1 I n the second year of Darius king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by means of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¶ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the hand of Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

2 T hus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the Lord’s house should be rebuilt.

Thus speaketh the LORD of the hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, the time to build the house of the LORD.

3 T hen came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Then came the word of the LORD by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,

4 I s it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?

Do you have time, all of you, to dwell in your panelled houses, and this house is deserted?

5 N ow therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways and set your mind on what has come to you.

Now therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.

6 Y ou have sown much, but you have reaped little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages has earned them to put them in a bag with holes in it.

Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.

7 T hus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways (your previous and present conduct) and how you have fared.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider your ways.

8 G o up to the hill country and bring lumber and rebuild house, and I will take pleasure in it and I will be glorified, says the Lord.

Go up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house; and I will place my will in her, and I will be glorified, said the LORD.

9 Y ou looked for much, and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house.

Ye look for much and find little; and when ye lock it up at home, I shall blow upon it. Why? said the LORD of the hosts. Because my house is deserted, and ye run each one of you unto his own house.

10 T herefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its produce.

Therefore the rain of the heavens over you is held back, and the earth has held back her fruits.

11 A nd I have called for a drought upon the land and the hill country, upon the grain, the fresh wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all the toil of hands.

And I called for a drought upon this land and upon the mountains and upon the wheat and upon the wine and upon the oil and upon that which the earth brings forth and upon the men, and upon the beasts and upon every labour of hands.

12 T hen Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, listened to and obeyed the voice of the Lord their God the words of Haggai the prophet, since the Lord their God had sent him, and the people feared and turned to the Lord.

¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, heard the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people feared before the LORD.

13 T hen Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s message to the people saying, I am with you, says the Lord.

Then spoke Haggai the ambassador of the LORD in the embassy of the LORD unto the people, saying, I am with you, said the LORD.

14 A nd the Lord aroused the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they came and labored on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

And the LORD woke up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked in the house of the LORD of the hosts, their God,

15 O n the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.

in the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.