Ageu 1
1 No segundo ano segundo do rei Dario, no sexto mês, no primeiro dia do mês, veio a palavra do SENHOR, por meio do profeta Ageu, a Zorobabel filho de Sealtiel, governador de Judá, e a Josué filho de Jeozadaque, sumo 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 fala o SENHOR dos exércitos: Este povo diz: O tempo não chegou, o tempo da casa do SENHOR ser reconstruída.
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 Veio, pois, a palavra do SENHOR por meio do profeta Ageu, dizendo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 Por acaso é para vós tempo de morar em vossas casas com telhado, e esta casa ficar deserta?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Pois assim diz o SENHOR dos exércitos: Considerai vossos caminhos.
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Semeais muito, mas colheis pouco; comeis, mas não vos fartais; bebeis, mas não vos satisfazeis; vós vos vestis, mas não vos aqueceis; e o assalariado recebe seu salário em bolsa furada.
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 exércitos: Considerai vossos caminhos.
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Subi vós à montanha, trazei madeira, e reconstruí a casa; e dela 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 Esperastes por muito, e alcançastes pouco; e quando o trouxestes para casa, eu soprei nisso. Por que isto?, diz o SENHOR dos exércitos. Porque minha casa está deserta, e cada um de vós corre para sua própria 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 que os céus detêm o orvalho de vós, e a terra detém seus frutos.
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 E chamei a seca sobre a terra, sobre os montes, sobre o trigo, sobre o suco de uva, sobre o azeite, e sobre tudo o que a terra produz, e sobre os homens sobre e os animais, e sobre todo trabalho manual.
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 Zorobabel filho de Sealtiel, Josué filho de Jeozadaque, sumo sacerdote, e todo o resto do povo, ouviram a voz do SENHOR seu Deus, e as palavras do profeta Ageu, como o SENHOR Deus deles havia o enviado; e o povo temeu 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 Ageu, mensageiro do SENHOR, falou mensagem do SENHOR ao povo, dizendo: Eu estou convosco, 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 despertou o espírito de Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, governador de Judá, e o espírito de Josué filho de Jeozadaque, sumo sacerdote, e o espírito de todo o resto do povo; e vieram e começaram a obra na casa do SENHOR dos exércitos, Deus deles,
[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 No vigésimo quarto dia do sexto mês, no segundo ano do rei Dario.
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
