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| 1On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year, the LORD spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: | 1On the first day of the sixth month of the second year of the reign of King Darius, this message from the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak's son Joshua, the high priest: |
| 2The LORD who rules over all says this: "These people have said, 'The time for rebuilding the LORD's temple has not yet come.'" | 2"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'These people keep saying, "No, the right time for rebuilding the LORD's Temple has not yet come."'" |
| 3So the LORD spoke through the prophet Haggai as follows: | 3Then this message from the LORD came by Haggai the prophet: |
| 4"Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins? | 4"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?" |
| 5Here then is what the LORD who rules over all says: 'Think carefully about what you are doing. | 5"Now this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, says: 'Carefully consider your ways: |
| 6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'" | 6You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'" |
| 7"Moreover, the LORD who rules over all says: 'Pay close attention to these things also. | 7"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'Carefully consider your ways: |
| 8Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,' says the LORD. | 8Go up into the mountains, bring timber, and reconstruct my house. Then I will be pleased with it and I will be honored,' says the LORD. |
| 9You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the LORD who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! | 9You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. 'It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house! |
| 10This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce. | 10That is why the heavens keep withholding dew from you, and the earth withholds her fruit. |
| 11Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'" | 11I sent a drought on the land, on the mountains, on your grain, on your new wines, on your oil—on everything the ground produces—on men, on livestock, and on everything you do! '" |
| 12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with the whole remnant of the people, obeyed the LORD their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the LORD their God had instructed him, and the people began to respect the LORD. | 12Then Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, Jehozadak's son Joshua the high priest, and all the rest of the people obeyed the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD. |
| 13Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the LORD's word to the people: "I am with you!" says the LORD. | 13Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with a special commission from the LORD: "'I am with you,' declares the LORD." |
| 14So the LORD energized and encouraged Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the whole remnant of the people. They came and worked on the temple of their God, the LORD who rules over all. | 14Then the LORD revitalized the spirit of Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, the spirit of Jehozadak's son Joshua the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people, so they came and began to work on the house of their God, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 15This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year. | 15This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of the second year of the reign of King Darius. |
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