1 ف ِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ لِحُكْمِ المَلِكِ داريَوْسَ، فِي الشَّهْرِ السّادِسِ، فِي اليَوْمِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ عَلَ فَمِ النَّبِيِّ حَجَّيِ إلَى زَرُبّابِلَ بِنِ شَألَتْئِيلَ والِي يَهُوذا، وَإلَى يَشُوعَ بِنِ يَهُوصاداقَ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ، فَقالَ:

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 « هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹يَقُولُ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسُ: لَمْ يَحِنِ الوَقْتُ بَعْدُ لإعادَةِ بِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ!›»

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

3 ل ِذَلِكَ تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ عَلَى فمِ النَّبيِّ حَجَّي فَقالَ:

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

4 « هَلْ أتَى الوَقْتُ لِتَسْكُنُوا فِي بُيُوتٍ مَكسُوَّةِ بِأثمَنِ الخَشَبِ، بَينَما هَذا الهَيكَلُ خَرابٌ؟

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

5 و َالآنَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: ‹انظُرُوا ما حَدَثَ مَعَكُمْ!

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

6 ز َرَعْتُمْ كَثِيراً وَحَصَدْتُمُ قَليلاً. تَأْكُلُونَ وَلا تَشبَعُونَ، وَتَشْرَبُونَ وَلا تَرتَوُونَ، وَتَلبَسُونَ وَلا تَدفَأُونَ. وَمَنْ يَكسِبُ مالاً يَضَعُهُ فِي مِحفَظَةٍ مَثْقُوبَةٍ.›»

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 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «انظُرُوا ما حَدَثَ مَعَكُمْ.

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

8 ا صْعَدُوا إلَى الجِبالِ وَأحضِرُوا بَعْضَ الخَشَبِ لإعادَةِ بِناءِ الهَيكَلِ. حِينَئِذٍ سَأكُونُ مَسْرُوراً بِهِ، وَسَأتَمَجَّدُ فِيهِ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

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 ي َقُولُ اللهُ القَدِيرُ: «كُنْتُمْ تَنتَظِرُونَ حَصاداً عَظِيماً، لَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ سِوَى القَلِيلِ. وَأحضَرْتُمْ ذَلِكَ القَلِيلَ إلَى بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَنَفَخْتُ عَلَيهِ وَحَمَلْتُهُ بَعِيداً. هَذا لأنَّ بَيتِي خَرِبٌ، بَينَما كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنكُم مَشْغُولٌ بِشُؤُونِ بَيتِهِ.

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 ل ِذَلِكَ مَنَعَتِ السَّماءُ مَطَرَها وَنَداها، وَمَنَعَتِ الأرْضُ غَلَّتَها عَنْكُمْ.

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

11 و َأنا دَعَوْتُ جَفافاً عَلَى الأرْضِ وَالجِبالِ وَالتِّلالِ وَالحُبُوبِ وَالنَّبِيذِ وَالزَّيتِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ ما تُخرِجُهُ الأرْضُ، وَعَلَى النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ ما تَصْنَعُهُ الأيدِي.» بِدْءُ العَمَلِ فِي الهَيكَلِ الجَدِيد

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 ف َأطاعَ زَرُبّابِلُ بْنُ شَألْتَئِيلَ، وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ يَهُوصاداقَ رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ، وَبَقِيَّةُ الشَّعبِ أمْرَ إلَهِهِمْ فِي الرِّسالَةِ الَّتِي أرسَلَها إلَهُهُمْ عَلَى فَمِ النَّبِيِّ حَجَّيَّ. وَكانَتْ مَهابَةُ اللهِ فِي جَميعِ الشَّعبِ.

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 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ حَجَّي لِلشَّعْبِ مِنْ أجلِ إيصالِ الرِّسِالَةِ الَّتِي أعْطاها اللهُ إلَيهِ: «‹أنا مَعَكُمْ،› يَقُولُ اللهُ.»

Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s message to the people saying, I am with you, says the Lord.

14 ح ِينَئِذٍ شَجَّعَ اللهُ زَرُبّابِلَ بْنَ شَألَتَئِيلَ، والِي يَهُوذا، وَشَجَّعَ يَشُوعَ بْنَ يَهُوصاداقَ رَئِيسَ الكَهَنَةِ، وَشَجَّعَ جَميعَ الشَّعبِ الباقِينَ، فَأتَوْا وَأنجَزُوا العَمَلَ فِي بَيتِ إلَهِهِم القَدِيرِ.

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 ح َدَثَ هَذا فِي اليَوْمِ الرّابِعِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السّادِسِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ داريُوسَ.

On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.