¹In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¹I Kong Darius's andet Regeringsår på den første Dag i den sjette Måned kom HERRENs Ord ved Profeten Haggaj således: Sig til Judas Statholder Zerubbabel, Sjealtiels Søn, og til Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn:

²“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’”

²Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Dette Folk siger: "Endnu er det ikke Tid at bygge HERRENs Hus."

³Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

³Og HERRENs Ord kom ved Profeten Haggaj således:

⁴“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

⁴Er det da Tid for eder at bo i Huse med træklædte Vægge, når dette Hus ligger øde?

⁵Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.

⁵Derfor, så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det går eder!

⁶You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”

⁶I sår meget, men bringer lidet i Hus; I spiser, men mættes ikke; I drikker, men får ikke Tørsten slukket; I klæder eder på, men bliver ikke varme; og Daglejerens Løn går i en hullet Pung.

⁷This is what Yahweh of Armies says: “Consider your ways.

⁷Så siger Hærskarers HERRE: Læg Mærke til, hvorledes det går eder!

⁸Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.

⁸Gå op i Bjergene, hent Tømmer og byg Templet, så jeg kan have Glæde deraf og blive æret, siger HERREN.

⁹“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.

⁹I venter rig Høst, men det bliver kun til lidt; og når I bringer det i Hus, blæser jeg derpå. Hvorfor? lyder det fra Hærskarers HERRE. Fordi mit Hus ligger øde, medens enhver af eder har travlt med sit eget Hus.

¹⁰Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

¹⁰Derfor holder Himmelen sin Dug og Jorden sin Afgrøde tilbage;

¹¹I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.”

¹¹og jeg har kaldt Tørke hid over Land og Bjerge, over Korn, Most og Olie, over alt, hvad Jorden frembringer, over Folk og Fæ, over alt, hvad Hænder virker.

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 Yahweh, their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

¹²Og Zerubbabel, Sjaltiels Søn, og Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og hele Resten af Folket adlød HERREN deres Guds Røst og Profeten Haggajs Ord, eftersom HERREN havde sendt ham til dem, og Folket frygtede HERREN.

¹³Then Haggai, Yahweh’s messenger, spoke Yahweh’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says Yahweh.

¹³Da sagde Haggaj, HERRENs Sendebud, i HERRENs Ærinde til Folket: Jeg er med eder, lyder det fra HERREN.

¹⁴Yahweh 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 Yahweh of Armies, their God,

¹⁴Og HERREN vakte Ånden i Judas Statholder Zerubbabel, Sjaltiels Søn, og i Ypperstepræsten Josua, Jozadaks Søn, og i hele Resten at Folkef, så de kom og tog fat på Arbejdet med deres Guds, Hærskarers HERREs, Hus

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

¹⁵på den fire og tyvende Dag i den sjette Måned i Kong Darius's andet Regeringsår.