ハガイ書 1
1 ダリヨス王の二年六月、その月の一日に、主の言葉が預言者ハガイによって、シャルテルの子、ユダの総督ゼルバベル、およびヨザダクの子、大祭司ヨシュアに臨んだ、
[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 「万軍の主はこう言われる、この民は、主の家を再び建てる時は、まだこないと言っている」。
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 そこで、主の言葉はまた預言者ハガイに臨んだ、
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 「主の家はこのように荒れはてているのに、あなたがたは、みずから板で張った家に住んでいる時であろうか。
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 それで今、万軍の主はこう言われる、あなたがたは自分のなすべきことをよく考えるがよい。
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 あなたがたは多くまいても、取入れは少なく、食べても、飽きることはない。飲んでも、満たされない。着ても、暖まらない。賃銀を得ても、これを破れた袋に入れているようなものである。
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 万軍の主はこう言われる、あなたがたは、自分のなすべきことを考えるがよい。
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 山に登り、木を持ってきて主の家を建てよ。そうすればわたしはこれを喜び、かつ栄光のうちに現れると主は言われる。
[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 あなたがたは多くを望んだが、見よ、それは少なかった。あなたがたが家に持ってきたとき、わたしはそれを吹き払った。これは何ゆえであるかと、万軍の主は言われる。これはわたしの家が荒れはてているのに、あなたがたは、おのおの自分の家の事だけに、忙しくしている。
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 それゆえ、あなたがたの上の天は露をさし止め、地はその産物をさし止めた。
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 また、わたしは地にも、山にも、穀物にも、新しい酒にも、油にも、地に生じるものにも、人間にも、家畜にも、手で作るすべての作物にも、ひでりを呼び寄せた」。
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 そこで、シャルテルの子ゼルバベルとヨザダクの子、大祭司ヨシュアおよび残りのすべての民は、その神、主の声と、その神、主のつかわされた預言者ハガイの言葉とに聞きしたがい、そして民は、主の前に恐れかしこんだ。
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 時に、主の使者ハガイは主の命令により、民に告げて言った、「わたしはあなたがたと共にいると主は言われる」。
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 そして主は、シャルテルの子、ユダの総督ゼルバベルの心と、ヨザダクの子、大祭司ヨシュアの心、および残りのすべての民の心を、振り動かされたので、彼らは来て、その神、万軍の主の家の作業にとりかかった。
[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 これは六月二十四日のことであった。
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
