In the second year of Darius the king, in the month of the month, came of the lord by of Haggai the prophet, saying, Say to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, from of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech the priest saying,
Thus says almighty, saying, This people say, is not to build the house of the lord.
And came to pass of the lord by of Haggai the prophet, saying,
Is indeed to live in houses but this house is quite desolate?
And now, thus says almighty, Arrange your hearts for your journeys!
You sowed much, and carried in little; you ate and not unto fullness; you drank and not unto intoxication; you clothed yourselves, and were not heated by these; and the one of the ones wages gathered them in a bundle having holes being made in it.
Thus says almighty, Establish your hearts for your journeys!
Ascend into the mountain, and cut wood! and you shall build the house. And I will think well by it, and I will be glorified, said
You looked for much, and there became little; and it was carried into the house, and I blew it away. On account of this, thus says almighty, Because my house is deserted, and you pursue unto his own house.
On account of this withholds of dew, and the earth keeps back its resources.
And I will bring upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the wine, and upon the olive oil, and as much as brings forth and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the toils of their hands.
And (Zerubbabel the Shealtiel from of Judah, and Joshua the son of Josedech the priest and all the rest of the people) the voice of the lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, in so far as what sent for them. And feared from in front of the lord.
And said among of the lord, Say to the people! I am with you, says
And the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel from of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech the priest and the spirit of the rest of the people. And they entered and did the works in the house of the lord almighty, their God,
on the fourth and twentieth day of the month in the second year of Darius the king.