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

In 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,

2 T hus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.

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

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

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

4 I s it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

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

5 N ow therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

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

6 Y e have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

You 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.

7 T hus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

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

8 G o up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

Go 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.

9 Y e looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

You 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.

10 T herefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

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

11 A nd I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

And 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.

12 T hen 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 Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.

Then 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.

13 T hen spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

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 Jehovah 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 did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

And 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,

15 i n the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.