< Haggai 1 >

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:
Na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi, na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza ya motoba, Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Mosakoli Aje liloba oyo epai ya Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli, moyangeli ya Yuda; epai ya Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe:
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Bato oyo bazali koloba ete tango ekoki nanu te mpo na kotonga Tempelo ya Yawe. › »
3 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:
Nzokande, Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Aje:
4 Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?
« Boni, bokanisi ete ezali mpo na bino tango ya kovanda na bandako ya kitoko wana Tempelo ezali ya kobeba? »
5 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.
Sik’oyo, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokanisa nanu malamu makambo nyonso oyo ezali kokomela bino.
6 You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.
Bozali kolona milona ebele, kasi bozali kobuka bambuma moke kaka, bozali kolia kasi bozali kotonda te, bozali komela kasi bozali kosilisa posa na bino te, bozali kolata bilamba kasi malili ezali kosila te, mpe lifuti ya mosali ezali kokota na libenga etoboka. »
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:
Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokanisa nanu malamu makambo oyo ezali kokomela bino.
8 Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.
Bokende na likolo ya bangomba, bokata mpe boya na banzete mpo na kotonga Tempelo, bongo nakosepela mpe nakozwa lokumu, » elobi Yawe.
9 You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.
« Tala, bokanisaki kobuka bambuma ebele kasi bobuki kaka bambuma moke; mpe tango bomemi yango na bandako na bino, nafuli yango mopepe. Mpo na nini boye, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga? « Ezali mpo na Ndako na Ngai, oyo ezali ya kobeba, na tango oyo moto na moto azali komipesa na misala ya ndako na ye moko.
10 Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:
Yango wana, likolo na bino, Lola ekangi mvula, mpe mabele eboyi kobota bambuma.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Nabengaki bokawuki na bilanga, na bangomba, na ble, na vino, na mafuta, na mbuma nyonso ya mabele, na bato, na bibwele mpe na mbuma nyonso ya mosala na bino. »
12 Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Aggeus the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord.
Boye Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli; Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe; mpe bato nyonso oyo batikalaki batosaki mongongo ya Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe maloba ya mosakoli Aje kolanda ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na bango, atindaki ye. Mpe bato nyonso bakomaki kobanga Yawe.
13 And Aggeus the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.
Bongo Aje, momemi sango ya Yawe, asakolaki epai ya bato maloba oyo na Kombo na Yawe: « Nazali elongo na bino, » elobi Yawe.
14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of hosts their God.
Mpe Yawe alendisaki Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli, moyangeli ya Yuda; mpe Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, elongo na bato nyonso oyo batikalaki. Bayaki mpe bamikotisaki na mosala ya kotonga Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe na bango,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king, they began.
na mokolo ya tuku mibale na minei ya sanza ya motoba, na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi.

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