חגי א׳:ג׳-ו׳

הַעֵת לָכֶם. לְשׁוֹן ׳תֵּימָהּ׳, לְכָךְ נָקוּד הַהֵ״א בְּפַתָּח.

Is it [an appropriate] time for you? This is an interrogative expression; therefore the “heh” is vowelized with a “pattah.”

סְפוּנִים. מְכֻסִּים בְּנִסְרֵי אֲרָזִים, כְּמוֹ (מלכים א ו:ט) ״וַיִּסְפֹּן אֶת הַבַּיִת״, ״וְסָפֻן אֶת הַבַּיִת בָּאָרֶז״. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״הַכְדִין כָּשֵׁר לְכוֹן דְּאַתּוּן יָתְבִין בְּבָתַּיָּא דִּי מְטַלְּלִין בְּנִסְרֵי דְאַרְזַיָּא, וּבֵית מַקְדְּשָׁא הָדֵין חָרוּב״.

ceiled covered with boards of cedar, as in (I Kings 6:9): “And he covered the house” and (ibid. 7:3) “And it was covered with cedar.” And so did Jonathan render: “Is such a way proper for you, that you sit in the houses that are covered with boards of cedar, and this Temple is destroyed?”

עַל דַּרְכֵיכֶם. עַל עִסְקֵיכֶם, שֶׁאַתֶּם רוֹאִין שֶׁאֵין בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם בְּרָכָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר: ״זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָט״. כָּל זֶה בִּשְׁבִיל חֻרְבַּן בֵּיתִי הוּא.

your ways Your affairs, for you see that there is no blessing in the work of your hands, as he [Haggai] states: You have sown much and you bring in little. All this is because of the desolation of My house.

וְהָבֵא מְעָט. בַּעֲוֹן בִּכּוּרִים שֶׁבָּטְלוּ.

and you bring in little because of the iniquity of the cessation of [the offerings of] the first fruits.

אָכוֹל וְאֵין לְשָׂבְעָה. בַּעֲוֹן בִּטּוּל מְנָחוֹת.

You eat without being satiated because of the iniquity of the cessation of the meal-offerings.

שָׁתוֹ וְאֵין לְשָׁכְרָה. שֶׁנִּטַּל טַעַם הַיַּיִן לְפִי שֶׁבָּטְלוּ הַנְּסָכִים.

You drink without getting your fill for the taste of wine was taken away because the libations ceased.

לָבוֹשׁ וְאֵין לְחֹם לוֹ. בַּעֲוֹן בִּגְדֵי כְּהוּנָה שֶׁבָּטְלוּ.

You dress, and it has no warmth because of the iniquity of the cessation of wearing the priestly garments.

וְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר מִשְׂתַּכֵּר אֶל צְרוֹר נָקוּב. כָּל רֶוַח שֶׁאַתֶּם עוֹשִׂים הוֹלֵךְ וְכָלֶה, כְּנוֹתֵן מְעוֹתָיו בְּקֶשֶׁר בֶּגֶד נָקוּב.

And he who profits, profits into a bundle with holes Any profit that you make becomes less and less, like one who puts his money into a cloth bundle with holes.