Aggaeus 2

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Aggaeus 2

1Τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ, μιᾷ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς, ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ Ἀγγαίου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγων,

2In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the Lord spoke by Aggaeus the prophet, saying,εἰπὸν δὴ πρὸς Ζοροβάβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, καὶ πρὸς Ἰησοῦν τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν, καὶ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ, λέγων,

3Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to * Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying,Τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν, ὃς εἶδε τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἔμπροσθεν; καὶ πῶς ὑμεῖς βλέπετε αὐτὸν νῦν καθὼς οὐχ ὑπάρχοντα ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν;

4Who is there of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do you now look upon it, as it were † nothing before your eyes?Καὶ νῦν κατίσχυε Ζοροβάβελ, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ κατίσχυε Ἰησοῦ ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας, καὶ κατισχυέτω πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ποιεῖτε, διότι μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει Κύριος ὁ παντοκράτωρ,

5Yet now be strong, O Zorobabel, says the Lord; and strengthen yourself, O Jesus the high priest, the son of Josedec; and let all the people of the land strengthen themselves, says the Lord, and work, for I am with you, says the Lord Almighty;καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν· θαρσεῖτε,

6and my Spirit remains in the midst of you; be of good courage.Διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἔτι ἅπαξ ἐγὼ σείσω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν,

7For thus says the Lord Almighty; ✡ Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;καὶ συσσείσω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἥξει τὰ ἐκλεκτὰ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν· καὶ πλήσω τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον δόξης, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

8and I will shake all nations, and the choice ‡ portions of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty.Ἐμὸν τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ ἐμὸν τὸ χρυσίον, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

9Mine is the silver, and mine the gold, says the Lord Almighty.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.

10For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, says the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, says the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for § a possession to every one that builds, to raise up this temple.Τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ ἐννάτου μηνὸς, ἔτους δευτέρου, ἐπὶ Δαρείου, ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἀγγαῖον τὸν προφήτην, λέγων,

11On the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Aggaeus the prophet, saying,τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἐπερώτησον δὴ τοὺς ἱερεῖς νόμον, λέγων,

12Thus says the Lord Almighty; Inquire now of the priest concerning the law, saying,ἐὰν λάβῃ ἄνθρωπος κρέας ἅγιον ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἅψηται τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἄρτου, ἢ ἑψήματος, ἢ οἴνου, ἢ ἐλαίου, ἢ παντὸς βρώματος, εἰ ἁγιασθήσεται; καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ εἶπαν, οὔ.

13If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be ** holy? And the priests answered and said, No.Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀγγαῖος, ἐὰν ἅψηται μεμιασμένος ἀκάθαρτος ἐπὶ ψυχῇ ἐπὶ παντὸς τούτων, εἰ μιανθήσεται; καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ εἶπαν, μιανθήσεται.

14And Aggaeus said, If a defiled person who is unclean by reason of a dead body, touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled.Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἀγγαῖος, 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 ἐλέγχοντα.

15And Aggaeus 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 shall approach them, shall be defiled †† because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and you have hated him that reproved in the gates.Καὶ νῦν θέσθε δὴ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ὑπεράνω, πρὸ τοῦ θεῖναι λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον ἐν τῷ ναῷ Κυρίου

16And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men you were.τίνες ἦτε, ὅτε ἐνεβάλλετε εἰς κυψέλην κριθῆς εἴκοσι σάτα, καὶ ἐγένετο κριθῆς δέκα σάτα· καὶ εἰσεπορεύεσθε εἰς τὸ ὑπολήνιον ἐξαντλῆσαι πεντήκοντα μετρητὰς καὶ ἐγένοντο εἴκοσι.

17When you cast into the corn-bin twenty measures of barley, and there were only ten measures of barley: and you went ‡‡ to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were but twenty.Ἐπάταξα ὑμᾶς ἐν ἀφορίᾳ, καὶ ἐν ἀνεμοφθορίᾳ, καὶ ἐν χαλάζῃ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς μὲ, λέγει Κύριος.

18I struck you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet you returned not to me, says the Lord.Ὑποτάξατε δὴ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, καὶ ἐπέκεινα, ἀπὸ τῆς τετράδος καὶ εἰκάδος τοῦ ἐννάτου μηνὸς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς τεθεμελίωται ὁ ναὸς Κυρίου· θέσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν,

19Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;εἰ ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς ἅλω, καὶ εἰ ἔτι ἡ ἄμπελος, καὶ ἡ συκῆ, καὶ ἡ ῥοὰ, καὶ τὰ ξύλα τῆς ἐλαίας τὰ οὐ φέροντα καρπὸν, ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης εὐλογήσω.

20consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου ἐκ δευτέρου πρὸς Ἀγγαῖον τὸν προφήτην, τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς, λέγων,

21And the word of the Lord came the second time to Aggaeus the prophet, on the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,εἰπὸν πρὸς Ζοροβάβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, λέγων, Ἐγὼ σείω τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν,

22Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;καὶ καταστρέψω θρόνους βασιλέων, καὶ ὀλοθρεύσω δύναμιν βασιλέων τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ καταστρέψω ἅρματα καὶ ἀναβάτας, καὶ καταβήσονται ἵπποι καὶ ἀναβάται αὐτῶν, ἕκαστος ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.

23and I will overthrow the 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, every one by the sword striving against his brother.Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, λήψομαί σε Ζοροβάβελ τὸν τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ, τὸν δοῦλόν μου, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ θήσομαί σε ὡς σφραγίδα, διότι σὲ ᾑρέτισα, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

24In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will take you, O Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, says the Lord, and will make you as a seal: for I have chosen you, says the Lord Almighty.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 3*Or, Joshua.
• v. 4†Gr. not existing.
• v. 7✡Heb 12:26
• v. 8‡Or, objects.
• v. 10§Or, salvation.
• v. 13**Gr. sanctified.
• v. 15††Not in Hebrew.
• v. 17‡‡Gr. into.