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 King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, 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 speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the Lord ’s house should be built.”’”

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

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

“ Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?”

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 says the Lord of hosts: “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.

“You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into 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 says the Lord of hosts: “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 mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says 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.

“ You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

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

Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

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.

For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.” The People’s Obedience

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 Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed 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 the presence of 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 Haggai, the Lord ’s messenger, spoke the Lord ’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you, says 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,

So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

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

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