Hegai 1
1 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.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 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.’”
“This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for the LORD’s house to be built.’”
3 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị bịara site nʼọnụ Hegai, onye amụma na-asị,
Then the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 “Nke a ọ bụ oge unu onwe unu ji ebi nʼụlọ unu e ji osisi machie, mgbe ụlọnsọ ukwu a nọgidere na-adakpọsị?”
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your panelled houses, while this house lies waste?
5 Ugbu a, ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile na-ekwu, “Lezienụ ụzọ unu anya.
Now therefore this is what the LORD of Armies says: ‘Consider your ways.
6 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.”
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.’
7 Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile na-ekwu, “Chezienụ echiche banyere ndụ unu.
“This is what the LORD of Armies says: ‘Consider your ways.
8 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.
Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says the LORD.
9 “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.
“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.
10 Ya mere, nʼihi unu ka eluigwe ji jide igirigi ha, ala ejidekwala ihe omume nke ubi.
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
11 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.”
I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground produces, on men, on livestock, and on all the labour of the hands.”
12 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.
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the LORD their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the LORD.
13 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.
Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says the LORD.
14 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,
The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of Armies, their God,
15 nʼụbọchị nke iri abụọ na anọ, nʼọnwa nke isii. Ọ bụ nʼafọ nke abụọ, nke ọchịchị eze Daraiọs,
in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
