CLV(i)
8 Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold, (averring is Yahweh of hosts)."
9 Greater shall become the glory of this latter house than the former, says Yahweh of hosts. And in this place will I give peace, (averring is Yahweh of hosts)."
10 On the twenty fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh comes to Haggai, the prophet, saying,
11 Thus says Yahweh of hosts:Ask, I pray, the priests of the law, saying,
12 Behold! a man is bearing holy flesh in the hem of his garment, and with his hem touches bread or stew or wine or oil or any food. Is it holy? And the priests are answering and saying, No."
13 Then Haggai is saying, If an unclean soul be touching any of these, is it unclean? And the priests are answering and saying, It is unclean."
14 Then Haggai is answering and saying, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, (averring is Yahweh). And so is every deed of their hands, and what they are bringing near there; it is unclean."
15 And now, set, I pray, your heart from this day and onward. Ere was placed a stone on a stone in the temple of Yahweh,