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1 No anno segundo do rei Dario, no sexto mez, no primeiro dia do mez, veiu a palavra do Senhor, pelo ministerio do propheta Aggeo, a Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, principe de Judah, e a Josué, filho de Josadac, o summo sacerdote, dizendo:
[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 Assim falla o Senhor dos Exercitos, dizendo: Este povo diz: Não é vindo o tempo, o tempo em que a casa do Senhor se edifique.
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 Veiu pois a palavra do Senhor, pelo ministerio do propheta Aggeo, dizendo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 Porventura é para vós tempo de habitardes nas vossas casas entaboladas, e esta casa ha de ficar deserta?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Ora pois, assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Applicae os vossos corações aos vossos caminhos.
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Semeiaes muito, e recolheis pouco; comeis, porém não vos fartaes; bebeis, porém não vos saciaes; vestis-vos, porém ninguem fica quente; e o que recebe salario, recebe salario n'um sacco furado.
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 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exercitos: Applicae os vossos corações aos vossos caminhos.
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Subi ao monte, e trazei madeira, e edificae a casa, e d'ella me agradarei, e serei glorificado, diz o Senhor.
[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 Olhastes para muito, mas eis que alcançastes pouco; e, quando o trouxestes a casa, eu lhe assoprei. Por que causa? disse o Senhor dos Exercitos: por causa da minha casa, que está deserta, e cada um de vós corre á sua propria casa.
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 Por isso se cerram os céus sobre vós, para não darem orvalho e a terra detem os seus fructos.
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 Porque chamei seccura sobre a terra, e sobre os montes, e sobre o trigo e sobre o mosto; e sobre o azeite, e sobre o que a terra produz: como tambem sobre os homens, e sobre os animaes, e sobre todo o trabalho das mãos.
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 Então ouviu Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, e Josué, filho de Josadac, summo sacerdote, e todo o resto do povo a voz do Senhor seu Deus; e as palavras do propheta Aggeo, assim como o Senhor seu Deus o enviou; e temeu o povo diante do Senhor.
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 Então Aggeo, o embaixador do Senhor, na embaixada do Senhor, fallou ao povo, dizendo: Eu sou comvosco, diz o Senhor.
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 E o Senhor suscitou o espirito de Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, principe de Judah, e o espirito de Josué, filho de Josadac, summo sacerdote, e o espirito do resto de todo o povo, e vieram, e fizeram a obra na casa do Senhor dos Exercitos, seu Deus,
[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 Ao vigesimo quarto dia do sexto mez, no segundo anno do rei Dario.
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
