Hageo 1
1 El año segundo del reinado de Darío, el mes sexto, el primer día del mes, vino la Palabra de Yavé a Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y a Josué, hijo del sumo sacerdote Josadac, por medio del profeta Hageo:
[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 Yavé de las huestes habló: Este pueblo dice: Aún no es el tiempo de reedificar la Casa de Yavé.
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 Yavé por medio del profeta Hageo:
Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
4 ¿Es tiempo para que ustedes mismos vivan en casas arregladas con paneles de madera, mientras esta Casa está desolada?
“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
5 Pues Yavé de las huestes dice: Consideren bien sus procedimientos:
[I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
6 Siembran mucho y recogen poco. Comen y no se sacian. Beben, y no quedan satisfechos. Se cubren, pero no se calientan, y el que gana salario, lo echa en bolsa rota.
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 Yavé de las huestes dice: Mediten sobre sus procedimientos.
[So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
8 Suban a la montaña, bajen madera y reedifiquen la Casa. Y Yo me complaceré en ella y seré glorificado, dice Yavé.
[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 Buscan mucho y hallan poco. Encierran en la casa, pero Yo lo lanzo al viento. ¿Por qué? Yavé de las huestes dice: Porque mi Casa está desolada y cada uno de ustedes corre a 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, el cielo retiene la lluvia, y la tierra su cosecha.
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 Llamé una sequía sobre la tierra, las montañas, el trigo, el mosto, el aceite, todo lo que produce la tierra, el hombre, el ganado y todo trabajo de tus 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 Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, Josué, hijo del sumo sacerdote Josadac, y todo el resto del pueblo obedecieron la voz de Yavé su ʼElohim por medio de las palabras del profeta Hageo, tal como Yavé, ʼElohim de ellos, les mandó. Y el pueblo mostró reverencia a Yavé.
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, enviado de Yavé, habló por mandato de Yavé al pueblo: Yo estoy con ustedes, dice Yavé.
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 Y Yavé excitó el espíritu de Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y el espíritu de Josué, hijo del sumo sacerdote Josadac, y el espíritu del resto del pueblo. Ellos acudieron y emprendieron la obra de la Casa de Yavé de las huestes, su ʼElohim,
[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 el día 24 del mes sexto, en el segundo año del rey Darío.
[They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
