CAP. I.
1 In the secounde &yogh;eer of Darius, kyng
of Persis, in the sixte moneth, in oo day
of the moneth, the word of the Lord is
maad in the hond of Aggey, prophete, to
Zorobabel, sone of Salatiel, duyke of Juda,
and to Jhesu, `the greet prest, sone of Josedech,
sayinge,
2 These thingus saith the
Lord of oostis, sayinge, This peple saith,
&YOGH;it cummeth not the tyme of the hous of
the Lord to be beeldid.
3 And the word
of the Lord is maad in the hond of Aggey,
prophete,
4 sayinge, Wher it is tyme
to &yogh;ou, that &yogh;e dwelle in housis couplid
with tymbre, and this hous desert?
5 And
now these thingus saith the Lord God of
oostis, Putte &yogh;e &yogh;our hertis vpon &yogh;our
wayes.
6 &YOGH;e han sown myche, and brou&yogh;ten
in litil; &yogh;e han eten, and &yogh;e ben not fulfillid;
&yogh;e han drunke, and &yogh;e ben not ful
of drinke; &yogh;e hilliden &yogh;ou, and &yogh;e ben not
maad hote; and he that gadrid hijris,
sente hem in to a sac, or bagge, hoolid,
or broken.
7 These thingus saith the Lord
of oostis, Putte &yogh;e &yogh;our hertis vpon &yogh;our
wayes.
8 Stye &yogh;e vp in to the mounteyn,
bere &yogh;e treese, and bielde &yogh;e an hous;
and it shal be acceptable to me, and Y
shal be glorifiede, saith the Lord.
9 &YOGH;e
bihelden to more, and loo! it made
lesse; and &yogh;e brou&yogh;ten in to hous, and
-- --
Y blewe it out. For what cause, saith
the Lord of oostis? for myn hous is desert,
and &yogh;e hasten eche man in to his
hous.
10 For this thing heuens ben forbeden,
that thei shulden not &yogh;eue dew;
and the erthe is forbeden, that it shulde
not &yogh;eue his buriownyng.
11 And Y clepide
dryenesse vpon erthe, and vpon
mounteyns, and vpon whete, and vpon
wyn, and vpon oyle, and what euer
thingus the erthe bringeth forth; and
vpon men, and vpon beestis, and vpon
al labour of hondis.
12 And Zorobabel,
sone of Salatiel, herde, and Jhesus, `the
grete prest, sone of Josedech, and
alle relikis of the peple, the voys of her
God, and the wordis of Aggey, prophete,
as the Lord God of hem sente hym to
hem; and al the peple dredde of the face
of the Lord.
13 And Aggey saide, a messangere
of the Lord, of messangers of
the Lord to the peple, sayinge, Y am
with &yogh;ou, saith the Lord.
14 And the Lord
reyside the spirit of Zorobabel, sone of
Salatiel, duyk of Juda, and the spirit of
Jhesu, `the grete prest, sone of Josedech,
and the spirit of the relikis of alle peple;
and thei entriden, and maden werk in
the hous of the Lord of hoostis, her God,
1 in the twentithe day and fourthe of the
moneth, in the sixte moneth, in the secounde
&yogh;eer of Darius, kyng.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
