Chapter 1
1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord was addressed, through Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jesus son of Jehoshid, the high priest, in these words:
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: This people says, »The time has not yet come, the time to rebuild the house of the Lord.«
3 And the word of the Lord came hear through Haggai the prophet, in these terms:
4 Is it time for you others to live in your paneled houses, when this house is in ruins?
5 And now thus says Yahweh of hosts: Consider carefully your ways.
6 You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but not until you are satisfied; you drink, but not until you are full; you are clothed, but not until you are warm; and the hired worker earns his wages for a purse full of holes.
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Consider your ways carefully.
8 Go to the mountain, bring back wood, and build the house; I will take pleasure and glory in it, says Yahweh.
9 You were counting on much, and here is that it is reduced you had returned your harvests, and I blew on it. Why — declares the Lord Almighty? Because my house is in ruins, while each of you hurries to your own house.
10 That is why the heavens have withheld the dew for you, and the earth has withheld its fruits.
11 I called for drought on the land and on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, and on what the ground produces, and on man and beast; and on everything the work hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jesus son of Jehoshid the high priest, and all the rest of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, according to the mission he had received from the Lord their God; and the people feared the Lord.
13 And Haggai, sent by the Lord, spoke to the people, saying, »I am with you,« declares the Lord.«
14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Jesus son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and labored on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, the second year of King Darius.
Chapter 2
1 To the seventh month On the twenty-first of the month, the word of Yahweh came hear through Haggai the prophet, in these terms:
2 Speak therefore to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Jesus son of Jehoshid, the high priest, and to the rest of the people, saying:
3 Which of you is the survivor who saw this house in its former glory, and how do you see it now? appears-Doesn't she seem like nothing to you?
4 And now, be strong, Zerubbabel! — declares the Lord. Be strong, Jesus son of Jehoshid, the high priest! Be strong, all you people of the land, — declares the Lord, — and act! For I am with you, — declares the Lord of hosts.
5 There is the covenant I made with you when you came out of Egypt; and my Spirit remains among you: do not be afraid!
6 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: Once again, and it will be Soon I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the continent.
7 I will shake all nations, and the treasures of all nations will come; and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, the gold is mine, — declares the Lord of hosts.
9 Great shall be the glory of this house; the last more than the first; and in this place I will put peace, — oracle of Yahweh of armies.
10 The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, In the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came hear through Haggai the prophet, in these terms:
11 This is what the Lord Almighty says: Ask the priests for a ruling in these terms:
12 Here is a man carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment; he touches with that fold bread, boiled food, wine, oil, or any other food: shall it be consecrated? The priests answered and said, No.
13 — And Haggai said: if a man defiled by the contact of’If a dead person touches all these things, will they be defiled? The priests answered and said: they will be defiled.
14 — Then Haggai, speaking again, said:
This is the people, this is the nation before me, declares the Lord; these are all the works of their hands: what they offer there is defiled.
15 And now, look back from this day, before one stone was laid upon another in the temple of Yahweh.
16 So, when we came to a pile of twenty measures, there were only ten; when we came to the press to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.
17 I struck you with rust, mildew, and hail, I hit All the work from your hands; and you are not revenues to me, — oracle of Yahweh.
18 Therefore, look back from this day forward; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month until the day the temple of Yahweh was founded, pay attention!
19 Was the seed still in the barn? Even the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree, and the olive tree produced nothing: but From this day forward, I will bless.
20 The word of Yahweh was addressed a second time at Aggeae on the twenty-fourth day of the month in these terms:
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, in this way:
I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms, I will destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; the horses and their riders will fall, by the sword of one another.
23 On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, declares the Lord, and I will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.
