Haggai 1 - Coverdale Miles 1535  Bible

¹ In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius, in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth, came the worde of the LORDE (by the prophet Aggeus) vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel ye prynce of Iuda, and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest, sayenge:

² Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes, and saieth: This people doth saye: The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house.

³ Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus

⁴ Ye yor selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses, and shal this house lye waist?

⁵ Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes (saieth ye LORDE of hoostes)

⁶ ye sowe moch, but ye bringe litle in: Ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not fylled: ye decke youre selues, but ye are not warme:

⁷ Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: Cosidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes,

⁸ get you vp to the mountayne, fetch wod,

⁹ Ye loked for moch, and lo it is come to litle:

¹⁰ Wherfore the heauen is forbydde to geue you eny dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease.

¹¹ I haue called for a drouth, both vpo the londe

¹² Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel,

¹³ Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people: I am wt you, saieth the LORDE.

¹⁴ So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda, and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest, and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people: yt they came

¹⁵ Vpon the xxiiij. daye of the sixte moneth, in the secode yeare of kinge Darius,