Haggai 1
1 In the second year of the reign of king Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the Lord sent a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
大流士王第二年六月初一日，耶和華的話藉先知哈該向猶大省長撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和約撒答的兒子大祭司約書亞說：
2 The Lord Almighty says this: the people say, “This isn't the proper time to rebuild the Lord's house.”
萬軍之耶和華如此說：「這百姓說，建造耶和華殿的時候尚未來到。」
3 Then the Lord sent a message through the prophet Haggai, saying,
那時耶和華的話臨到先知哈該說：
4 Is it the proper time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house remains a ruin?
「這殿仍然荒涼，你們自己還住天花板的房屋嗎？
5 So the Lord Almighty says this: Think about what you're doing!
現在萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要省察自己的行為。
6 You have sown much but harvested little. You eat but you're still hungry. You drink but you're still thirsty. You put on clothes but you're still cold. You work hard to earn money but put it in a bag full of holes.
你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；得工錢的，將工錢裝在破漏的囊中。」
7 The Lord Almighty says this: Think about what you're doing!
萬軍之耶和華如此說：「你們要省察自己的行為。
8 Go into the hills and bring wood to build the house. This will please me and honor me, says the Lord.
你們要上山取木料，建造這殿，我就因此喜樂，且得榮耀。這是耶和華說的。
9 You were hoping for so much, but look, it turned out to be so little. Everything you brought home I blew away. And why was that? Because my house remains a ruin while you are preoccupied with building your own houses, declares the Lord Almighty.
你們盼望多得，所得的卻少；你們收到家中，我就吹去。這是為甚麼呢？因為我的殿荒涼，你們各人卻顧自己的房屋。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
10 That's why the clouds of heaven refused to send rain, and the earth refused to produce crops.
所以為你們的緣故，天就不降甘露，地也不出土產。
11 I called for a drought on the land, on the hills, on the grain fields, on the vineyards, and on the olive groves—on whatever the earth produces—and on people and livestock, on everything you do!
我命乾旱臨到地土、山岡、五穀、新酒，和油，並地上的出產、人民、牲畜，以及人手一切勞碌得來的。」
12 Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, together with all the remaining people, paid attention to what the Lord said, and to the words of Haggai the prophet that the Lord their God had sent. The people showed reverence before the Lord.
那時，撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和約撒答的兒子大祭司約書亞，並剩下的百姓，都聽從耶和華－他們上帝的話和先知哈該奉耶和華－他們上帝差來所說的話；百姓也在耶和華面前存敬畏的心。
13 Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, delivered this message from the Lord telling the people, I am with you! says the Lord.
耶和華的使者哈該奉耶和華差遣對百姓說：「耶和華說：我與你們同在。」
14 The Lord inspired Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remaining people. They came and began work on the house of the Lord Almighty.
耶和華激動猶大省長撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯和約撒答的兒子大祭司約書亞，並剩下之百姓的心，他們就來為萬軍之耶和華－他們上帝的殿做工。
15 This happened on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of the reign of king Darius.
這是在大流士王第二年六月二十四日。
