학개 1장 [ASV]

학개 1장 [RSV]

1. 1 In 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,

   1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,

2. 2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time (for us) to come, the time for Jehovahs house to be built.

   2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD."

3. 3 Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

   3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet,

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

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

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

   5 Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

6. 6 Ye 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.

   6 You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

7. 7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

   7 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

8. 8 Go 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.

   8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may appear in my glory, says the LORD.

9. 9 Ye 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.

   9 You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while you busy yourselves each with his own house.

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

    10 Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.

11. 11 And 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.

    11 And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hills, upon the grain, the new wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all their labors."

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

    12 Then Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared before the LORD.

13. 13 Then spake Haggai Jehovahs messenger in Jehovahs message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

    13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORDs message, "I am with you, says the LORD."

14. 14 And 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,

    14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of She-alti-el, 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 the LORD of hosts, their God,

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

    15 on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month. In the second year of Darius the king,