1. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:
2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.
3. And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:
4. Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?
5. And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.