OET interlinear HAG 1:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר הָ⁠עָ֤ם הַ⁠זֶּה֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֶת־בֹּ֛א עֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה לְ⁠הִבָּנֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers to=say the,people the=this say not time_of come time_of house_of YHWH to,be_rebuilt )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [Yahweh of hosts is concerned that these people are saying that the time has not come to rebuild the house of Yahweh]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת

YHWH armies/messengers

The phrase Yahweh of Armies is a title for God that indicates his great power. It describes him as the commander of heavenly armies. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, it may have a particular way of translating this phrase, and you may wish to use that in your translation. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to express the meaning of this phrase in some other way, here and throughout the book. Alternate translation: [Yahweh the Almighty]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הָ⁠עָ֤ם הַ⁠זֶּה֙

the,people (Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers to=say the,people the=this say not time_of come time_of house_of YHWH to,be_rebuilt )

The phrase This people refers to the people of Judah who had returned from exile in Babylon. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [These returned Judean exiles]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה

time_of time_of (Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers to=say the,people the=this say not time_of come time_of house_of YHWH to,be_rebuilt )

As the introduction to Haggai discusses, here and often throughout the book of Haggai, the word house means “temple.” The people are speaking of the temple as if it would be a house in which God lived, since God’s presence would be there. Alternate translation: [the temple of Yahweh]