Haggai, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The prophecy of Aggeus (Haggai). This is Haggai as it stands in the second tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the Annotations.

THE PROPHECIE OF AGGEVS.

AGGEVS prophecying in the ſecond yeare of Darius Hiſtaſpis king [Margin: Aggeus prophecied after the captiuitie▪ of Chriſt and his Church.] of Perſians, that is, in the 18. yeare after the relaxation from captiuitie of Babylon, exhorteth to reedifie the Temple, which had bene begune and intermitted; promiſing much proſperitie after the building therof, and finally the coming of Chriſt deſired of al nations; who by his preſence [Margin: S Ierom. Epiſt. ad Paulin.] wil glorifie this new temple, more then the former built by Salomon; and eſpecially prophecieth the glorie of his Catholique Church, which shal much excel the Church of the old Teſtament.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. The Iewes building to themſelues excellent houſes, are iuſtly reprehended for not building the Temple of God. 10. VVhich is the cauſe of the barrennes▪ ſicknes, and other euils. 12. VVherupon they vndertake the holie worke▪

1 IN THE ſecond yeare of Darius the king, the ſixth moneth, in the firſt day of the moneth: the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to [a] Zorobabel the sōne of Salathiel, duke of Iuda, & to b Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec the grandprieſt ſaing

2 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſtes, ſaying: This people ſayth: [c] The time is not yet come of building the houſe of our Lord.

3 And the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophete, ſaying:

4 Why is it time for you to dwel in embowed houſes, and this houſe deſert?

5 And now thus ſayth [b] the Lord of hoſtes? Set your hartes vpon your wayes.

6 You haue ſowed much, and brought in litle: you haue eaten, and haue not bene filled: you haue drunke, and haue not bene inebriated: you haue couered your ſelues, & haue not bene warmed: and he that hath gathered the wages, put them into a broken bag.

7 Thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: Set your harts vpon your wayes:

8 go vp into the mountayne, carie timber, and build the houſe: and it shal be acceptable to me, and I shal be glorified, ſayth our Lord.

9 You haue looked for more, and behold it became leſſe, and you brought it into the houſe, and I puft at it: for what cauſe ſayth the Lord of hoſts? becauſe my houſe is deſert, and you haſten euerie man into his owne houſe.

10 For this cauſe were the heauens ſtayed ouer you that they gaue no dew, and the earth was prohibited that it yelded not her ſpring:

11 and I called a drought vpon the earth, & vpon the mountaines, and vpon the wheate, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oile, and what thinges ſoeuer the ground brought forth, & vpon men, & vpon beaſtes, & vpon al the labour of the handes.

12 And Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel, and Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec the high prieſt, & al the remnant of the people heard the voice of their God, & the wordes of Aggeus the prophet, as our Lord their God ſent him to them: & the people feared at the face of our Lord.

13 And Aggeus the meſſenger of our Lord, [d] of the meſſengers of our Lord ſpake, ſaying to the people: I am with you, ſayth our Lord.

14 And our Lord rayſed vp the ſpirit of Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel duke of Iuda, and the ſpirit of Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec the grandprieſt, and the ſpirit of the reſt of al the people: and they went in, and did the worke in the houſe of the Lord of hoſtes their God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 [a] Zorobabel deſcending directly from the kinges of Iuda was now duke, & chiefe temporal gouerner of the Iewes, by permiſſion of Darius king of Perſians.
• 2 [c] It behooueth without delay to ſet forward reſtauration of Gods ſeruice, reductiō of ſoules from ſinne, & amending of il maners: becauſe by foreſ⟨illegible⟩owing therof Gods honour is hindered, and manie ſoules, do eternally periſh.
• 5 [b] In like ſorte Ieſus ſecceded in the office of high prieſt to Ioſedec, vvho vvas caried vvith others captiue into Babylon 1 Par. 6. v. 15.
• 6 Deut. 28. Mich. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 13 [d] To incite the people to iuſt eſtimation of his preaching, the prophet auoucheth that he is a meſſenger, not coming of him ſelf but ſent by God.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. They are encoreged to procede in building the temple: 6. with promiſe that Chriſt by his perſonal preſence wil bring more glorie to this, then was in the former temple. 11. Their former ſlacknes in this worke was the cauſe of their wantes: 19. and now they shal haue abundance.

1 IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth, in [a] the ſixth moneth, in the ſecond yeare of Darius the king.

2 In the [b] ſeuenth moneth, the one and twentith of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet, ſaying:

3 Speake to Zorobabel the ſonne of Salathiel the duke of Iuda, & to Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec the grand prieſt, and to the reſt of the people, ſaying:

4 Who among you is left, that ſaw this houſe in the firſt glorie therof? & what do you ſee this ſame now? Why, is it not ſo, as if it were not in your eyes?

5 And now take courege Zorobabel, ſaith our Lord, and take courege Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſedec grand prieſt, and take courege al ye people of the land, ſaith the Lord of hoſtes: and doe (becauſe I am with you, ſayth the Lord of hoſts)

6 the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Aegypt: and my ſpirit shal be in the middes of you: feare not.

7 Becauſe thus ſayth the Lord of hoſts: As yet there is one litle while, and I wil moue the heauen, & the earth, and the ſea, and the drie land.

8 And I wil moue al nations: AND [c] THE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME: and I wil fil this houſe with glorie, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

9 Mine is the ſiluer, and mine is the gold, ſayth the Lord of hoſtes.

10 “ Great shal be the glorie of this laſt houſe more then of the firſt, ſayth the Lord of hoſts: and in this place wil I geue peace, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

11 In the foure and twentith of the ninth moneth, in the ſecond yeare of Darius the king, the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet, ſaying:

12 Thus ſaith the Lord of hoſts: Aske the prieſts the law, ſaying:

13 If a man take ſanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with the skirt therof bread, or broth, or wine, or oile, or any meate: [d] shal it be ſanctified? And the prieſts anſwering, ſaid: No.

14 And Aggeus ſayd: If one polluted on a ſoule touch any of al theſe, shal he be contaminated? And the prieſts anſwered, and ſayd, he shal be contaminated.

15 And Aggeus anſwered, and ſayd: So this people, and ſo this nation before my face, ſayth our Lord, and ſo al the worke of their handes: & al that they haue offered there, shal be contaminated.

16 And now ſet your hartes, from this day and vpward, before there was ſtone layd vpon ſtone in the temple of our Lord.

17 When you went to an heape of twentie bushels, & they became ten: and entered into the preſſe, to preſſe out fiftie flagons, & they became twentie.

18 I ſtroke you with the burning winde, and with the blaſt, and with haile, al the workes of your handes: and there was none among you, that returned to me, ſaith our Lord.

19 Set your hartes from this day, and hence forward, from the foure and twenteth day of the ninth moneth: from the day that the fundations of the temple of our Lord were layd, lay it vpon your hartes.

20 Is there the ſeede now [*] abreward? and as yet the wine, and the figtree, and the pomegranate, and the oliue tree hath not florished? from this day I wil bleſſe.

21 And the word of our Lord was made the ſecond time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth, ſaying:

22 Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda, ſaying: I wil moue the heauen and alſo the earth.

23 And I wil ouerthrow the throne of kingdoms, & wil deſtroy the ſtrength of the kingdom of the Gentils: and I wil ouerthrow the chariote, and the rider therof: and the horſes shal come downe, and the riders of them, euerie one by the ſword of his brother.

24 In that day, ſayth the Lord of hoſts, I wil take thee ô Zorobabel ſonne of Salathiel my ſeruant, ſaith our Lord, and wil put thee as a ſignet, becauſe thee haue I choſen, ſayth the Lord of hoſts.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [a] They beganne the new vvorke the 24. day of the ſixt moneth:
• 2 [b] and the 21 of the 7▪ moneth the prophet had an other reuelation
• 7 Heb. 12.
• 8 [c] Iacob the Patriarch. Gen. 49. prophecied that Chriſt ſhould be the expectation of the Gentiles. VVho is called the deſired of al Nations, becauſe he vvas hertofore vvanting and alvvayes neceſſarie to al nations.
• 13 [d] That vvhich touched a holie thing vvas ſanctified. Leui. 6. v 18 but the thing ſo touched did not ſanctifie other thinges: ſo the people by touching the ſacrifices vvere legally ſanctified but not really: and therfore their ſacrifices were not gratful to God, ſo long as they did not endeuour to build the temple, as they ought to haue done.
• 18 Amos. 4.
• 20 [*] ſpr⟨illegible⟩ng vp.
• 23 Al other kingdomes periſhing the kingdom of Chriſt, which is his Church, is neuer deſtroyed.
• 24 Eccli▪ ⟨illegible⟩.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. II.

10. Great shal be the glorie] VVhen according to the prophets exhortation [Margin: The temple reſtored after the captiuitie vvas not ſo glorious as that which Salomon built.] the temple vvas built againe, Eſdras ch. 3. v 12 vvriteth, that ſuch ancient men as had ſene the former, lamented, becauſe this nevv one vvas not ſo excellent as the former had bene, vvhich is alſo clere by other places of holie ſcripture. For amongſt other differences, Salomons temple had in height, and in breadth, an hundred and twentie cubites 2 Paral. 3. v. 4. this nevv temple had but ſixtie cubites. 1 Eſd. 6. v. 3. Likevviſe balomons temple vvas built of ſtones hevved and perfectly poliſhed, 3. Reg 6. v. 7. vvhich vvere alſo couered on the innerſide vvith ſeeling vvorke of ceder vvood. v. 18. This nevv temple vvas built of rugh [Margin: But Chriſts Church of the nevv Teſtament in which he dvvelleth ſpiritually farre excelleth the material temple.] and vnpolished ſtones. 1. Eſd. 5. v. 8 As for the ſame temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod, it continued not long in that ſtate, & the chiefeſt glorie therof vvas by our Sauiours preſence therin, vvhen he vvas preſented by his mother, and ioyfully receiued into the armes of Simeon, and often preached there. And therfore S. Auguſtin proueth li. 18. c. 45. ciuit▪ that the prophet here foreſhevveth the glorie of Chriſts myſtical temple, faithful Chriſtian ſoules of al nations, in whom God dwelleth by grace of the nevv Teſtament, farre more glorious in liuing ſtones, then that temple vvhich king Salomon built, or that vvhich vvas reſtored after the captiuitie.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The second tome (Psalms to 2 Machabees, with the Prayer of Manasses and the third and fourth books of Esdras), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (4 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

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