They are encouraged to proceed in building the temple: 6. with promise that Christ by his personal presence will bring more glory to this, than was in the former temple. 11. Their former slackness in this work was the cause of their wants: 19. and now they shall have abundance.They are encoraged 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.✦
In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth, in a the sixth moneth, in the second yeare of Darius the king.✦In die vigesima et quarta mensis, in sexto mense, in anno secundo Darii regis.
2In the seventh month, the one and twentieth of the month, the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying: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:✦In septimo mense, vigesima et prima mensis, factum est verbum Domini in manu Aggæi prophetæ, dicens :
3Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel the ducem: a leader / governor, not a nobleman's rank of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the sacerdotem magnum: the high priest, and to the rest of the people, saying: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:Loquere ad Zorobabel, filium Salathiel, ducem Juda, et ad Jesum, filium Josedec, sacerdotem magnum, et ad reliquos populi, dicens :
4Who among you is left, that saw this house in the first glory thereof? and what do you see this same now? Why, is it not so, as if it were not in your eyes?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?✦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 ?
5And now take courage Zorobabel, saith our Lord, and take courage Jesus the son of Josedec grandpriest, and take courage all ye people of the land, saith the Lord of exercituum: armies, not guests: and do (because I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts)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)✦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)
6the word that I did covenant with you when you came out of the Land of Egypt: and my spirit shall be in the midst of you: fear not.the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Ægypt: and my spirit shal be in the middes of you: feare not.✦verbum quod pepigi vobiscum cum egrederemini de terra Ægypti : et spiritus meus erit in medio vestrum : nolite timere.
7Because thus saith the Lord of hosts: As yet there is one little while, and I will move the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.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.✦Quia hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Adhuc unum modicum est, et ego commovebo cælum, et terram, et mare, et aridam.
8And I will move all nations: AND THE desideratus: the longed-for one, the one awaited OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.And I wil moue al nations: AND cTHE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME: and I wil fil this house with glorie, sayth the Lord of hosts.Et movebo omnes gentes, et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus : et implebo domum istam gloria, dicit Dominus exercituum.
9Mine is the silver, and mine is the gold, saith the Lord of hosts.Mine is the siluer, and mine is the gold, sayth the Lord of hostes.✦Meum est argentum, et meum est aurum, dicit Dominus exercituum.
10Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.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.¶✦Magna erit gloria domus istius novissimæ plus quam primæ, dicit Dominus exercituum : et in loco isto dabo pacem, dicit Dominus exercituum.
11In the four and twentieth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet, saying: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:In vigesima et quarta noni mensis, in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Aggæum prophetam, dicens :
12Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Aske the priests the law, saying:✦Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Interroga sacerdotes legem, dicens :
13If a man take sanctified flesh in the ora: the hem / border (of a garment) of his garment, and touch with the skirt thereof bread, or broth, or wine, or oil, or any cibum: food generally, not flesh-meat only: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answering, said: No.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.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.
14And Aggeus said: If one polluted on a soul touch any of all these, shall he be contaminated? And the priests answered, and said, he shall be contaminated.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.✦Et dixit Aggæus : Si tetigerit pollutus in anima ex omnibus his, numquid contaminabitur ? Et responderunt sacerdotes, et dixerunt : Contaminabitur.
15And Aggeus answered, and said: So this people, and so this nation before my face, saith our Lord, and so all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be contaminated.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.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.
16And now set your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was stone laid upon stone in the temple of our Lord.And now set your hartes, from this day and vpward, before there was stone layd vpon stone in the temple of our Lord.✦Et nunc ponite corda vestra a die hac et supra, antequam poneretur lapis super lapidem in templo Domini.
17When you went to an heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and entered into the press, to press out fifty flagons, and they became twenty.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.Cum accederetis ad acervum viginti modiorum, et fierent decem ; et intraretis ad torcular, ut exprimeretis quinquaginta lagenas, et fiebant viginti.
18I percussi: struck, smote you with the burning wind, and with the aurugine: a blight / mildew on crops, and with hail, all the works of your hands: and there was none among you, that returned to me, saith our Lord.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.✦Percussi vos vento urente, et aurugine, et grandine omnia opera manuum vestrarum : et non fuit in vobis qui reverteretur ad me, dicit Dominus.
19Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of our Lord were laid, lay it upon your hearts.Set your hartes from this day, and henceforward, 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.✦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.
20Is there the seed now in germine: sprouted, sprung up (in the bud); the print glosses "sprung up"? and as yet the wine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree hath not flourished? from this day I will bless.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.✦Numquid jam semen in germine est, et adhuc vinea, et ficus, et malogranatum, et lignum olivæ non floruit ? ex die ista benedicam.
21And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the four and twentieth of the month, saying:And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth, saying:✦Et factum est verbum Domini secundo ad Aggæum in vigesima et quarta mensis, dicens :
22Speak to Zorobabel the duke of Juda, saying: I will move the heaven and also the earth.Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda, saying: I wil moue the heauen and also the earth.✦Loquere ad Zorobabel ducem Juda, dicens : Ego movebo cælum pariter et terram,
23And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the chariot, and the rider thereof: and the horses shall come down, and the riders of them, every one by the sword of his brother.And I e 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.✦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.
24In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee O Zorobabel son of Salathiel my servant, saith our Lord, and will put thee as a signaculum: a seal / seal-ring, the stamp of authority, because thee have I chosen, saith the Lord of hosts.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.✦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.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
10Great shall be the glory. When according to the prophet's exhortation the temple was built again, Esdras ch. 3:12 writeth, that such ancient men as had seen the former, lamented, because this new one was not so excellent as the former had been, which is also clear by other places of holy scripture. For amongst other differences, Salomon's temple had in height, and in breadth, an hundred and twenty cubits, 2 Paral. 3:4, this new temple had but sixty cubits, 1 Esd. 6:3. Likewise Salomon's temple was built of stones hewed and perfectly polished, 3 Reg. 6:7, which were also covered on the innerside with ceiling work of cedar wood, v. 18. This new temple was built of rough and unpolished stones, 1 Esd. 5:8. As for the same temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod, it continued not long in that state, and the chiefest glory thereof was by our Saviour's presence therein, when he was presented by his mother, and joyfully received into the arms of Simeon, and often preached there. And therefore St. Augustine proveth, lib. 18. c. 45, that the prophet here foresheweth the glory of Christ's mystical temple, faithful Christian souls of all nations, in whom God dwelleth by grace of the new Testament, far more glorious in living stones, than that temple which king Salomon built, or that which was restored after the captivity.Great shal be the glorie. When according to the prophets exhortation the temple was built againe, Esdras ch. 3. v 12. writeth, that such ancient men as had sene the former, lamented, because this new one was not so excellent as the former had bene, which 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 new temple had but sixtie cubites. 1 Esd. 6. v 3. Likewise Salomons temple was built of stones hewed and perfectly polished, 3. Reg 6. v. 7. which were also couered on the innerside with seeling worke of ceder wood. v 18. This new temple was built of rugh 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 was by our Sauiours presence therin, when he was 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 tinit. that the prophet here foresheweth the glorie of Christs mystical temple, faithful Christian soules of al nations, in whom God dwelleth by grace of the new Testament, farre more glorious in liuing stones, then that temple which king Salomon built, or that which was restored after the captiuitie.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.