Haggai · Chapter 2

[ edit] In þe ſeuenþe moneþ, in þe twentiþe and firſte of þe moneþ, þe word of þe Lord is maad in þe hond of Aggey, prophete, ſayinge, Speke þou to Zorobabel, ſone of Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and to Jheſu, þe greet preeſt, ſone of Joſedech, and to oþer of þe peple, ſayinge, Who in ȝou is left, þat ſawȝ þis hous in his firſt glorie? and what ſeen ȝe þis now? wher it is not þus, as it be not in ȝour eeȝen? And now, Zorobabel, be þou coumfortid, ſaiþ þe Lord, and Jheſu, greet preeſt, ſone of Joſedech, be þou coumfortid, and al peple of þe lond, be þou coumfortid, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis; and do ȝe, for Y am wiþ ȝou, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis.

Þe word þat Y couenauntide wiþ ȝou, whanne ȝe wenten out of þe lond of Egypt, and my Spirit ſhal be in þe mydil of ȝou, Nyl ȝe dreede, for þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, Ȝit oo lytil þing, or tyme, is, and Y ſhal moue heuen, and erþe, and þe ſe, and dryeneſſe; and Y ſhal moue alle folkis, and þe deſirid to alle folkis ſhal cume; and Y ſhal fulfille þis hous wiþ glorie, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis. Myn is ſyluer and myn is gold, ſeiþ þe Lord of ooſtis. Þe glorie of þis laſte hous ſchal be greet, more þan of þe firſte, ſeiþ þe Lord of ooſtis. And in þis place I ſchal ȝyue pees, ſeiþ þe Lord of ooſtis.

In þe foure and twentiþe of þe nynþe moneþ, in þe ſecunde ȝeer of Darius, kyng, þe word of þe Lord is maad to Aggey, prophete, ſeiynge, Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God of ooſtis, Axe preſtis þe lawe, ſayinge, Ȝif a man ſhal take halewid fleſhe in þe heme of his cloþinge, and ſhal touche of þe heeȝneſſe þerof brede, or potage, or wyne, and oyle, or eche mete, wher it ſhal be halewid? Soþeli preſtis anſwerynge ſayden, Nay. And Aggey ſaide, Ȝif a man defoulid in ſoule ſhal touche of alle þeſe, wher it ſhal be defoulid? And preſtis anſwerden, and ſaiden, It ſhal be defoulid.

And Aggey anſwerde, and ſaide, So þis peple, and ſo þis folk byfore my face, ſaiþ þe Lord, and ſo al werc of her hondis; and alle þingus þat þei ſhuln offre þere, ſhuln be defoulid. And now putte ȝe ȝour hertis, fro þis day and aboue, byfore þat a ſtoon vpon a ſtoon was putt in þe temple of þe Lord, whenne ȝe wenten to an hep of twenty buſhellis, and þere weren maad ten; ȝe entriden to þe preſſour, þat ȝe ſhulden preſſe out fifty galouns, and þer weren maad twenti. Y ſmote ȝou wiþ brennynge wynd, and mildew, and hayl, and alle þe werkis of ȝour hondis; and þer was not in ȝou þat turnede aȝein to me, ſaiþ þe Lord.

Putte ȝe ȝour hertis of þis day, and in to cummynge, fro þe fourþe and twentiþe of þe ninþe moneþ, fro þe day in whiche foundementis ben caſten of þe temple of þe Lord, putte ȝe vppon ȝour herte. Wher now ſeed is in buriownyng? and ȝit þe vyne ȝerd, and fijge tree, and powme garnet, and þe tree of olyue floriſhide not. Of þis day Y ſhal bleſſe.

And þe word of þe Lord is maad þe ſecounde tyme to Aggey, in þe foure and twentiþe of þe moneþ, ſaiynge, Speke þou to Zorobabel, duyk of Juda, ſayinge, Y ſhal moue heuen and erþe to gydre, and Y ſhal diſtruye þe ſete of rewmys, and Y ſhal breke þe ſtrengþe of þe rewme of heiþen men, and Y ſhal diſtruye þe foure horſid cart, and þe ſtyer þerof; and þe horſis ſhuln go doun, and þe ſtyers of hem, a man in ſwerd of his broþer. In þat day, ſaiþ þe Lord of ooſtis, þou Zorobabel, ſone of Salatiel, my ſeruaunt, Y ſhal take to þee, ſaiþ þe Lord; and Y ſhal putte þee as a ſygnet, for Y cheeſe þee, ſaiþ þe Lord of hooſtis.

Here endiþ þe book of Aggey, þe prophete, and bigynneþ þe book of Zacharie, ſone of Barachie.