Hagai 1
1 Pada tahun yang kedua zaman raja Darius, dalam bulan yang keenam, pada hari pertama bulan itu, datanglah firman TUHAN dengan perantaraan nabi Hagai kepada Zerubabel bin Sealtiel, bupati Yehuda, dan kepada Yosua bin Yozadak, imam besar, bunyinya:
[I am], Haggai, a prophet. I received a message from Yahweh on August 29th, during the second year that Darius was the king [of Persia]. I told this message to Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak’s son Jeshua, the Supreme Priest.
2 "Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: Bangsa ini berkata: Sekarang belum tiba waktunya untuk membangun kembali rumah TUHAN!"
Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, told [me] that the people were saying that it was not yet time for them to rebuild Yahweh’s temple.
3 Maka datanglah firman TUHAN dengan perantaraan nabi Hagai, bunyinya:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 "Apakah sudah tiba waktunya bagi kamu untuk mendiami rumah-rumahmu yang dipapani dengan baik, sedang Rumah ini tetap menjadi reruntuhan?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Oleh sebab itu, beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: Perhatikanlah keadaanmu!
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Kamu menabur banyak, tetapi membawa pulang hasil sedikit; kamu makan, tetapi tidak sampai kenyang; kamu minum, tetapi tidak sampai puas; kamu berpakaian, tetapi badanmu tidak sampai panas; dan orang yang bekerja untuk upah, ia bekerja untuk upah yang ditaruh dalam pundi-pundi yang berlobang!
You have planted a lot [of seeds], but you are not getting many [crops] to harvest. You eat [food], but you never get enough. You drink [wine], but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, [but things are very expensive], with the result that [it is as though] [MET] [your money disappears because] you are putting it in purses/pockets that have [big] holes in them.”
7 Beginilah firman TUHAN semesta alam: Perhatikanlah keadaanmu!
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Jadi naiklah ke gunung, bawalah kayu dan bangunlah Rumah itu; maka Aku akan berkenan kepadanya dan akan menyatakan kemuliaan-Ku di situ, firman TUHAN.
[Then] go up into the hills, [cut down trees, ] and bring timber [down here], and rebuild my temple. When you do that, I will be pleased, and I will be honored.
9 Kamu mengharapkan banyak, tetapi hasilnya sedikit, dan ketika kamu membawanya ke rumah, Aku menghembuskannya. Oleh karena apa? demikianlah firman TUHAN semesta alam. Oleh karena rumah-Ku yang tetap menjadi reruntuhan, sedang kamu masing-masing sibuk dengan urusan rumahnya sendiri.
You expected [to harvest] plenty [of crops], but there were few [crops to harvest]. And when you brought the crops home, I caused them to spoil [IDM] quickly. The reason [that happened is that] my temple is a ruins, while each of you are busy building your own [beautiful] houses.
10 Itulah sebabnya langit menahan embunnya dan bumi menahan hasilnya,
It is because of what you [are doing] that rain does not fall from the sky, and [as a result] there are no crops.
11 dan Aku memanggil kekeringan datang ke atas negeri, ke atas gunung-gunung, ke atas gandum, ke atas anggur, ke atas minyak, ke atas segala yang dihasilkan tanah, ke atas manusia dan hewan dan ke atas segala hasil usaha."
I have caused a (drought/severe lack of rain) on the hills and on your fields. The result has been that your grain [has withered], and your grapevines [MTY] and olive trees [MTY] and all your [other] crops have dried up. [Because of that, ] you and your cattle [do not have enough food], and the hard work that you have done will be for nothing.”
12 Lalu Zerubabel bin Sealtiel dan Yosua bin Yozadak, imam besar, dan selebihnya dari bangsa itu mendengarkan suara TUHAN, Allah mereka, dan juga perkataan nabi Hagai, sesuai dengan apa yang disuruhkan kepadanya oleh TUHAN, Allah mereka; lalu takutlah bangsa itu kepada TUHAN.
Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the others of God’s people who were still alive obeyed the message that Yahweh our God had said, and they heeded the message that I had given them, because [they knew that] Yahweh our God had sent/appointed me. And the people revered Yahweh.
13 Maka berkatalah Hagai, utusan TUHAN itu, menurut pesan TUHAN kepada bangsa itu, demikian: "Aku ini menyertai kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN."
Then [I], Haggai, who was Yahweh’s messenger, gave this message from Yahweh to the people: “I, Yahweh, declare that I am with you.”
14 TUHAN menggerakkan semangat Zerubabel bin Sealtiel, bupati Yehuda, dan semangat Yosua bin Yozadak, imam besar, dan semangat selebihnya dari bangsa itu, maka datanglah mereka, lalu melakukan pekerjaan pembangunan rumah TUHAN semesta alam, Allah mereka,
[So] Yahweh motivated Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the other people to want to rebuild the temple of our God, the Commander of the armies of angels. They gathered together and started to work to rebuild it.
15 (2-1a) pada hari yang kedua puluh empat dalam bulan yang keenam. (2-1b) Pada tahun yang kedua zaman raja Darius,
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
