Haggai 1
1 [I am], Haggai, a prophet. I received a message from Yahweh on August 29th, during the second year that Darius was the king [of Persia]. I told this message to Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak’s son Jeshua, the Supreme Priest.
El año segundo del rey Darío, en el mes sexto, el día primero del mes, llegó la palabra de Yahvé por medio del profeta Ageo, a Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y a Jesús, hijo del Sumo Sacerdote Josedec, en estos términos:
2 Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, told [me] that the people were saying that it was not yet time for them to rebuild Yahweh’s temple.
“Así habla Yahvé de los ejércitos: Este pueblo dice: «No ha llegado aún el tiempo; el tiempo de reedificar la Casa de Yahvé».”
3 Then Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to the people of Jerusalem]:
Entonces habló Yahvé, por medio del profeta Ageo, diciendo:
4 “It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!
“¿Ha llegado acaso para vosotros el tiempo de habitar en vuestras casas artesonadas, en tanto que esta Casa está en ruinas?
5 [I, ] Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.
Pues, así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: Reflexionad sobre vuestro proceder.
6 You have planted a lot [of seeds], but you are not getting many [crops] to harvest. You eat [food], but you never get enough. You drink [wine], but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, [but things are very expensive], with the result that [it is as though] [MET] [your money disappears because] you are putting it in purses/pockets that have [big] holes in them.”
Habéis sembrado mucho, y recogido poco; coméis, y no os hartáis; bebéis, y no apagáis la sed; os vestís, y no os calentáis; el que gana salario, lo echa en saco roto.
7 [So] this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.
Así dice Yahvé de los ejércitos: Reflexionad sobre vuestro proceder.
8 [Then] go up into the hills, [cut down trees, ] and bring timber [down here], and rebuild my temple. When you do that, I will be pleased, and I will be honored.
Subid al monte, traed maderas y reedificad la Casa, y Yo me complaceré en ella y seré glorificado, dice Yahvé.
9 You expected [to harvest] plenty [of crops], but there were few [crops to harvest]. And when you brought the crops home, I caused them to spoil [IDM] quickly. The reason [that happened is that] my temple is a ruins, while each of you are busy building your own [beautiful] houses.
Esperabais mucho, y he aquí que (cosechasteis) poco; y lo trajisteis a casa, mas Yo soplé en ello. ¿Por qué?, dice Yahvé de los ejércitos. Porque mi Casa está en ruinas, mientras cada uno de vosotros se da prisa para (reconstruir) su propia casa.
10 It is because of what you [are doing] that rain does not fall from the sky, and [as a result] there are no crops.
Por eso, por vuestra culpa el cielo detiene el rocío, y la tierra no da su fruto.
11 I have caused a (drought/severe lack of rain) on the hills and on your fields. The result has been that your grain [has withered], and your grapevines [MTY] and olive trees [MTY] and all your [other] crops have dried up. [Because of that, ] you and your cattle [do not have enough food], and the hard work that you have done will be for nothing.”
Pues Yo llamé la sequía sobre la tierra; sobre los montes y sobre el trigo; sobre el mosto y sobre el aceite; sobre cuanto produce la tierra; sobre los nombres y sobre las bestias, y sobre toda labor de manos.
12 Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the others of God’s people who were still alive obeyed the message that Yahweh our God had said, and they heeded the message that I had given them, because [they knew that] Yahweh our God had sent/appointed me. And the people revered Yahweh.
Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, y el Sumo Sacerdote Jesús, hijo de Josedec, y todo el resto del pueblo, escucharon la voz de Yahvé, su Dios, y las palabras del profeta Ageo, todo lo que Yahvé, su Dios, le había encargado decir; y el pueblo temió a Yahvé.
13 Then [I], Haggai, who was Yahweh’s messenger, gave this message from Yahweh to the people: “I, Yahweh, declare that I am with you.”
Entonces Ageo, enviado de Dios, habló por orden de Yahvé al pueblo, diciendo: “Yo estoy con vosotros”, dice Yahvé.
14 [So] Yahweh motivated Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the other people to want to rebuild the temple of our God, the Commander of the armies of angels. They gathered together and started to work to rebuild it.
Y despertó Yahvé el espíritu de Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, gobernador de Judá, y el espíritu de Jesús, hijo del Sumo Sacerdote Josedec, y el espíritu de todo el resto del pueblo; y vinieron y trabajaron en la reconstrucción de la Casa de Yahvé de los ejércitos, su Dios.
15 [They started work] on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king.
Era el día veinticuatro del mes sexto del segundo año del rey Darío.
