Hagai 1
1 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.
In the second yeere of King Darius, in the sixt moneth, the first day of the moneth, came ye worde of the Lord (by the ministery of the Prophet Haggai) vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, a prince of Iudah, and to Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, saying,
2 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Ame siawo le gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Ɣeyiɣi mede ne woagbugbɔ nye gbedoxɔ atu o.’”
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.
3 Tete Yehowa ƒe gbe va to Nyagblɔɖila Hagai dzi be,
Then came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,
4 “Ɖe ɣeyiɣi de be miawo ya mianɔ aƒe nyuiwo me esi nye gbedoxɔ ƒe glikpowo gale nenema koa?”
Is it time for your selues to dwell in your sieled houses, and this House lie waste?
5 Azɔ la Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ be, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋuti.
Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
6 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.”
Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.
7 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi, “Mibu ta me nyuie tso miaƒe zɔzɔme ŋu.
Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
8 Miyi ɖe towo dzi ne miatso atiwo vɛ ne miatsɔ agbugbɔ atu nye gbedoxɔe. Ekema makpɔ ŋudzedze le eŋuti wòade bubu ŋunye.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.
9 “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.
Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it. And why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.
10 Esia tae dziƒowo te zãmu mi eye anyigba gbe nukuwo nana mi ɖo.
Therefore the heauen ouer you stayed it selfe from dewe, and the earth stayed her fruite.
11 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.”
And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon all that the ground bringeth foorth: both vpon men and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.
12 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.
When Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest with all the remnant of the people, heard the voyce of the Lord their God, and the wordes of the Prophet Haggai (as the Lord their God had sent him) then the people did feare before the Lord.
13 Le esia megbe la, Hagai, Yehowa ƒe ame dɔdɔ, tsɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedeasi sia na ameawo, “Meli kpli mi,” Yehowae gblɔe.
Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.
14 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
And the Lord stirred vp the spirite of Zerubbabel, the sonne of Shealtiel a prince of Iudah, and the spirit of Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, and did the worke in the House of the Lord of hostes their God.
15 le ɣleti adelia ƒe ŋkeke blaeve-vɔ-enelia dzi. Le Fia Darius ƒe dziɖuɖu ƒe ƒe evelia me,
In the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of King Darius,
