Haggai 2

bashevi'i be'esrim ve'ekhad lakhodesh hayah devar-Adonai beyad-khaggay hannavi lemor

on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of GOD came through the prophet Haggai:

emor-na el-zerubbavel ben-shalti'el pakhat yehudah ve'el-yehoshua ben-yehotsadaq hakkohen haggadol ve'el-she'erit ha'am lemor

Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the rest of the people:

mi vakhem hannishar asher ra'ah et-habbayit hazzeh bikhvodo harishon umah attem ro'im oto attah halo khamohu ke'ayin be'enekhem

Who is there left among you who saw this House in its former splendor? How does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing to you.

ve'attah khazaq zerubbavel ne'um-Adonai vakhazaq yehoshua ben-yehotsadaq hakkohen haggadol vakhazaq kol-am ha'arets ne'um-Adonai va'asu ki-ani ittekhem ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

But be strong, O Zerubbabel—says GOD—be strong, O high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak; be strong, all you people of the land—says GOD—and act! For I am with you—says GOD of Hosts.

et-haddavar asher-karatti ittekhem betsetekhem mimmitsrayim verukhi omedet betokhekhem al-tira'u

So I promised you when you came out of Egypt, and My spirit is still in your midst. Fear not!

ki khoh amar Adonai tseva'ot od akhat me'at hi va'ani marish et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets ve'et-hayyam ve'et-hekharavah

For thus said GOD of Hosts: In just a little while longer I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land;

vehirashti et-kol-haggoyim uva'u khemdat kol-haggoyim umilleti et-habbayit hazzeh kavod amar Adonai tseva'ot

I will shake all the nations. And the precious things of all the nations shall come [here], and I will fill this House with glory, said GOD of Hosts.

li hakkesef veli hazzahav ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

Silver is Mine and gold is Mine—says GOD of Hosts.

gadol yihyeh kevod habbayit hazzeh ha'akharon min-harishon amar Adonai tseva'ot uvammaqom hazzeh etten shalom ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

The glory of this latter House shall be greater than that of the former one, said GOD of Hosts; and in this place I will grant prosperity—declares GOD of Hosts.

be'esrim ve'arba'ah latteshi'i bishnat shetayim ledareyavesh hayah devar-Adonai el-khaggay hannavi lemor

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, the word of GOD came to the prophet Haggai:

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot she'al-na et-hakkohanim torah lemor

Thus said GOD of Hosts: Seek a ruling from the priests, as follows:

hen yissa-ish besar-qodesh bikhnaf bigdo venaga bikhnafo el-hallekhem ve'el-hannazid ve'el-hayyayin ve'el-shemen ve'el-kol-ma'akhal hayiqdash vayya'anu hakkohanim vayyomeru lo

If someone is carrying sacrificial flesh in a fold of their garment, and with that fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, will the latter become holy? In reply, the priests said, “No.”

vayyomer khaggay im-yigga teme-nefesh bekhol-elleh hayitma vayya'anu hakkohanim vayyomeru yitma

Haggai went on, “If someone defiled by a corpse touches any of these, will it be defiled?” And the priests responded, “Yes.”

vayya'an khaggay vayyomer ken ha'am-hazzeh vekhen-haggoy hazzeh lefanay ne'um-Adonai vekhen kol-ma'aseh yedehem va'asher yaqrivu sham tame hu

Thereupon Haggai said: That is how this people and that is how this nation looks to Me—declares GOD—and so, too, the work of their hands: Whatever they offer there is defiled.

ve'attah simu-na levavkhem min-hayyom hazzeh vama'elah mitterem sum-even el-even behekhal Adonai

And now take thought, from this day backward: As long as no stone had been laid on another in the House of GOD,

mihyotam ba el-aremat esrim vehayetah asarah ba el-hayyeqev lakhsof khamishim purah vehayetah esrim

if one came to a heap of twenty measures, it would yield only ten; and if one came to a wine vat to skim off fifty measures, the press would yield only twenty.

hikketi etkhem bashiddafon uvayyeraqon uvabbarad et kol-ma'aseh yedekhem ve'en-etkhem elay ne'um-Adonai

I struck you—all the works of your hands—with blight and mildew and hail, but you did not return to Me—declares GOD.

simu-na levavkhem min-hayyom hazzeh vama'elah miyyom esrim ve'arba'ah latteshi'i lemin-hayyom asher-yussad hekhal-Adonai simu levavkhem

Take note, from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day when the foundation was laid for GOD’s Temple—take note

ha'od hazzera bammegurah ve'ad-haggefen vehatte'enah veharimmon ve'ets hazzayit lo nasa min-hayyom hazzeh avarekh

while the seed is still in the granary, and the vine, fig tree, pomegranate, and olive tree have not yet borne fruit. For from this day on I will send blessings.

vayehi devar-Adonai shenit el-khaggay be'esrim ve'arba'ah lakhodesh lemor

And the word of GOD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:

emor el-zerubbavel pakhat-yehudah lemor ani marish et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets

Speak to Zerubbabel the governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

vehafakhti kisse mamlakhot vehishmadti khozeq mamlekhot haggoyim vehafakhti merkavah verokheveha veyaredu susim verokhevehem ish bekherev akhiv

And I will overturn the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the might of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their drivers. Horses and their riders shall fall, each by the sword of his fellow.

bayyom hahu ne'um-Adonai tseva'ot eqqakhakha zerubbavel ben-she'alti'el avdi ne'um-Adonai vesamtikha kakhotam ki-vekha vakharti ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

On that day—declares GOD of Hosts—I will take you, O My servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel—declares GOD—and make you as a signet; for I have chosen you—declares GOD of Hosts.