the labor of your hands!”
Akpọọla m ka okpomọkụ bịakwasị nʼala ubi niile nakwa nʼelu ugwu niile, nʼelu ọka na mmanya ọhụrụ, mmanụ oliv na ihe niile nke ala na-emepụta. Ka ọ bịakwasị mmadụ na anụmanụ niile, nakwa ihe niile unu dọgburu onwe unu nʼọrụ inweta.”
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, because Yahweh their God had sent him and the people feared the face of Yahweh.
Mgbe ahụ, Zerubabel nwa Shealtiel, na Joshua nwa Jehozadak, onyeisi nchụaja, na ndị niile fọdụrụ, ṅara ntị nʼolu Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha, na nʼozi Hegai onye amụma, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha zitere ya. Ndị Izrel niile tụkwara egwu Onyenwe anyị.
13 Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke Yahweh's message to the people and said, “I am with you!—this is Yahweh's declaration!”
Mgbe ahụ Hegai, onyeozi Onyenwe anyị, ziri ndị mmadụ ahụ niile ozi Onyenwe anyị, sị: “Mụ onwe m nọnyeere unu,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
14 So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they went and worked on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God
Ya mere, Onyenwe anyị kwaliri mmụọ Zerubabel nwa Shealtiel, onye na-achị Juda, na mmụọ Joshua nwa Jehozadak, onyeisi nchụaja na mmụọ ndị niile ahụ fọdụrụ nʼala ahụ. Ha niile bịara bido ọrụ nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke ha,
15 in the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
nʼụbọchị nke iri abụọ na anọ, nʼọnwa nke isii. Ọ bụ nʼafọ nke abụọ, nke ọchịchị eze Daraiọs,
