1In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,by: Heb. by the hand of
2Berbicaralah sekarang kepada Zerubabel anak kepada Sealtiel, gabenor Yehuda, dan kepada Yosua anak kepada Yozadak, imam besar, dan kepada sisa-sisa umat, dengan berkata,
3Siapakah yang tertinggal di kalangan kalian yang telah melihat rumah ini dalam kemuliaannya yang pertama? dan bagaimanakah kalian melihatnya sekarang? bukankah ia secara bandingan seperti bukan apa-apa?
4Namun bertabahlah sekarang, wahai Zerubabel, firman TUHAN; dan tabahkanlah hatimu, wahai Yosua, anak kepada Yozadak, imam besar; dan bertabahlah hai kamu semua umat negeri ini, firman TUHAN, dan bekerjalah: sebab aku berada bersama kalian, firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta:
5Sesuai dengan firman yang telah aku berwaad dengan kalian ketika kalian keluar dari Mesir, sedemikian rohku kekal di kalangan kalian: janganlah kalian takut.
6Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta; Malah sekali lagi, dalam sedikit waktu lagi, dan aku akan menggoncangkan syurga, dan bumi, dan lautan, dan darat yang kering;
7Dan aku akan menggoncangkan semua bangsa, dan kerinduan segala bangsa akan datang: dan aku akan memenuhi rumah ini dengan kemuliaan, firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta.
8Perak itu kepunyaanku, dan emas itu kepunyaanku, firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta.
9Kemuliaan bait yang kemudian ini akan lebih besar daripada bait yang dahulu, firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta: dan di dalam tempat ini akan kuberi damai sejahtera, firman TUHAN angkatan alam semesta.
10In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
18Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.