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:
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.`
3And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
4Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?
5And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
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.
7Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.
