Haggai · Chapter 1

[ edit] In þe ſecounde ȝeer of Darius, kyng of Perſis, in þe ſixte moneþ, in oo day of þe moneþ, þe word of þe Lord is maad in þe hond of Aggey, prophete, to Zorobabel, ſone of Salatiel, duyke of Juda, and to Jheſu, þe greet preſt, ſone of Joſedech, ſayinge, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, ſayinge, Þis peple ſaiþ, Ȝit cummeþ not þe tyme of þe hous of þe Lord to be beeldid. And þe word of þe Lord is maad in þe hond of Aggey, prophete, ſayinge, Wher it is tyme to ȝou, þat ȝe dwelle in houſis couplid wiþ tymbre, and þis hous deſert?

And now þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God of ooſtis, Putte ȝe ȝour hertis vpon ȝour wayes. Ȝe han ſown myche, and brouȝten in litil; ȝe han eten, and ȝe ben not fulfillid; ȝe han drunke, and ȝe ben not ful of drinke; ȝe hilliden ȝou, and ȝe ben not maad hote; and he þat gadrid hijris, ſente hem in to a ſac, or bagge, hoolid, or broken. Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, Putte ȝe ȝour hertis vpon ȝour wayes. Stye ȝe vp in to þe mounteyn, bere ȝe treeſe, and bielde ȝe an hous; and it ſhal be acceptable to me, and Y ſhal be glorifiede, ſaiþ þe Lord. Ȝe bihelden to more, and loo! it made leſſe; and ȝe brouȝten in to hous, and Y blewe it out.

For what cauſe, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis? for myn hous is deſert, and ȝe haſten eche man in to his hous. For þis þing heuens ben forbeden, þat þei ſhulden not ȝeue dew; and þe erþe is forbeden, þat it ſhulde not ȝeue his buriownyng. And Y clepide dryeneſſe vpon erþe, and vpon mounteyns, and vpon whete, and vpon wyn, and vpon oyle, and what euer þingus þe erþe bringeþ forþ; and vpon men, and vpon beeſtis, and vpon al labour of hondis. And Zorobabel, ſone of Salatiel, herde, and Jheſus, þe grete preſt, ſone of Joſedech, and alle relikis of þe peple, þe voys of her God, and þe wordis of Aggey, prophete, as þe Lord God of hem ſente hym to hem; and al þe peple dredde of þe face of þe Lord.

And Aggey ſaide, a meſſangere of þe Lord, of meſſangers of þe Lord to þe peple, ſayinge, Y am wiþ ȝou, ſaiþ þe Lord. And þe Lord reyſide þe ſpirit of Zorobabel, ſone of Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and þe ſpirit of Jheſu, þe grete preſt, ſone of Joſedech, and þe ſpirit of þe relikis of alle peple; and þei entriden, and maden werk in þe hous of þe Lord of hooſtis, her God, in þe twentiþe day and fourþe of þe moneþ, in þe ſixte moneþ, in þe ſecounde ȝeer of Darius, kyng.