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Book of Haggai, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Haggai—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In the second year of Da·riʹus the king,1 in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah occurred by means of Hagʹgai2 the prophet to Ze·rubʹba·bel3 the son of She·alʹti·el,4 the governor of Judah,5 and to Joshua[a]6 the son of Je·hozʹa·dak7 the high[b] priest, saying:
  2. ¶ “This is what Jehovah of armies[c]8 has said, ‘As regards this people, they have said: “The time has not come, the time of the house of Jehovah, for [it] to be built.”’”9
  3. ¶ And the word of Jehovah continued to come by means of Hagʹgai the prophet, saying:
  4. “Is it the time for YOU yourselves to dwell in YOUR paneled houses,10 while this house is waste?11
  5. And now this is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘Set YOUR heart upon YOUR ways.12
  6. YOU have sown much seed, but there is a bringing of little in.13 There is an eating, but it is not to satisfaction.14 There is a drinking, but not to the point of getting intoxicated. There is a putting on of clothes, but it is not with anyone’s getting warm; and he that is hiring himself out is hiring himself out for a bag having holes.’”15
  7. ¶ “This is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘Set YOUR heart upon YOUR ways.’16
  8. ¶ “‘Go up to the mountain,[d] and YOU must bring in lumber.17 And build the house,18 that I may take pleasure in it19 and I may be glorified,’20 Jehovah has said.”
  9. ¶ “‘There was a looking for much, but here there was just a little;21 and YOU have brought [it] into the house, and I blew upon it22—for what reason?’23 is the utterance of Jehovah of armies. ‘By reason of my house that is waste, while YOU are on the run, each one in behalf of his own house.24
  10. Therefore over YOU [the] heavens kept back [their] dew, and the earth itself kept back its yield.25
  11. And I kept calling for dryness upon the earth,[e] and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine,26 and upon the oil, and upon what the ground would bring forth, and upon earthling man,[f] and upon domestic animal, and upon all the toil of [the] hands.’”27
  12. ¶ And Ze·rubʹba·bel28 the son of She·alʹti·el, and Joshua the son of Je·hozʹa·dak29 the high priest,[g] and all the remaining ones of the people began to listen to the voice of Jehovah their God,[h]30 and to the words of Hagʹgai31 the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people began to fear because of Jehovah.32
  13. ¶ And Hagʹgai the messenger[i]33 of Jehovah went on to say to the people according to the messenger’s commission from Jehovah,34 saying: “‘I am with YOU people,’35 is the utterance of Jehovah.”
  14. ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to rouse up the spirit36 of Ze·rubʹba·bel the son of She·alʹti·el, the governor of Judah, and the spirit[j] of Joshua37 the son of Je·hozʹa·dak the high priest, and the spirit of all the remaining ones of the people; and they began to enter in and to do the work in the house of Jehovah of armies their God.38
  15. It was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Da·riʹus39 the king.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah Is Salvation.” Lit., “Jehoshua,” M; Sy, “Jeshua”; LXXVg, “Jesus.” See Heb 4:8 ftn, “Joshua.”
  2. ^ Or, “chief.” Lit., “great,” MLXXVg.
  3. ^ “Jehovah of armies.” Heb., Yehwahʹ tseva·ʼohthʹ; Gr., Kyʹri·os pan·to·kraʹtor, “Jehovah Almighty”; Luther (German, 1964 ed.), der HERR Zeʹba·oth. This expression occurs 14 times in Haggai’s prophecy.
  4. ^ Or, “the mountainous region.”
  5. ^ Or, “the land.” Heb., ha·ʼaʹrets.
  6. ^ Or, “mankind.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
  7. ^ Lit., “the great priest.”
  8. ^ “Their God.” Heb., ʼElo·heh·hemʹ.
  9. ^ Or, “angel of.” Heb., mal·ʼakhʹ; Gr., agʹge·los; Lat., nunʹti·us, “messenger.”
  10. ^ “Spirit of.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tum.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ezr 4:24; Zc 1:1
  2. ^ Ezr 5:1; 6:14
  3. ^ 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2; 5:2; Mt 1:12
  4. ^ 1Ch 3:17; Lu 3:27
  5. ^ Ezr 1:8; 5:14
  6. ^ Zc 3:1; 6:11
  7. ^ 1Ch 6:15
  8. ^ 1Sa 1:3; 2Ki 6:17
  9. ^ Ezr 4:4, 23
  10. ^ 2Sa 7:2
  11. ^ Je 26:18; 52:13; Da 9:17
  12. ^ Jg 19:30; Ps 119:59; La 3:40; Ml 2:2
  13. ^ De 28:38; Am 4:9
  14. ^ Le 26:26; Eze 4:16
  15. ^ Ec 5:6; Jm 4:2
  16. ^ Hg 1:5
  17. ^ 2Ch 2:8; Ezr 3:7
  18. ^ Ezr 5:2; 6:15; Zc 1:16
  19. ^ 1Ki 9:3; 2Ch 7:16
  20. ^ Ex 29:43; Ps 29:9; Is 60:13
  21. ^ Is 17:11; Ho 8:7
  22. ^ Is 40:7; Ml 2:2
  23. ^ Jb 10:2; 1Co 11:31; Jm 4:1; Re 3:19
  24. ^ Ne 10:39; Hg 1:4; Pp 2:21
  25. ^ Le 26:19; De 28:23; 1Ki 8:35
  26. ^ Is 24:7; Ho 2:8
  27. ^ De 28:20; Jl 1:11
  28. ^ Ezr 5:2
  29. ^ 1Ch 6:15
  30. ^ Je 7:23; Heb 3:7
  31. ^ Ezr 5:1; 6:14
  32. ^ Ps 112:1; Pr 1:7; Ec 12:13; Ac 9:31; Heb 12:28
  33. ^ 2Ch 36:15; Is 44:26
  34. ^ Je 1:17; 2Co 5:20
  35. ^ 2Ch 15:2; Ps 46:7; Is 8:10; Ro 8:31
  36. ^ Ezr 1:1, 5; Zc 4:6; Pp 2:13
  37. ^ Zc 3:6; 6:13
  38. ^ Ezr 5:2; Zc 6:15; Heb 13:21
  39. ^ Hg 1:1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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