Haggai 2

1 in/on/with seventh in/on/with twenty and one to/for month to be word LORD in/on/with hand: to Haggai [the] prophet to/for to say

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord sent a message through the prophet Haggai.

2 to say please to(wards) Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel governor Judah and to(wards) Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and to(wards) remnant [the] people to/for to say

Say to Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remaining people,

3 who? in/on/with you [the] to remain which to see: see [obj] [the] house: home [the] this in/on/with glory his [the] first: previous and what? you(m. p.) to see: see [obj] him now not like him like/as nothing in/on/with eye your

Is there anyone left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it seem like nothing to you?

4 and now to strengthen: strengthen Zerubbabel utterance LORD and to strengthen: strengthen Joshua son: child Jehozadak [the] priest [the] great: large and to strengthen: strengthen all people [the] land: country/planet utterance LORD and to make: do for I with you utterance LORD Hosts

So then be strong, Zerubbabel! Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, high priest! Be strong, all you people who remain in the land! Work, for I am with you, says the Lord Almighty.

5 [obj] [the] word which to cut: make(covenant) with you in/on/with to come out: come you from Egypt and spirit my to stand: stand in/on/with midst your not to fear

Just as I promised you when you left Egypt, my Spirit continues to be among you. Don't be afraid!

6 for thus to say LORD Hosts still one little he/she/it and I to shake [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet and [obj] [the] sea and [obj] [the] dry ground

This is what the Lord Almighty says: Soon I will shake the heavens and the earth once more, and the sea and the dry land.

7 and to shake [obj] all [the] nation and to come (in): come desire all [the] nation and to fill [obj] [the] house: home [the] this glory to say LORD Hosts

I will shake all the nations, and the one desired by all of the nations will come and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty.

8 to/for me [the] silver: money and to/for me [the] gold utterance LORD Hosts

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord Almighty.

9 great: large to be glory [the] house: home [the] this [the] last from [the] first: previous to say LORD Hosts and in/on/with place [the] this to give: give peace utterance LORD Hosts

The glory of this second house will be greater than the first, says the Lord Almighty, and I will bring peace in this place. So declares the Lord Almighty.

10 in/on/with twenty and four to/for ninth in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Haggai [the] prophet to/for to say

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of the reign of king Darius, the Lord sent a message through the prophet Haggai.

11 thus to say LORD Hosts to ask please [obj] [the] priest instruction to/for to say

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: Ask the priests about the law.

12 look! to lift: bear man: anyone flesh holiness in/on/with wing garment his and to touch in/on/with wing his to(wards) [the] food: bread and to(wards) [the] stew and to(wards) [the] wine and to(wards) oil and to(wards) all food to consecrate: consecate and to answer [the] priest and to say not

If someone carries some meat from a holy sacrifice in a fold of their clothes and that fold touches some bread or stew or wine or olive oil or any other kind of food, does that food become holy?” And the priests answered, “No.”

13 and to say Haggai if to touch unclean soul: dead in/on/with all these to defile and to answer [the] priest and to say to defile

Then Haggai asked, “If someone becomes unclean by touching a dead body and then touches any of these foods, do they become unclean?” The priests answered, “Yes, it does become unclean.”

14 and to answer Haggai and to say so [the] people [the] this and so [the] nation [the] this to/for face: before my utterance LORD and so all deed: work hand their and which to present: bring there unclean he/she/it

Then Haggai responded, “This is how it is with these people, and with the nation before me, says the Lord. All that they do, every offering they bring, is unclean.”

15 and now to set: consider please heart your from [the] day [the] this and above [to] from before to set: put stone to(wards) stone in/on/with temple LORD

Now think about what you're doing from this day on. Before a stone was laid on another stone in the house of the Lord,

16 from to be they to come (in): come to(wards) heap twenty and to be ten to come (in): come to(wards) [the] wine to/for to strip fifty winepress and to be twenty

how was it for you? You expected a store of grain with twenty measures but only found ten. You thought you could empty out fifty measures from the winepress but there was only twenty.

17 to smite [obj] you in/on/with blight and in/on/with mildew and in/on/with hail [obj] all deed: work hand: themselves your and nothing [obj] you to(wards) me utterance LORD

I struck with blight and mildew and hail everything you were working so hard for, but even so you refused to come back to me, says the Lord.

18 to set: consider please heart your from [the] day [the] this and above [to] from day twenty and four to/for ninth to/for from [the] day which to found temple LORD to set: consider heart your

Think about what you're doing from this day on, today the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month when a foundation was laid for the house of the Lord. Think about it:

19 still [the] seed in/on/with fear and till [the] vine and [the] fig and [the] pomegranate and tree [the] olive not to lift: bear from [the] day [the] this to bless

the seed is still in the barn. The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree, and the olive tree have not yet given fruit. But from this day on I will bless you.

20 and to be word LORD second to(wards) Haggai in/on/with twenty and four to/for month to/for to say

The Lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month:

21 to say to(wards) Zerubbabel governor Judah to/for to say I to shake [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet

Tell Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

22 and to overturn throne kingdom and to destroy strength kingdom [the] nation and to overturn chariot and to ride her and to go down horse and to ride their man: anyone in/on/with sword brother: compatriot his

I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the nations' kingdoms. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. The horses and riders will fall, and the men will kill each other by the sword.

23 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD Hosts to take: take you Zerubbabel son: child Shealtiel servant/slave my utterance LORD and to set: make you like/as signet for in/on/with you to choose utterance LORD Hosts

On that day, says the Lord, I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, my servant, and make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you. So declares the Lord Almighty.