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Haggai 2

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2 τῷ ἑβδόμῳ μηνὶ μιᾷ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς ἐλάλησεν κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Αγγαιου τοῦ προφήτου λέγων 3 εἰπὸν δὴ πρὸς Ζοροβαβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιηλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ιουδα καὶ πρὸς Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοῦ Ιωσεδεκ τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν καὶ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ λέγων 4 τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὃς εἶδεν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ πῶς ὑμεῖς βλέπετε αὐτὸν νῦν καθὼς οὐχ ὑπάρχοντα ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν 5 καὶ νῦν κατίσχυε Ζοροβαβελ λέγει κύριος καὶ κατίσχυε Ἰησοῦ ὁ τοῦ Ιωσεδεκ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας καὶ κατισχυέτω πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς λέγει κύριος καὶ ποιεῖτε διότι με{Q'} ὑμῶν ἐγώ εἰμι λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ 6 καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν θαρσεῖτε

2 Afterwards, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord sent another message through the prophet Aggaeus. 3 To Zorobabel, and Josue, and all the people with them his word was: 4 Tell me, those of you who saw this house in its former brightness, what make you of it now? It is no better in your eyes than a very nothing. 5 Take heart, Zorobabel; Josue, son of Josedec, take heart! And you, too, people of the land, the Lord of hosts bids you put heart into the work; is not he, the Lord of hosts, at your side?

… 6 the promise I gave when you escaped from Egypt; my own spirit shall be among you, do not be afraid.[1]

2 In septimo mense, vigesima et prima mensis, factum est verbum Domini in manu Aggæi prophetæ, dicens: 3 Loquere ad Zorobabel, filium Salathiel, ducem Juda, et ad Jesum, filium Josedec, sacerdotem magnum, et ad reliquos populi, dicens: 4

Quis in vobis est derelictus,
qui vidit domum istam in gloria sua prima?
et quid vos videtis hanc nunc?
numquid non ita est, quasi non sit in oculis vestris? 5
Et nunc confortare, Zorobabel, dicit Dominus;
et confortare, Jesu, fili Josedec, sacerdos magne;
et confortare, omnis populus terræ, dicit Dominus exercituum:
et facite (quoniam ego vobiscum sum, dicit Dominus exercituum) 6
verbum quod pepigi vobiscum cum egrederemini de terra Ægypti:
et spiritus meus erit in medio vestrum: nolite timere.

7 διότι τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν 8 καὶ συσσείσω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ ἥξει τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ πλήσω τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον δόξης λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ

7 A little while now,[2] the Lord of hosts says, and I mean to set heaven and earth, sea and dry land rocking; 8 stirred all the nations shall be, hither shall come the prize the whole world treasures,[3] and I will fill this temple with the brightness of my presence, says the Lord of hosts.

7
Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum:
Adhuc unum modicum est,
et ego commovebo cælum, et terram, et mare, et aridam. 8
Et movebo omnes gentes,
et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus:
et implebo domum istam gloria,
dicit Dominus exercituum.

9 ἐμὸν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ ἐμὸν τὸ χρυσίον λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ 10 διότι μεγάλη ἔσται ἡ δόξα τοῦ οἴκου τούτου ἡ ἐσχάτη ὑπὲρ τὴν πρώτην λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ καὶ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ δώσω εἰρήνην λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ καὶ εἰρήνην ψυχῆς εἰς περιποίησιν παντὶ τῷ κτίζοντι τοῦ ἀναστῆσαι τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον

9 Silver or gold, what matters it? the Lord of hosts says. Both are mine! 10 Bright this new temple shall be, he tells you, as never the first was; here, he tells you, his blessing shall rest.

9
Meum est argentum, et meum est aurum,
dicit Dominus exercituum. 10
Magna erit gloria domus istius novissimæ plus quam primæ,
dicit Dominus exercituum:
et in loco isto dabo pacem,
dicit Dominus exercituum.

11 τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ ἐνάτου μηνὸς ἔτους δευτέρου ἐπὶ Δαρείου ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρὸς Αγγαιον τὸν προφήτην λέγων 12 τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐπερώτησον τοὺς ἱερεῖς νόμον λέγων 13 ἐὰν λάβῃ ἄνθρωπος κρέας ἅγιον ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅψηται τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἄρτου ἢ ἑψέματος ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἐλαίου ἢ παντὸς βρώματος εἰ ἁγιασθήσεται καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ εἶπαν οὔ 14 καὶ εἶπεν Αγγαιος ἐὰν ἅψηται μεμιαμμένος ἐπὶ ψυχῇ ἀπὸ παντὸς τούτων εἰ μιανθήσεται καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ εἶπαν μιανθήσεται

11 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in this second year of king Darius, another message came from the Lord to the prophet Aggaeus, 12 bidding him, in the name of the Lord of hosts, make enquiry of the priests upon a matter touching the law. 13 And the question was this: Here is one carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and with this same fold chances to touch bread or broth, wine or oil, or what food you will; does this food become consecrated thereby? And the priests said No. 14 Why then, Aggaeus went on, let some other man touch this food, one that is contaminated by the contact of a dead thing, will the food be defiled? And they answered, Defiled it is.

11 In vigesima et quarta noni mensis, in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Aggæum prophetam, dicens: 12 Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Interroga sacerdotes legem, dicens: 13 Si tulerit homo carnem sanctificatam in ora vestimenti sui, et tetigerit de summitate ejus panem, aut pulmentum, aut vinum, aut oleum, aut omnem cibum, numquid sanctificabitur? Respondentes autem sacerdotes, dixerunt: Non. 14 Et dixit Aggæus: Si tetigerit pollutus in anima ex omnibus his, numquid contaminabitur? Et responderunt sacerdotes, et dixerunt: Contaminabitur.

15 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Αγγαιος καὶ εἶπεν οὕτως ὁ λαὸς οὗτος καὶ οὕτως τὸ ἔθνος τοῦτο ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ λέγει κύριος καὶ οὕτως πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ἐγγίσῃ ἐκεῖ μιανθήσεται ἕνεκεν τῶν λημμάτων αὐτῶν τῶν ὀρθρινῶν ὀδυνηθήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου πόνων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμισεῖτε ἐν πύλαις ἐλέγχοντας 16 καὶ νῦν θέσθε δὴ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ὑπεράνω πρὸ τοῦ θεῖναι λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν τῷ ναῷ κυρίου 17 τίνες ἦτε ὅτε ἐνεβάλλετε εἰς κυψέλην κριθῆς εἴκοσι σάτα καὶ ἐγένετο κριθῆς δέκα σάτα καὶ εἰσεπορεύεσθε εἰς τὸ ὑπολήνιον ἐξαντλῆσαι πεντήκοντα μετρητάς καὶ ἐγένοντο εἴκοσι 18 ἐπάταξα ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀφορίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀνεμοφθορίᾳ καὶ ἐν χαλάζῃ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος 19 ὑποτάξατε δὴ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ἐπέκεινα ἀπὸ τῆς τετράδος καὶ εἰκάδος τοῦ ἐνάτου μηνὸς καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἐθεμελιώθη ὁ ναὸς κυρίου θέσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν 20 εἰ ἔτι ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω καὶ εἰ ἔτι ἡ ἄμπελος καὶ ἡ συκῆ καὶ ἡ ῥόα καὶ τὰ ξύλα τῆς ἐλαίας τὰ οὐ φέροντα καρπόν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης εὐλογήσω

15 Then Aggaeus opened his mind to them: Here is a whole people, a whole race, the Lord says, that shews defiled under my scrutiny. Never an enterprise of theirs, never an offering they bring, but is defiled. 16 But now, mark well how you thrive henceforward. Whilst none would be at pains to set pillar on base, here in the Lord’s temple, 17 how fared it with yonder twenty-bushel heap of corn? Look closer, and it was but ten bushels. Did you think to press fifty quarts into the vat? There were but twenty. 18 Sirocco I sent and mildew, smote all your crops with hail, and you would not come back to me, the Lord says. 19 Mark well how you thrive henceforward, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, when you laid the foundations of the Lord’s temple;[4] mark it well. 20 Not yet has the corn ripened, not yet have vine and fig, pomegranate and olive, had time to blossom; but on all these my blessing lies henceforward.

15 Et respondit Aggæus, et dixit:

Sic populus iste,
et sic gens ista ante faciem meam, dicit Dominus,
et sic omne opus manuum eorum:
et omnia quæ obtulerunt ibi, contaminata erunt. 16
Et nunc ponite corda vestra a die hac et supra,
antequam poneretur lapis super lapidem in templo Domini. 17
Cum accederetis ad acervum viginti modiorum,
et fierent decem;
et intraretis ad torcular, ut exprimeretis quinquaginta lagenas,
et fiebant viginti. 18
Percussi vos vento urente, et aurugine,
et grandine omnia opera manuum vestrarum:
et non fuit in vobis qui reverteretur ad me, dicit Dominus. 19
Ponite corda vestra ex die ista, et in futurum,
a die vigesima et quarta noni mensis:
a die qua fundamenta jacta sunt templi Domini,
ponite super cor vestrum. 20
Numquid jam semen in germine est,
et adhuc vinea, et ficus,
et malogranatum, et lignum olivæ non floruit? ex die ista benedicam.

21 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου ἐκ δευτέρου πρὸς Αγγαιον τὸν προφήτην τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς λέγων 22 εἰπὸν πρὸς Ζοροβαβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιηλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ιουδα λέγων ἐγὼ σείω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν 23 καὶ καταστρέψω θρόνους βασιλέων καὶ ὀλεθρεύσω δύναμιν βασιλέων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ καταστρέψω ἅρματα καὶ ἀναβάτας καὶ καταβήσονται ἵπποι καὶ ἀναβάται αὐτῶν ἕκαστος ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ 24 ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ λήμψομαί σε Ζοροβαβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιηλ τὸν δοῦλόν μου λέγει κύριος καὶ θήσομαί σε ὡς σφραγῖδα διότι σὲ ᾑρέτισα λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ

21 And this further message Aggaeus had from the Lord, on that twenty-fourth day of the month, 22 for Zorobabel, the governor of Juda: Earth and heaven both I mean to set rocking; 23 royal thrones shall be overturned, and the power of Gentile kingdoms brought to nothing; overthrown they lie, chariot and charioteer, down come horse and rider, friend turning his sword against friend; 24 but thou, son of Salathiel, says the Lord of hosts, thou, Zorobabel, art my servant still; on that day I will take thee to my side, keep thee there, close as signet-ring; it is a divine choice that has fallen on thee, says the Lord of hosts.

21 Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad Aggæum in vigesima et quarta mensis, dicens: 22 Loquere ad Zorobabel ducem Juda, dicens:

Ego movebo cælum pariter et terram, 23
et subvertam solium regnorum,
et conteram fortitudinem regni gentium:
et subvertam quadrigam et ascensorem ejus,
et descendent equi, et ascensores eorum,
vir in gladio fratris sui. 24
In die illa, dicit Dominus exercituum, assumam te,
Zorobabel, fili Salathiel, serve meus, dicit Dominus:
et ponam te quasi signaculum,
quia te elegi, dicit Dominus exercituum.

[1] It looks as if some words had fallen out between these verses 5 and 6, including a verb to govern ‘the promise’. Some editions print the end of verse 5 as a parenthesis, and make the sentence run: ‘The Lord of hosts bids you take heart and perform (is not he, the Lord of hosts, at your side?) the word which I covenanted with you when you escaped from Egypt’.

[2] Literally, ‘a single little while’, but the addition gives no satisfactory sense. The Hebrew text is difficult, and perhaps corrupt; the Septuagint Greek gives ‘(only) once more’, a phrase interpreted in Heb. 12.26 as looking back to the experience of Israel when the law was given on mount Sinai (Ex. 19).

[3] Literally, ‘the object of the whole world’s desire shall come’. The Septuagint Greek has, ‘the choice (treasures) of the whole world shall come’. Either of these might represent the peculiar language of the Hebrew text, ‘they shall come, the object of the whole world’s desire’ (which could just be rendered, ‘they shall come to the object of the whole world’s desire’, i.e. the temple). ‘The brightness of my presence’; literally, ‘glory’, but the word, when used in connexion with the temple, regularly implies a theophany; (cf. III Kg. 8.11, Ez. 10.4).

[4] This had been done in some sort much earlier, under king Cyrus (Esd. 3.10), but the work was interrupted, and doubtless had to start again from the beginning.

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Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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