# Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple

This can be translated in active form. AT: "Before you laid the first stones for the temple" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# twenty measures

"20 measures." A "measure" is an unknown amount. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume]])

# fifty measures

"50 measures." A "measure" is an unknown amount. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume]])

# all the work of your hands

"everything you made" or "your crops"

# this is Yahweh's declaration

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Haggai 1:9](../01/07.md). AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]