¹Druhého roku kráľa Dária, šiesteho mesiaca, prvého dňa toho mesiaca, stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo skrze proroka Haggea na Zorobábela, syna Šealtielovho, judského vojvodu, a na Jozuu, syna Jehocadákovho, najväčšieho kňaza, povediac:

¹In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying:

²Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Tento ľud hovorí: Nie je toto čas prijsť, čas, aby sa staväl dom Hospodinov.

²Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! — they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah [is] to be built.`

³A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo skrze proroka Haggea povediac:

³And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

⁴Či je čas pre vás, aby ste vy bývali vo svojich vykladaných domoch, kým je tento dom pustý?

⁴Is it time for you — you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?

⁵Preto teraz takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Priložte svoje srdce ku svojim cestám!

⁵And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.

⁶Sejete mnoho, ale snášate málo; jete, ale nemáte toľko, aby ste sa nasýtili; pijete víno, ale nemáte toľko, aby ste sa napili; obliekate sa, ale človek nemá toľko, aby sa zohrial, a ten, kto odkladá mzdu, odkladá do deravého vreca.

⁶Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.

⁷Takto hovorí Hospodin Zástupov: Priložte svoje srdce ku svojim cestám!

⁷Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.

⁸Iďte hore na vrch, dopravte dreva, staväjte dom, a budem mať v ňom záľubu, a budem oslávený, hovorí Hospodin.

⁸Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

⁹Hľadíte po mnohu, a hľa, je málo, a keď to vnesiete do domu, ja to rozfúknem. Prečo? hovorí Hospodin Zástupov. Pre svoj dom, že je pustý, a vy každý bežíte do svojho domu.

⁹Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought [it] home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running — each to his house,

¹⁰Preto sa pre vás zavrely nebesia, takže nedávajú rosy, a zem sa zavrela so svojou úrodou.

¹⁰Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

¹¹A zavolal som sucho na zem i na vrchy, na zbožie, na vínnu šťavu, na olej i na to, čo vydáva zem, na človeka i na hovädo i na všetku prácu rúk.

¹¹And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.`

¹²A poslúchol Zorobábel, syn Šealtielov, i Jozua, syn Jehocadákov, najväčší kňaz, i všetok ostatok ľudu na hlas Hospodina, svojho Boha, i na slová proroka Haggea, tak ako ho poslal Hospodin, ich Bôh, a ľud sa bál tvári Hospodinovej.

¹²And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.

¹³Vtedy povedal Haggeus, posol Hospodinov, v posolstve Hospodinovom ľudu a riekol: Ja som s vami, hovorí Hospodin.

¹³And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I [am] with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.`

¹⁴A Hospodin zobudil ducha Zorobábela, syna Šealtielovho, vojvodu Júdovho, i ducha Jozuu, syna Jehocadákovho, najväčšieho kňaza, i ducha všetkého ostatku ľudu, a tak prišli a konali dielo na dome Hospodina Zástupov, svojho Boha,

¹⁴And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and do work in the house of Jehovah of Hosts their God,

¹⁵dvadsiateho a štvrtého dňa, šiesteho mesiaca, druhého roku kráľa Dária.

¹⁵in the twenty and fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.