Haggai (Translated)

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Chapter 1

Verse	King James Version	Proposed Conservative Translation	Analysis
1	In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,	On the first day of the sixth month of the second year of the reign of Darius I of Persia, the prophet Haggai told what the Lord God had said to him to Zerubbabel, who was the son of Shealtiel, then governor of Judah, and Joshua, son of Josedech, who was high priest.	I suspect giving Darius' basic detail could be very useful, as there were several, and historical context is good to know.
2	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.	The God of the angelic hosts says "The people say it's not time to build the Lord's temple."
3	Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,	Then Haggai was inspired by the message of the Lord:
4	Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?	"Is it really time for all of you to rest in your vaulted homes while this house remains like this?"
5	Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.	"So the Lord tells you, 'consider what you are doing.'"
6	Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.	"You've sown much grain, but don't harvest much. You eat, but don't have enough to eat. You drink, but are still thirsty. You dress yourselves, but can't get warm. And the man who earns a wage puts them in a bag full of holes."
7	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.	"So the Lord tells you, 'consider what you are doing.'"	The repetition is really quite powerful
8	Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.	"'Bring wood up the mountain and build a house there, and I will appreciate it and be glorified by it,' says the Lord."
9	Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.	"'You looked for something fancy but it resulted in nothing. When you brought it home, I blew on it. Why?" says the Lord of the angels, 'Because my house is a ruin, and every man among you runs into his own house.'"
10	Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.	"'For this reason, the skies above won't rain, and the earth holds back its harvest.'"
11	And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.	"'I brought a plague upon the land, the mountains, all the grain, the new wine, the oil, the ground itself, upon men, cattle, and the labor of men.'"	Oddly, "corn" is a British English term for "grain."
12	Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.	Zerubbabel, Joshua, and everyone else there, obeyed the voice of God as it was brought by Haggai's words, and were overawed by and feared the Lord.	patronymics needn't be repeated unless it adds to the message
13	Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.	Then Haggai, God's messenger, finished the message to the people, "God says, 'I am with you.'"
14	And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,	The Lord roused Zerubbabel and Joshua's spirits, along with those of the others there, and they restored the house of the Lord of hosts, God,
15	In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.	On the twenty fourth day of that month.

Chapter 2

Verse	King James Version	Proposed Conservative Translation	Analysis
1	In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,	On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord's voice returned to the prophet Haggai, saying,
2	Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,	"Speak to the governor of Judah, Zerubabel, son of Shealtiel, as well as the high priest Joshua, son of Josedech, and to the people, and say:"
3	Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?	"Is there anyone remaining who saw this house when it was glorious and new? How does it look now? Isn't it worthless in comparison?"
4	Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:	"But take heart, Zerubbabel," says the Lord, "and be strong, Joshua, son of Josedech, high priest. Be courageous, all of you people of this land, and work diligently, for I am with you."
5	According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.	"According to the law which I established with you right after the exodus from Egypt, so my spirits stays among you. Don't fear."
6	For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;	"For this is said by the Lord of the angels. But at one time, some time yet to come, I will shake the heavens, earth, sea, and the land."
7	And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.	"I will shake all the nations of the earth, and that which is desired by all nations will occur: this house will overflow with glory," says the Lord of hosts.
8	The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
9	The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
10	In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12	If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13	Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14	Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15	And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16	Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17	I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
18	Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.
19	Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20	And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21	Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22	And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23	In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.