हाग्गै 1
1 दारा राजाको दोस्रो बर्षको छैटौँ महिनाको पहिलो दिनमा, शालतिएलका छोरा यहूदाका राज्यपाल यरुबाबेल, र यहोसादाकका छोरा प्रधान पूजाहारी यहोशूकहाँ अगमवक्ता हाग्गैद्धारा परमप्रभुको यस्तो वचन आयो,
[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 “सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्नुहुन्छ: यी मानिसहरू भन्छन्, ‘हामी आएर परमप्रभुको भवन निर्माण गर्ने समय अझै आएको छैन’ ।”
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 त्यसपछि अगमवक्ता हाग्गैद्धारा परमप्रभुको यस्तो वचन आयो,
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 “यो मन्दिर ध्वस्त हुँदा के यो तिमीहरू आफ्ना सुन्दर घरहरूमा बस्ने समय हो?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 यसैकारण सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्नुहुन्छ: आफ्ना मार्गहरूमाथि ध्यान देओ!
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 तिमीहरूले प्रशस्त बीऊ छरेका छौ, तर फसल भने थोरै मात्र ल्याउँछौ, तिमीहरू खान्छौ तर तिमीहरूसँग पर्याप्त छैन । तिमीहरू पिउँछौ, तर प्रशस्त मद्य तिमीहरूसँग छैन । तिमीहरू लुगा लगाउँछौ तर आफैँलाई तातो राख्न सक्दैनौ, र ज्यालादारीमा काम गर्नेहरूले पैसा कमाउँछन् तर तिनीहरूले ती प्वालहरू भएका झोलामा राख्दछन् ।”
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 सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु यस्तो भन्नुहुन्छ: “आफ्ना मार्गहरूमाथि ध्यान देओ ।
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 माथि पर्वतमा जाओ, काठहरू ल्याओ, र मेरो भवन बनाओ, अनि म त्यसमा आनन्द मनाउनेछु, र म महिमित हुनेछु - परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ ।”
[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 “तिमीहरूले धेरै कुराको खोजी गर्यौ, तर हेर! तिमीहरूले घरमा थोरै कुरा ल्यायौ, कनभने मैले ती उडाइदिएँ । किन?” सेनाहरूका परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ । “किनभने मेरो भवन भग्नावशेषको बिचमा छ, तर तिमीहरू हरेक भने आफ्नै घर बनाउन लागिपरेका छौ ।
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 यसैकारण आकाशले आफ्नो शीत रोकिदिनेछ, र पृथ्वीले आफ्नो उब्जनी दिनेछैन ।
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 मैले भूमि, पर्वतहरू, अन्न, नयाँ मद्य, तेल, पृथ्वीका उब्जनीहरू, मानिसहरू, पशुहरू, र तिमीहरूका हातका परिश्रममाथि अनिकाल बोलाएको छु ।”
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 अनि शालतिएलका छोरा यरुबाबेल, र येहोसादाकका छोरा प्रधान पूजाहारी यहोशूले, बाँकी रहेका सबै मानिसका साथमा तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर परमप्रभुको आवाज र अगमवक्ता हाग्गैका वचनलाई पालन गरे, किनभने तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर परमप्रभुले तिनलाई पठाउनुभएको थियो र मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुको भय मान्थे ।
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 त्यसपछि परमप्रभुका समाचारवाहक, हाग्गैले मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनी परमप्रभुको सन्देश सुनाए, “म तिमीहरूसँग छु - परमप्रभु घोषणा गर्नुहुन्छ ।”
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 यसकारण परमप्रभुले यहूदाका राज्यपाल, शालतिएलका छोरा यरुबाबेल, येहोसादाकका छोरा प्रधान पुजारी यहोशू, र सबै बाँकी रहेका मानिसहरूका आत्मालाई उत्तेजित गरिदिनुभयो, अनि तिनीहरू गए र तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर सेनाहरूका परमप्रभुको भवनमा काम गरे ।
[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 दारा राजाको दोस्रो वर्षको छैटौँ महिनाको चौबीसौँ दिनमा यो भयो ।
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
