| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest: | 1In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, |
| 2This is what the LORD Almighty says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the LORD's house.'" | 2"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not come, even the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt."'" |
| 3Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: | 3Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 4"Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?" | 4"Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?" |
| 5Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. | 5Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! |
| 6You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it." | 6"You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes." |
| 7This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. | 7Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! |
| 8Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD. | 8"Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the LORD. |
| 9"You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. | 9"You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?" declares the LORD of hosts, "Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. |
| 10Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. | 10"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. |
| 11I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands." | 11"I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands." |
| 12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD. | 12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence for the LORD. |
| 13Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: "I am with you," declares the LORD. | 13Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, "'I am with you,' declares the LORD." |
| 14So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God, | 14So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, |
| 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. In the second year of King Darius, | 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king. |
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