In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the Lord spoke by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
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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
Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, of the tribe of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Josedek, the great priest, and to all the rest of the people, saying:
ἐξ ὑμῶν ὃς εἶδεν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ πῶς ὑμεῖς βλέπετε αὐτὸν νῦν καθὼς οὐχ ὑπάρχοντα ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν
Who among you saw this house in its former glory, and how do you see it now, as though it were not before you?
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 μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ἐγώ εἰμι λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ
And now be strong, Zerubbabel, says the Lord, and be strong, Jeshua son of Josedek, the great priest, and let all the people of the land be strong, says the Lord, and do, because I am with you, says the Lord Almighty
and my spirit has stood in your midst; take courage
τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηράν
For thus says the Lord Almighty: Yet once, I myself will shake the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
συσσείσω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ ἥξει τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ πλήσω τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον δόξης λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ
And I will shake all the nations, and the chosen things of all the nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty
Mine is the silver and mine is the gold, says the Lord Almighty
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
For the glory of this house, the latter shall be greater than the former, says the Lord Almighty, and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord Almighty, and peace of soul, for possession, to everyone who builds to raise up this temple.
καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ ἐνάτου μηνὸς ἔτους δευτέρου ἐπὶ Δαρείου ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρὸς Αγγαιον τὸν προφήτην λέγων
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year, under Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
Thus says the Lord Almighty: Ask the priests for instruction, saying:
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
If a man should take holy flesh in the tip of his garment, and the tip of his garment should touch bread or cooked food or wine or oil or any food, will it be sanctified? And the priests answered and said, No.
εἶπεν Αγγαιος ἐὰν ἅψηται μεμιαμμένος ἐπὶ ψυχῇ ἀπὸ παντὸς τούτων εἰ μιανθήσεται καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ εἶπαν μιανθήσεται
And Haggai said, If one who is defiled by a dead body touches any one of these things, will it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It will be defiled.
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
And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands; and whoever touches there shall be defiled, because of their morning gains, they shall be in pain because of the face of their labors, and you hated those reproving in the gates.
νῦν θέσθε δὴ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ὑπεράνω πρὸ τοῦ θεῖναι λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν τῷ ναῷ κυρίου
And now, please set it in your hearts, from this day and onward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.
ἦτε ὅτε ἐνεβάλλετε εἰς κυψέλην κριθῆς εἴκοσι σάτα καὶ ἐγένετο κριθῆς δέκα σάτα καὶ εἰσεπορεύεσθε εἰς τὸ ὑπολήνιον ἐξαντλῆσαι πεντήκοντα μετρητάς καὶ ἐγένοντο εἴκοσι
When you were putting into the barley vat twenty measures, and it became ten measures of barley, and you went into the winepress to draw out fifty measures, and they became twenty.
ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀφορίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀνεμοφθορίᾳ καὶ ἐν χαλάζῃ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε πρός με λέγει κύριος
I struck you with blight and with wind-damage and with hail all the works of your hands, yet you did not turn to me, says the Lord
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
Set now your hearts from this day and onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, and from the day on which the temple of the Lord was founded, set in your hearts:
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
If still it shall be recognized on the threshing floor, and if still the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive trees, the ones not bearing fruit, from this day I will bless you
And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai the prophet on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
πρὸς Ζοροβαβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιηλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ιουδα λέγων ἐγὼ σείω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν
Speak to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, from the tribe of Judah, saying: I am shaking the heaven and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
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
And I will overthrow thrones of kings, and I will destroy the power of the kings of the nations, and I will overthrow chariots and riders, and the horses and their riders shall come down, each by the sword against his brother
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
In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, says the Lord, and I will make you as a seal, because I have chosen you, says the Lord Almighty.