Hag 1 | ABEn | STEP | In the second year of Darius the king, in the [ 2 month 1 sixth], day one of the month, came the word of the lord by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, Say to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, from the tribe of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech the [ 2 priest 1 great], saying,

‏ Haggai 1

CHAPTER 1 The Order to Build the House

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the [²month ¹sixth], day one of the month, came the word of the lord by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, Say to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, from the tribe of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech the [²priest ¹great], saying, 2 Thus says the lord almighty, saying, This people say, [³is not ⁴come ¹The ²time] to build the house of the lord. 3 And came to pass the word of the lord by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is [²indeed ³time ⁴for you ¹it] to live in [³houses ¹your ²vaulted], but this house is quite desolate? 5 And now, thus says the lord almighty, Arrange your hearts for your journeys! 6 You sowed much, and carried in little; you ate and not unto fullness; you drank and not unto intoxication; you clothed yourselves, and were not heated by these; and the one of the ones [²wages ¹gathering] gathered them in a bundle having holes being made in it. 7 Thus says the lord almighty, Establish your hearts for your journeys! 8 Ascend into the mountain, and cut wood! and you shall build the house. And I will think well by it, and I will be glorified, said the lord. 9 You looked for much, and there became little; and it was carried into the house, and I blew it away. On account of this, thus says the lord almighty, Because my house is deserted, and you [²pursue ¹each] unto his own house. 10 On account of this [³withholds ¹the ²heaven] of dew, and the earth keeps back its resources. 11 And I will bring the broadsword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the wine, and upon the olive oil, and as much as [³brings forth ¹the ²earth], and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the toils of their hands. 12 And they heard (Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel from the tribe of Judah, and Joshua the son of Josedech the [²priest ¹great], and all the rest of the people) the voice of the lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, in so far as what [³sent ⁴him ¹the lord ²their God] for them. And [³feared ¹the ²people] from in front of the lord. 13 And [⁵said ¹Haggai ²the ³messenger ⁴of the lord] among the messengers of the lord, Say to the people! I am with you, says the lord. 14 And the lord awakened the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel from the tribe of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech the [²priest ¹great], and the spirit of the rest of the people. And they entered and did the works in the house of the lord almighty, their God, 15 on the fourth and twentieth day of the [²month ¹sixth], in the second year of Darius the king.