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Jewish Tanakh
Title: Ḥaggai
Section: 8th book of Nevi'im - Trei Asar (The Twelve)
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This very short text by an anonymous and unknown author writing in 520BCE1 demands that his unpaid workers carry on building the Temple else he will call for a drought from God (Haggai 1:11). He says that the people are not working hard enough for the priests1. God, says Haggai, says the temple will be completed1! In a strangely primitive part of the text (Haggai 2:6-8), God says that it shakes the ground and claims ownership of silver and gold.
The text states that Haggai is a prophet, but, other than Ezra 5:1,14, Haggai is not mentioned by any writer or historian of the era. It's clear his sole purpose was to drive the workers, and calling himself a prophet was part of the effort to make himself more influential for that effect.
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The 8th part of the Hebrew holy text the Nevi'im is called the Trei Asar (The Twelve), and from it the Christians extracted the 12 books of the Old Testament that are together known as the Minor Prophets, including Haggai. They are not chronological and they are collected together as 'minor' prophets simply because they are shorter than the 'major' prophets2. The Hebrews wrote a great number of religious texts; the reason that 12 in particular were selected is because religious scribes would create collections of 12 wherever possible, as it was considered a magical number3.
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| KJV | YLT | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, | In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying: | Haggai 1:11 is referenced on The 12 Minor Prophets of the Old Testament (Originally from the Trei Asar): 10. The Book of Haggai / Aggeus Haggai 1:11 is referenced on this page in a different section |
| 2 | Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. | Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah `is' to be built.' | |
| 3 | Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, | And there is a word of Jehovah by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying: | |
| 4 | Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? | Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste? | |
| 5 | Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. | And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways. | |
| 6 | Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. | Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through. | |
| 7 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. | Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways. | |
| 8 | Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. | Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah. | |
| 9 | Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. | Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought `it' home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house, | |
| 10 | Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. | Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase. | |
| 11 | And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. | And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.' | |
| 12 | Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. | And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah. | |
| 13 | Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. | And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I `am' with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.' | |
| 14 | And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, | And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and do work in the house of Jehovah of Hosts their God, | |
| 15 | In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. | in the twenty and fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. |
| KJV | YLT | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, | In the seventh `month', in the twenty and first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying: | Haggai 2:6-8: The 12 Minor Prophets of the Old Testament (Originally from the Trei Asar): 10. The Book of Haggai / Aggeus Haggai 2:6-8 is referenced on this page in a different section |
| 2 | Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, | `Speak, I pray thee, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, and unto the remnant of the people, saying: | |
| 3 | Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? | Who among you hath been left that saw this house in its former honour? And what are ye seeing it now? Is it not, compared with it, as nothing in your eyes? | |
| 4 | Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: | And now, be strong, O Zerubbabel, An affirmation of Jehovah, And be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, And be strong, all ye people of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do ye -- (for I `am' with you, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts) -- | |
| 5 | According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. | The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not. | |
| 6 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; | For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once more -- it `is' a little, And I am shaking the heavens and the earth, And the sea, and the dry land, | |
| 7 | And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. | And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come `to' the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house `with' honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts. | |
| 8 | The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. | Mine `is' the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. | |
| 9 | The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. | Greater is the honour of this latter house, Than of the former, said Jehovah of Hosts, And in this place do I give peace, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.' | |
| 10 | In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, | On the twenty and fourth of the ninth `month', in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying: | |
| 11 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, | Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Ask, I pray thee, the priests `of' the law, saying: | |
| 12 | If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. | Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food -- is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, `No.' | |
| 13 | Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. | And Haggai saith, `If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, `It is unclean.' | |
| 14 | Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. | And Haggai answereth and saith, `So `is' this people, and so `is' this nation before Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and so `is' every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there -- it is unclean. | |
| 15 | And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: | And now, lay `it', I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah. | |
| 16 | Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. | From that time `one' hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty. | |
| 17 | I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. | I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail -- All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. | |
| 18 | Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. | Set `it', I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth `month', even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set `it' to your heart. | |
| 19 | Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. | Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne -- from this day I bless.' | |
| 20 | And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, | And there is a word of Jehovah a second time unto Haggai, on the twenty and fourth of the month, saying: | |
| 21 | Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; | `Speak unto Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying: I am shaking the heavens and the earth, | |
| 22 | And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. | And have overturned the throne of kingdoms, And I have destroyed the strength of kingdoms of the nations, And overturned chariot and its charioteers, And come down have horses and their riders, Each by the sword of his brother. | |
| 23 | In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. | In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I take thee, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And have set thee as a signet, for on thee I have fixed, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts! |