^{1 Ref} In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

^{2 Ref} These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.

^{3 Ref} Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

^{4 Ref} Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?

^{5 Ref} For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

^{6 Ref} Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.

^{7 Ref} This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.

^{8 Ref} Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

^{9 Ref} You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

^{10 Ref} For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.

^{11 Ref} And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.

^{12 Ref} Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the people, gave ear to the voice of the Lord their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, because the Lord their God had sent him, and the people were in fear before the Lord.

^{13 Ref} Then Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the Lord.

^{14 Ref} And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of armies, their God.

^{15 Ref} On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

^{1 Ref} In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

^{2 Ref} "This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"

^{3 Ref} Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

^{4 Ref} "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

^{5 Ref} Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: Consider your ways.

^{6 Ref} You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

^{7 Ref} This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: "Consider your ways.

^{8 Ref} Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.

^{9 Ref} "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Hosts, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

^{10 Ref} Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

^{11 Ref} I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands."

^{12 Ref} Then 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 Yahweh, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

^{13 Ref} Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke in Yahweh's message to the people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.

^{14 Ref} Yahweh 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 worked on the house of Yahweh of Hosts, their God,

^{15 Ref} in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

^{1 Ref} In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying:

^{2 Ref} Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah `is' to be built.'

^{3 Ref} And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

^{4 Ref} Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

^{5 Ref} And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.

^{6 Ref} Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.

^{7 Ref} Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.

^{8 Ref} Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

^{9 Ref} Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought `it' home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house,

^{10 Ref} Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

^{11 Ref} And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'

^{12 Ref} And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.

^{13 Ref} And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I `am' with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'

^{14 Ref} And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and do work in the house of Jehovah of Hosts their God,

^{15 Ref} in the twenty and fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.