Hageo 1
1 En el segundo año del reinado de Darío, en el primer día del sexto mes, el Señor envió un mensaje a través del profeta Ageo a Zorobabel, hijo de Sealtiel, gobernador de Judá, y al Sumo Sacerdote Josué, hijo de Josadac.
[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 El Señor Todopoderoso dice así: el pueblo dice: “Este no es el momento adecuado para reconstruir la casa del Señor”.
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 Entonces el Señor envió un mensaje a través del profeta Ageo, diciendo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 ¿Es el momento adecuado para que vivan en sus casas pon paneles mientras que esta casa permanece en ruinas?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Entonces el Señor dice esto: ¡Pensen lo que están haciendo!
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Han sembrado mucho pero han cosechado poco. Comen, pero están hambrientos. Beben, pero aún están sedientos. Se visten, pero tienen frío. Tú trabajas duro para ganar tu dinero, pero lo echas en un saco lleno de agujeros.
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 El Señor dice esto: ¡Piensen lo que están haciendo!
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Vayan a las colinas y traigan madera para construir la casa. Esto me agradará y me honrará, dice el Señor.
[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 Esperaban mucho, pero miren, terminó siendo tan poco. Todo lo que trajiste a casa lo destruí. ¿Y por qué lo hice? Porque mi casa sigue estando en ruinas mientras que ustedes solo se preocupan en construir sus propias casas, declara el Señor Todopoderoso.
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 eso, las nubes de los cielos se negaron a enviar lluvia, y la tierra no quiso producir cultivos.
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 ¡Invoqué una sequía sobre la tierra, sobre las colinas, sobre los campos de granos, sobre los viñedos y olivares—todo lo que produce la tierra—así como sobre las personas y el ganado, y sobre todo lo que haces!
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 Entonces Zorobabel, hijo de Sealtiel, el sumo Sacerdote Josué, hijo de Josadac, así como el resto del pueblo, prestaron atención a la palabra del Señor, y a las palabras de Ageo, el profeta que el Señor su Dios había enviado. El pueblo mostró reverencia ante el Señor.
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 Entonces Ageo, el mensajero del Señor, entregó el mensaje del Señor diciéndole al pueblo “¡Yo estoy contigo!” dice el Señor.
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 El Señor inspiró a Zorobabel, hijo de Sealtiel, gobernante de Judá, y al sumo sacerdote Josué, y al resto del pueblo. Y comenzaron la obra en la casa del Señor Todopoderoso.
[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 Esto sucedió en el día vigesimocuarto del sexto mes, en el segundo año del reinado de Darío.
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
