English: Unlocked Literal Bible for Haggai

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Haggai

1

¹In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month,the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,and to the high priest Joshua son of Jozadak, saying,²"Yahweh of hosts says this: These people say, 'It is not time for us to come or to build the house of Yahweh.'"

³Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,⁴"Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your finished houses, while this house lies ruined?⁵So now Yahweh of hosts says this: Consider your ways!

⁶You have sown much seed, but bring in little;

you eat but do not have enough;

you drink but cannot get drunk.

You wear clothes but cannot warm yourselves,

and the wage earner earns money

only to put it into a bag full of holes!

⁷Yahweh of hosts says this: "Consider your ways!⁸Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build my house;then I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified!—says Yahweh."⁹"You looked for much, but behold! you have brought little home, for I blew it away!Why?" declares Yahweh of hosts. "Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

¹⁰Because of this the heavens withhold the dew from you, and the earth withholds its produce.¹¹I have summoned a drought upon the land and upon the mountains, upon the grainand upon the new wine, upon the oil and upon what the earth sends forth,upon men and upon animals, and upon all the labor of your hands!"

¹²Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua son of Jozadak,along with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh their Godand the words of Haggai the prophet, because Yahweh their God had sent himand the people feared the face of Yahweh. ¹³Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke Yahweh's message to the people and said, "I am with you!—this is Yahweh's declaration!"

¹⁴So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,and the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people,so that they went and worked on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God¹⁵in the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

2

¹In the seventh month on the twenty-first day of the month,the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,²"Speak to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,and to the high priest Joshua son of Jozadak, and to the remnant of the people. Say,

³'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory?How do you see it now? Is it not like nothing in your eyes?⁴Now, be strong, Zerubbabel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—and be strong, high priest Joshua son of Jozadak; and be strong, all you people in the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration—and work, for I am with you!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.⁵This is the covenant that I established with you when you came out of Egypt,and my Spirit stands among you. Do not fear!

⁶For Yahweh of hosts says this: In a little whileI will once again shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land!⁷I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me,and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts.

⁸The silver and gold are mine!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.⁹The glory of this house will be greater in the future than at the beginning, says Yahweh of hosts,and I will give peace in this place!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts."

¹⁰On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius,the word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,¹¹"Yahweh of hosts says this: Ask the priests concerning the law, and say,¹²'If a man carries meat that is set apart to Yahweh in the fold of his garment,and the fold touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any kind of food, does it become holy?'"

The priests answered and said, "No."

¹³Then Haggai said, "If someone who is unclean because of death touches any of these things,do they become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "Yes, they become unclean."

¹⁴So Haggai answered and said, "So it is with this people and this nation before me!—this is Yahweh's declaration—and so it is with the work of their hands. What they offer to me is unclean!

¹⁵So now, think in your minds about the past leading up to this very day.Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of Yahweh,¹⁶how was it then? When you came to a heap of twenty measures of grain,there were only ten; and when you came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures,there were only twenty.¹⁷I afflicted you and all the work of your hands with blight and mildew,but you still did not turn to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.

¹⁸Consider from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,from the day that the foundation of the temple of Yahweh was laid. Consider it!¹⁹Is there still seed in the storehouse? The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate,and the olive tree have not borne! But from this day will I bless you!"

²⁰Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month and said,²¹"Speak to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, and say,

'I will shake the heavens and the earth.

²²For I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms

and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations!

I will overthrow the chariots and their riders;

the horses and their riders will fall down,

each one because of his brother's sword.

²³On that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts—I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, as my servant—this is Yahweh's declaration.I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts!'"