1 I n the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, in the second year of Darius king, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,

وَفِي اليَوْمِ الحادِي وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ، فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ دارْيُوسَ، تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِ حَجَّي النَّبِيِّ فَقالَ:

2 S peak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remainder of the people, saying,

«قُلْ لِزَرُبّابِلَ بْنِ شَألْتَئِيلَ، والِي يَهُوذا، وَلِيَشُوعَ بْنِ يَهُوصاداقَ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ، وَلِبَقِيَّةِ الشَّعبِ:

3 W ho is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Is not this in your sight as nothing in comparison to that?

‹مَنْ مِنْكُمْ أيَّها النّاجُونَ رَأى هَذا الهَيكَلَ فِي مَجدِهِ الأوَّلِ؟ وَكَيفَ تَرَوْنَهُ الآنَ؟ ألا يَبْدُو كَلا شَيءٍ بِالنِّسْبَةِ لَكُمْ؟

4 Y et now be strong, alert, and courageous, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; be strong, alert, and courageous, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, alert, and courageous, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and work! For I am with you, says the Lord of hosts.

لَكِنْ تَشَدَّدْ يا زَرُبّابِلُ، يَقُولُ اللهُ. تَقَوَّ يا رَئِيسَ الكَهَنَةِ يَشُوعَ بْنُ يَهُوصاداقَ، وَتَقَوُّوا يا بَقِيَّةَ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، وَاعْمَلُوا لِأنِّي مَعَكُمْ جَمِيعاً،› يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

5 A ccording to the promise that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit stands and abides in the midst of you; fear not.

«‹هَذا هُوَ العَهْدُ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهٌ مَعَكُمْ حِينَ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ: رُوحِي سَيَبْقَى دائِماً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ. فَلا تَخافُوا.

6 F or thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake and make tremble the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: بَعْدَ فَتْرَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ سَأُزَلْزِلُ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ وَالبَحرَ وَاليابِسَةَ ثانِيَةً.

7 A nd I will shake all nations and the desire and the precious things of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts.

وَسَأُزَلْزِلُ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ، وَسَتَأْتِي كُنُوزُ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَسَأملأُ بَيتِي هَذا بِالمَجْدِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

8 T he silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.

الفِضَّةُ وَالذَّهَبُ لِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.

9 T he latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.

وَمَجْدُ البَيتِ الثّانِي سَيَكُونُ أعظَمَ مِنْ مَجْدِ البَيتِ الأوَّلِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ. وَفِي هَذا المَكانِ سَأمْنَحُ السَّلامَ، يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.›» بَرَكاتُ الله

10 O n the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

وَفِي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التّاسِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ لِحُكْمِ المَلِكِ داريُوسَ، تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ إلَى حَجَّي النَّبِيِّ قائلاً:

11 T hus says the Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests to decide this question of law:

«هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹اسْألِ الكَهَنَةَ عَنْ حُكْمٍ شَرْعِيٍّ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ:

12 I f one carries in the skirt of his garment flesh that is holy, and with his skirt or the flaps of his garment he touches bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any kind of food, does what he touches become holy ? And the priests answered, No!

إنْ حَمَلَ إنسانٌ لَحماً مُقَدَّساً فِي طَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ، وَلَمَسَ بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ خُبْزاً أوْ طَبِيخاً أوْ نَبِيذاً أوْ زَيتَ زَيتُونٍ أوْ أيَّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الطَّعامِ، فَهَلْ هَذا العَمَلُ يُقَدِّسُ هَذِهِ الأشْياءَ؟›» فَأجابَ الكَهَنَةُ: «لا.»

13 T hen said Haggai, If one who is unclean because he has come in contact with a dead body should touch any of these articles of food, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered, It shall be unclean.

ثُمَّ قالَ حَجَّي: «إنْ لَمَسَ إنسانٌ نَجِسٌ،شَيئاً مِنْ هَذِهِ الأشياءِ، فَهَلْ تَتَنَجَّسُ؟» فَأجابَ الكَهَنَةُ: «نَعَمْ تَتَنَجَّسُ.»

14 T hen answered Haggai, So is this people and so is this nation before Me, says the Lord; and so is every work of their hands, and what they offer there is unclean.

فَقالَ حَجَّي: «‹هَذا يَنطَبِقُ عَلَى هَذا الشَّعبِ وَعَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ الَّتِي أمامِي،› يَقُولُ اللهُ. ‹وَكَذَلِكَ عَلَى كُلِّ ما يَعْمَلُونَهُ وَيُنتِجُونَهُ، وَكُلُّ ما يُقَرِّبُونَهُ إلَيَّ نَجِسٌ.

15 A nd now, I pray you, consider what will happen from this day onward. Since the time before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord, how have you fared?

«‹وَالآنَ تَأمَّلوا مِنْ هَذا اليَوْمِ فَصاعِداً: قَبلَ أنْ يُوضَعَ حَجَرٌ عَلَى حَجَرٍ فِي هَيكَلِ اللهِ ،

16 T hrough all that time when one has gone expecting to find a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when he has gone to the wine vat to draw out fifty bucketfuls from the press, there were only twenty.

كَيفَ كانَ حالُكُمْ؟ كانَ أحَدُكُمْ يَأْتِي إلَى كَوْمَةٍ مِنَ الحُبوبِ مُتَوَقِّعاً عِشْرِينَ مِكيالاً، فَلا يَجِدُ سِوَى عَشْرَةٍ. أوْ يَأْتِي إلَى حَوْضِ مِعْصَرَةِ النَّبيذِ لِيَغرِفَ خَمسِينَ مِكيالاً، فَلا يَجِدُ سِوَى عِشْرِينَ.

17 I smote you with blight and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you returned not nor were converted to Me, says the Lord.

ضَرَبْتُكُمْ وَضَرَبْتُ كُلَّ ما عَمِلْتُمُوهُ بِالأوبِئَةِ وَالعَفَنِ وَالبَرَدِ. لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَلتَفِتُوا إلَيَّ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ.

18 C onsider, I pray you, from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider this:

«تَأمَّلُوا بِهَذا مِنَ اليَوْمِ فَصاعِداً. مِنَ اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ التّاسِعِ، مِنَ اليَوْمِ الَّذِي وُضِعَ فِيهِ أساسُ بَيتِ اللهِ!

19 I s the harvested grain any longer in the barn? As to the grapevine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree—they have not yet borne. From this day on I will bless you.

أما تَزالُ هُناكَ بُذُورٌ فِي المَخازِنِ؟ أما تَزالُ الكُرُومُ وَأشْجارُ التِّينِ وَالرُّمّانِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ جَرْداءَ بِلا ثَمَرٍ؟ لَكِنِّي مِنْ هَذا اليَوْمِ فَصاعِداً، سَأُبارِكُكُمْ.» زَرُبّابِلُ خاتَمٌ في إصبِع الله

20 A nd again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

وَتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ ثانِيَةً إلَى حَجَّي فِي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، فَقالَ:

21 S peak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

«تَكَلَّمْ إلَى زَرُبّابِلَ، والِي يَهُوذا، فَقُلْ: ‹سَأُزَلْزِلُ السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ.

22 A nd I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother.

سَأقلِبُ الحُكُوماتِ وَأُدَمِّرُ قُوَّةَ المَمالِكِ الأجنَبِيَّةِ. سَأقلِبُ المَركَباتِ وَراكِبِيها، وَالخُيُولَ وَفُرسانِها. سَيَسقُطُونَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِسَيفِ رَفِيقِهِ.

23 I n that day, says the Lord of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you My signet ring; for I have chosen you, says the Lord of hosts.

فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ، ‹سَآخُذُكَ يا خادِمِي زَرُبّابِلَ بْنَ شَألْتَئِيلَ وَسَأجعَلُكَ كَخاتَمٍ فِي إصبِعِي. لِأنِّي اختَرْتُكَ،›» يَقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ.