학개 1장 [NIV]

학개 1장 [RSV]

1. 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

   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 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "These people say, The time has not yet come for the LORDS 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 the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai:

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

4. 4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"

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

5. 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.

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

6. 6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."

   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 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.

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

8. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD.

   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 "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with 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, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.

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

11. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the oil and whatever the ground produces, on men and cattle, and on the labor of your 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 son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.

    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 Haggai, the LORDS messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: "I am with you," declares the LORD.

    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 So the LORD stirred up 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 the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, 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 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.

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