< Haggai 1 >

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first of the month, came the word of Yahweh, by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, pasha of Judah, and unto Jehoshua son of Jehozadak the high priest, saying:
Nan dezyèm lanne rèy wa Dariyis nan peyi Pès la, premye jou nan sizyèm mwa a, Seyè a te bay pwofèt Aje yon mesaj pou Zowobabèl, pitit gason Chealtyèl la, ki te gouvènè peyi Jida ansanm ak pou Jozye, pitit gason Jozadak la, ki te granprèt lè sa a. Men mesaj la:
2 Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying, —This people, have said, Not yet hath come the time for the house of Yahweh to be built.
-Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a pale. Men sa li di: Moun yo ap plede di se poko lè pou yo bati kay Seyè a!
3 Therefore hath come the word of Yahweh by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
Se poutèt sa, men mesaj Seyè a te bay pwofèt Aje pou pèp la.
4 Is it a time that, ye yourselves, should be dwelling in your own paneled houses? and, this house, be in ruins?
Ki jan nou fè pa wont rete nan gwo kay nou byen alèz, epi nou kite kay Bondye a tou kraze?
5 Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, —Apply your heart unto your own experience—
Bon. Koulye a, men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di: Kalkile byen sou sa k'ap rive nou la a.
6 Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm, —and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes.
Nou simen anpil grenn nan jaden nou, men nou rekòlte ti kras. Nou manje, men vant nou pa plen. Nou bwè diven, men kè nou pa kontan. Nou gen rad pou mete sou nou, men fredi ap kale nou toujou. Travayè yo touche lajan, men sa pa ka bouche yon twou dan.
7 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, —Apply your heart to your own experience:
Wi! Men sa Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a di nou: Kalkile byen sou sa k'ap rive nou la a!
8 Ascend the mountain—and bring in wood and build the house, —that I may be pleased therewith and get myself glory, saith Yahweh.
Lèfini, ale nan mòn yo. Koupe bwa pote vini. Rebati kay mwen an. Sa va fè m' plezi, se va yon lwanj pou mwen. Se Seyè a ki di sa.
9 When ye looked for much, then lo! it came to little, when ye brought it home, then I did blow into it, — Because of what? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts, Because of my house, the which is in ruins, while ye keep running every man to his own house.
Nou te kwè nou t'ap fè bèl rekòt. Men, rekòt la mèg. Nou ranmase l' mete nan depo, mwen fè l' gate. Poukisa mwen fè sa? Se Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa k'ap pale wi. Se paske nou kite tanp mwen an ap kraze epi tout moun ap prese bati kay pa yo.
10 Wherefore—on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, — and, the earth, held back her fruit;
Se poutèt sa, lapli pa tonbe, anyen pa pouse.
11 And I have called for drought, upon the land and upon the mountains, and upon the corn and upon the new wine and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground, bringeth forth, —and upon man, and upon beast, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Mwen lage yon sèl chechrès nan peyi a, sou mòn yo, sou jaden ble yo, sou jaden rezen yo ak jaden oliv yo, sou tou sa k'ap pouse sou latè, sou moun, sou bèt, sou tout sa nou plante.
12 Then hearkened Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jehoshua son of Jehozadak the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, unto the voice of Yahweh their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God, had sent him, —and the people, stood in awe, before Yahweh.
Lè sa a, Zowobabèl, pitit Chealtyèl la, Jozye, granprèt la, pitit Jozadak la, ansanm ak tout moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a, yo koute sa Seyè a, Bondye yo a, te di yo, dapre mesaj Seyè a te bay pwofèt Aje pou yo a. Yo te vin gen krentif pou Seyè a.
13 Then spake Haggai the messenger of Yahweh, in the message of Yahweh, to the people saying, —I, am with you, Declareth Yahweh.
Epi, Aje, mesaje Seyè a, bay pèp la yon lòt mesaj Seyè a te ba li. Li di yo: -Seyè a fè nou konnen li la avèk nou.
14 Thus did Yahweh, stir up—the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, pasha of Judah, and the spirit of Jehoshua son of Jehozadak the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, —and they came in and did service in the house of Yahweh of hosts their God:
Seyè a mete nan tèt tout moun lanvi pou yo travay nan tanp Bondye yo a, depi Zowobabèl, pitit gason Chealtyèl la, gouvènè peyi Jida a, Jozye, granprèt la, pitit gason Jozadak la, jouk dènye moun ki te tounen soti nan peyi kote yo te depòte yo a. Yo konmanse travay nan tanp Seyè ki gen tout pouvwa a, Bondye yo a,
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, —in the second year of Darius the king.
jou ki te make vennkatriyèm jou nan sizyèm mwa nan dezyèm lanne rèy wa Dariyis la.

< Haggai 1 >