Haggai 1

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

1 大流士王执政第二年六月一日，耶和华借着先知哈该对撒拉铁的儿子犹大省长所罗巴伯和约撒答的儿子大祭司约书亚说：

2 that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”

2 “万军之耶和华说，‘这些百姓说，重建耶和华殿的时候还没到。’”

3 Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

3 因此，耶和华借先知哈该说：

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

4 “这殿还荒废时，你们却住在华丽的房子里吗？

5 Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

5 万军之耶和华说，你们要认真反省自己的行为。

6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

6 你们种多收少，吃不饱，喝不足，穿不暖，挣来的工钱却放在破漏口袋中。”

7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

7 万军之耶和华说：“你们要认真反省自己的行为。

8 Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

8 你们要上山伐木，重建这殿，好让我欢喜并得到尊崇。这是耶和华说的。

9 You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

9 你们盼望丰收，结果收的很少；你们把收成带回家，我却把它们吹走。这是什么缘故？万军之耶和华告诉你们，‘因为你们都忙于建自家的房子，任由我的殿荒废。

10 Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

10 所以，天不降露，地无出产。

11 I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”

11 我让旱灾临到大地、群山、五谷、葡萄、橄榄等地里的出产和人畜，以及你们所劳碌的一切。’”

12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

12 撒拉铁的儿子犹大省长所罗巴伯、约撒答的儿子大祭司约书亚和所有的余民 ，听到他们的上帝耶和华派先知哈该所讲的话，都顺服耶和华的话。百姓都敬畏耶和华。

13 Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

13 耶和华的使者哈该向百姓传达耶和华的话，说：“耶和华说，‘我与你们同在。’”

14 So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,

14 耶和华感动撒拉铁的儿子犹大省长所罗巴伯、约撒答的儿子大祭司约书亚和所有的余民，他们就动工建造他们的上帝——万军之耶和华的殿，

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

15 时值大流士王执政第二年六月二十四日。