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Ageu repreende o povo por causa de sua inércia e o exorta a reedificar o templo

No ano segundo do rei Dario, no sexto mês, no primeiro dia do mês, veio a palavra do Senhor, pelo ministério do profeta Ageu, a Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, príncipe de Judá, e a Josué, filho de Jozadaque, o sumo sacerdote, dizendo: Assim fala o Senhor dos Exércitos, dizendo: Este povo diz: Não veio ainda o tempo, o tempo em que a Casa do Senhor deve ser edificada. Veio, pois, a palavra do Senhor, pelo ministério do profeta Ageu, dizendo: É para vós tempo de habitardes nas vossas casas estucadas, e esta casa há de ficar deserta? Ora, pois, assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Aplicai o vosso coração aos vossos caminhos. Semeais muito e recolheis pouco; comeis, mas não vos fartais; bebeis, mas não vos saciais; vestis-vos, mas ninguém se aquece; e o que recebe salário recebe salário num saquitel furado.

Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Aplicai o vosso coração aos vossos caminhos. Subi o monte, e trazei madeira, e edificai a casa; e dela me agradarei e eu serei glorificado, diz o Senhor. Olhastes para muito, mas eis que alcançastes pouco; e esse pouco, quando o trouxestes para casa, eu lhe assoprei. Por quê? — disse o Senhor dos Exércitos. Por causa da minha casa, que está deserta, e cada um de vós corre à sua própria casa. 10 Por isso, retêm os céus o seu orvalho, e a terra retém os seus frutos. 11 E fiz vir a seca sobre a terra, e sobre os montes, e sobre o trigo, e sobre o mosto, e sobre o azeite, e sobre o que a terra produz, como também sobre os homens, e sobre os animais, e sobre todo o trabalho das mãos.

12 Então, ouviu Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, e Josué, filho de Jozadaque, sumo sacerdote, e todo o resto do povo a voz do Senhor, seu Deus, e as palavras do profeta Ageu, como o Senhor, seu Deus, o tinha enviado; e temeu o povo diante do Senhor. 13 Então, Ageu, o embaixador do Senhor, falou ao povo, conforme a mensagem do Senhor, dizendo: Eu sou convosco, diz o Senhor. 14 E o Senhor levantou o espírito de Zorobabel, filho de Sealtiel, príncipe de Judá, e o espírito de Josué, filho de Jozadaque, sumo sacerdote, e o espírito do resto de todo o povo, e vieram e trabalharam na Casa do Senhor dos Exércitos, seu Deus, 15 ao vigésimo quarto dia do sexto mês, no segundo ano do rei Dario.

A Call to Build the House of the Lord

In the second year of King Darius,(A) on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai(B) to Zerubbabel(C) son of Shealtiel, governor(D) of Judah, and to Joshua(E) son of Jozadak,[a](F) the high priest:(G)

This is what the Lord Almighty(H) says: “These people(I) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(J)’”

Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(K) “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(L) while this house remains a ruin?(M)

Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(N) to your ways. You have planted much, but harvested little.(O) You eat, but never have enough.(P) You drink, but never have your fill.(Q) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(R) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(S) to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber(T) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure(U) in it and be honored,(V)” says the Lord. “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(W) What you brought home, I blew(X) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(Y) while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld(Z) their dew(AA) and the earth its crops.(AB) 11 I called for a drought(AC) on the fields and the mountains,(AD) on the grain, the new wine,(AE) the olive oil(AF) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.(AG)

12 Then Zerubbabel(AH) son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant(AI) of the people obeyed(AJ) 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(AK) the Lord.

13 Then Haggai,(AL) the Lord’s messenger,(AM) gave this message of the Lord to the people: “I am with(AN) you,” declares the Lord. 14 So the Lord stirred up(AO) the spirit of Zerubbabel(AP) son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak,(AQ) the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant(AR) of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.(AS)

The Promised Glory of the New House

In the second year of King Darius,(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:1 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verses 12 and 14

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.

Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, 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 did fear before the Lord.

13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying: This people say, ‘The time has not come, the time that the Lord’S house should be built.’”

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

“Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceilinged houses, and this house lie waste?”

Now therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” saith the Lord.

“Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. Why?” saith the Lord of hosts. “Because of Mine house that is laid waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.”

12 Then 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 feared before the Lord.

13 Then spoke Haggai, the Lord’S messenger, in the Lord’S message unto the people, saying, “I am with you, saith the Lord.”

14 And 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 began work on the house of the Lord of hosts their God,

15 on the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.