Hageo 1
1 En el segundo año del rey Darío, en el sexto mes, en el primer día del mes, llegó la palabra de Yahvé por medio del profeta Ageo, a Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y a Josué hijo de Josadac, sumo sacerdote, diciendo:
[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 “Esto es lo que dice Yahvé de los Ejércitos: Esta gente dice: ‘Todavía no ha llegado el momento de construir la casa de Yahvé’”.
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 vino la palabra de Yahvé por medio del profeta Hageo, diciendo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 “¿Es tiempo de que ustedes mismos habiten en sus casas con paneles, mientras esta casa está en ruinas?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Ahora bien, esto es lo que dice el Señor de los Ejércitos: ‘Consideren sus caminos.
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Habéis sembrado mucho, y recogéis poco. Comes, pero no tienes suficiente. Bebéis, pero no os saciáis. Os vestís, pero nadie se calienta; y el que gana un salario lo mete en un saco agujereado’.
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 “Esto es lo que dice el Señor de los Ejércitos: ‘Considera tus caminos.
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Sube al monte, trae madera y construye la casa. Me complaceré en ella, y seré glorificado”, 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 “Ustedes buscaron mucho, y he aquí que se quedó en poco; y cuando lo trajeron a casa, lo hice volar. ¿Por qué?” dice Yahvé de los Ejércitos, “Por causa de mi casa que yace en ruinas, mientras cada uno de ustedes está ocupado con su propia 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 eso, por causa de ustedes, los cielos retienen el rocío, y la tierra retiene sus 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 He llamado a la sequía sobre la tierra, sobre los montes, sobre el grano, sobre el vino nuevo, sobre el aceite, sobre lo que produce la tierra, sobre los hombres, sobre el ganado y sobre todo el trabajo de las manos.”
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 Salatiel, y Josué, hijo de Josadac, el sumo sacerdote, con todo el resto del pueblo, obedecieron la voz de Yahvé, su Dios, y las palabras del profeta Hageo, como lo había enviado Yahvé, su Dios; y el pueblo temió a Yahvé.
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 Hageo, el mensajero de Yahvé, dirigió al pueblo el mensaje de Yahvé, diciendo: “Yo estoy con ustedes, dice Yahvé.
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 Yahvé despertó el espíritu de Zorobabel hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y el espíritu de Josué hijo de Josadac, sumo sacerdote, y el espíritu de todo el resto del pueblo; y vinieron y trabajaron en la casa de Yahvé de los Ejércitos, su Dios,
[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 en el día veinticuatro del mes, en el sexto mes, en el segundo año del rey Darío.
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
