The Bible

1

Ayns y nah vleïn jeh ree Darius, ayns y cheyoo vee, er y chied laa jeh'n vee, haink goo yn Chiarn liorish Haggai yn phadeyr gys Zerubbabel, mac Shealtiel, kiannoort Yudah, as gys Joshua, mac Yosedech, yn ard-saggyrt, gra,

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,

2

Shoh myr ta Chiarn ny flaunyssee loayrt, gra, Ta'n pobble shoh gra, Cha vel y traa er jeet, yn traa son troggal thie yn Chiarn.

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.

3

Eisht haink goo yn Chiarn liorish Haggai yn phadeyr, gra,

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

4

Nee shoh traa diuish, O gheiney, dy chummal ayns ny thieyn ceilit eu, as y thie shoh lhie ny hraartys?

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

5

Nish er-y-fa shen, shoh ta Chiarn ny flaunyssee dy ghra, Smooinee-jee er nyn raaidyn.

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

6

Ta shiu er chuirr mooarane, as er chur lhieu stiagh beggan: ta shiu gee, agh cha vel shiu jeant magh: ta shiu giu, agh cha vel shiu er chuir nyn baays: ta shiu coamrey shiu hene, agh cha vel shiu geddyn chiass: as eshyn ta toilliu faill, t'eh toilliu eh dy choyrt eh ayns sporran raipit

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.

7

Shoh ta Chiarn ny flaunyssee dy ghra, Smooinee-jee er nyn raaidyn.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

8

Seose-jee gys y clieau, as cur-jee lhieu fuygh, as trog-jee yn thie, as goym's taitnys ayn, as bee'm er my ghloyraghey, ta'n Chiarn dy ghra.

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.

9

Va shiu jerkal rish mooarane, as cur-jee my-ner, haink beggan jeh; as tra hug shiu lhieu thie eh, heeb mee ersooyl eh. Cre'n-fa? ta Chiarn ny flaunyssee dy ghra. Kyndagh rish my hie's ta treigit, as dy vel dy chooilley ghooinney jeadjagh mysh e hie hene.

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

Shen-y-fa ta'n druight er ny lhiettal 'syn aer harrishdiu, as cha vel y thalloo cur magh e mess.

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

11

As deïe mee son fowan er y thalloo, as er ny sleityn, as er yn arroo, as er y feeyn noa, as er yn ooil, as er dty chooilley nhee ta'n thalloo dy ymmyrkey, as er deiney, as er maase, as er slane troayr y thallooin.

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

Eisht hug Zerubbabel mac Shealtiel, as Joshua mac Yosedech yn ard-saggyrt, marish ooilley'n chooid elley jeh'n pobble, biallys da goo yn Chiarn nyn Yee, as da goan Haggai yn phadeyr (son dy nee yn Chiarn nyn Yee ren eh y choyrt) as ghow yn pobble aggle roish y Chiarn.

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

Eisht loayr Haggai chaghter y Chiarn, ayns chaghteraght y Chiarn, rish y pobble, gra, Ta mish mêriu, ta'n Chiarn dy ghra.

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

14

As ghrein y Chiarn seose spyrryd Zerubbabel, mac Shealtiel, kiannoort Yudah, as spyrryd Yoshua, mac Yosedech, yn ard-saggyrt, as spyrryd ooilley'n chooid elley jeh'n pobble, as haink ad, as hie ad laue rish yn obbyr ayns thie Chiarn ny flaunyssee, nyn Yee.

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

Er y chiarroo laa as feed jeh'n cheyoo vee, ayns y nah vleïn jeh reill ree Darius.

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