Haggai 1

bishnat shetayim ledareyavesh hammelekh bakhodesh hashishi beyom ekhad lakhodesh hayah devar-Adonai beyad-khaggay hannavi el-zerubbavel ben-she'alti'el pakhat yehudah ve'el-yehoshua ben-yehotsadaq hakkohen haggadol lemor

In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, this word of GOD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot lemor ha'am hazzeh ameru lo et-bo et-bet Adonai lehibbanot

Thus said GOD of Hosts: These people say, “The time has not yet come for rebuilding the House of GOD.”

vayehi devar-Adonai beyad-khaggay hannavi lemor

And the word of GOD through the prophet Haggai continued:

ha'et lakhem attem lashevet bevattekhem sefunim vehabbayit hazzeh kharev

Is it a time for you to dwell in your paneled houses, while this House is lying in ruins?

ve'attah koh amar Adonai tseva'ot simu levavkhem al-darkhekhem

Now thus said GOD of Hosts: Consider how you have been faring!

zeratem harbeh vehave me'at akhol ve'en-lesovah shato ve'en-leshokhrah lavosh ve'en-lekhom lo vehammistakker mistakker el-tseror naquv

You have sowed much and brought in little; you eat without being satisfied; you drink without getting your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one gets warm; and he who earns anything earns it for a leaky purse.

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot simu levavkhem al-darkhekhem

Thus said GOD of Hosts: Consider how you have fared:

alu hahar vahavetem ets uvenu habbayit ve'ertseh-bbo (vkhvd) [ve'ekkavedah] amar Adonai

Go up to the hills and get timber, and rebuild the House; then I will look on it with favor and I will be glorified—said GOD.

panoh el-harbeh vehinneh limat vahavetem habbayit venafakhti vo ya'an meh ne'um Adonai tseva'ot ya'an beti asher-hu kharev ve'attem ratsim ish leveto

You have been expecting much and getting little; and when you brought it home, I would blow on it! Because of what?—says GOD of Hosts. Because of My House that lies in ruins, while you all hurry to your own houses!

al-ken alekhem kale'u shamayim mittal veha'arets kale'ah yevulah

That is why the skies above you have withheld [their] moisture and the earth has withheld its yield,

va'eqra khorev al-ha'arets ve'al-heharim ve'al-haddagan ve'al-hattirosh ve'al-hayyitshar ve'al asher totsi ha'adamah ve'al-ha'adam ve'al-habbehemah ve'al kol-yegia kappayim

and I have summoned fierce heat upon the land—upon the hills, upon the new grain and wine and oil, upon all that the ground produces, upon human and animal, and upon all the fruits of labor.

vayyishma zerubbavel ben-shalti'el vihoshua ben-yehotsadaq hakkohen haggadol vekhol she'erit ha'am beqol Adonai elohehem ve'al-divre khaggay hannavi ka'asher shelakho Adonai elohehem vayyire'u ha'am mippene Adonai

Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak and all the rest of the people gave heed to the summons of the ETERNAL their God and to the words of the prophet Haggai, when the ETERNAL their God sent him; the people feared GOD.

vayyomer khaggay malakh Adonai bemalakhut Adonai la'am lemor ani ittekhem ne'um-Adonai

And Haggai, GOD’s messenger, fulfilling GOD’s mission, spoke to the people, “I am with you—declares GOD.”

vayya'ar Adonai et-ruakh zerubbavel ben-shalti'el pakhat yehudah ve'et-ruakh yehoshua ben-yehotsadaq hakkohen haggadol ve'et-ruakh kol she'erit ha'am vayyavo'u vayya'asu melakhah bevet-Adonai tseva'ot elohehem

Then GOD roused the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: They came and set to work on the House of GOD of Hosts, their God,

beyom esrim ve'arba'ah lakhodesh bashishi bishnat shetayim ledareyavesh hammelekh

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