“ So Sheshbazzar made the trip to Jerusalem. He laid the foundations of the house of God there. From that day until now the people have been working on it. But they haven’t finished it yet.”

于是这设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷神殿的根基。这殿从那时直到如今尚未造成。’

于是那位设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷上帝殿的根基。但从那时直到如今，这殿尚未修建完毕。’

于是那位设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷神殿的根基。但从那时直到如今，这殿尚未修建完毕。’

于是，这位设巴萨就在耶路撒冷为上帝的殿立了根基，从那时到如今，殿一直在重建中，还没有竣工。’

于是，这设巴萨回来，奠立了在耶路撒冷神的殿的根基；从那时起，到现在一直在建造，还没有完成。’

於是這設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷神殿的根基。這殿從那時直到如今尚未造成。』

於是那位設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷上帝殿的根基。但從那時直到如今，這殿尚未修建完畢。』

於是那位設巴薩來建立耶路撒冷神殿的根基。但從那時直到如今，這殿尚未修建完畢。』

於是，這位設巴薩就在耶路撒冷為上帝的殿立了根基，從那時到如今，殿一直在重建中，還沒有竣工。』

於是，這設巴薩回來，奠立了在耶路撒冷神的殿的根基；從那時起，到現在一直在建造，還沒有完成。’

於是這設巴薩就來，安放耶路撒冷上帝之殿的根基；這殿從那時到如今都在建造中，還未完畢。」

設巴薩至、立耶路撒冷上帝室之基、迄今建築、猶未告成、

設巴薩至耶路撒冷、建置殿基、迄今人建斯殿、猶未告成。

設巴薩至耶路撒冷、築天主殿之基、自彼時至今、建造斯殿、尚未告成、

“ So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”

Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is not yet finished.’

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.’

Then this same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of God’s house in Jerusalem. It has been under construction from that time until now, but it has not been completed.

Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction and it is not yet completed.’

Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; but from that time even until now it has been under construction, and it is not finished.”

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

Then this same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of God’s house in Jerusalem. It has been under construction from that time until now, yet it has not been completed.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar,[ and] laid the foundation of the house of God which[ is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and[ yet] it is not finished.

Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of God’s house which is in Jerusalem. Since that time even until now it has been being built, and yet it is not completed.

The builders laid the foundation of the Lord’ s temple. Then the priests came. They were wearing their special clothes. They brought their trumpets with them. The Levites who belonged to the family line of Asaph also came. They brought their cymbals with them. The priests and Levites took their places to praise the Lord. They did everything just as King David had required them to.

So the temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar. It was in the sixth year that Darius was king.

It was the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem. Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, began the work. Joshua, the son of Jozadak, helped him. So did everyone else. That included the priests and Levites. It also included the rest of those who had returned to Jerusalem. They had been prisoners in the land of Babylon. Levites who were 20 years old or more were appointed to be in charge of building the Lord’ s house.

“ Do not look down on the small amount of work done on the temple so far. The seven eyes of the Lord look over the whole earth. They will see Zerubbabel holding the most important stone. They will be filled with joy when they see it.”

Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Joshua the high priest was the son of Jozadak. They obeyed the Lord their God. So did all the Lord’ s people who were still left alive. The Lord had given his message to them through me. He had sent me to speak to them. And the people had respect for him.Haggai was the Lord’ s messenger. So Haggai gave the Lord’ s message to the people. He told them,“ The Lord announces,‘ I am with you.’ ”So the Lord stirred up the spirits of Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and Joshua the high priest. The Lord also stirred up the rest of the people to help them. Then everyone began to work on the temple of the Lord who rules over all. He is their God.

Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, began to work. So did Joshua, the son of Jozadak. They began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were right there with them. They were helping them.

It is the 24th day of the ninth month. From this day on, here is what you should think carefully about. Think about the day when the foundation of my temple was laid.