1In the second year of Darius the king, sixth month, first day, Haggai the prophet slid into Zerubbabel's DMs, saying what’s good.

2The squad's like, "Nah, it’s not time to build the Lord’s crib yet."

3Then Haggai hit them with another message from the Lord, saying,

4Yo, is it time for you to chill in your comfy houses while the Lord’s house is just sitting there?

5So the Lord's like, "Think about your vibes, fam."

6You’re grinding hard but reaping little; you eat but still hungry, drink but still thirsty, dress but still cold; it’s like you’re making stacks but they’re going into a bag with holes.

7The Lord’s saying, "For real, think about your vibes."

8Hit up the mountain, grab some wood, and build the house; I’ll be stoked and get all the glory, says the Lord.

9You expected a lot, but it came in light; and when you brought it home, I blew on it. Why? says the Lord. 'Cause my house is a mess, and you’re all busy with your own stuff.

10So the skies above you are dry, and the earth’s not giving up its fruit.

11I called for a drought on the land, mountains, crops, new wine, oil, and everything you work hard for.

12Then Zerubbabel and Joshua, with the crew, listened to the Lord’s voice and Haggai’s words, and they were shook, fearing the Lord.

13Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, said to the people, "I’m with you," says the Lord.

14The Lord pumped up Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the whole crew, and they got to work on the Lord’s house, their God.

15On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in Darius’ second year.

1In 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,

2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.

3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

6Ye 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.

7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

8Go 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.

9Ye 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.

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

11And 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.

12Then 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.

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

14And 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,

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