Mwamuna
1Ndalowa mʼmunda mwanga, iwe mlongo wanga, iwe mkwatibwi wanga;
ndasonkhanitsa mure wanga ndi zokometsera zakudya zanga.
Ndadya uchi wanga pamodzi ndi zisa zake zomwe;
ndamwa vinyo wanga ndi mkaka wanga.
Abwenzi
Idyani abwenzi anga, imwani;
Inu okondana, imwani kwambiri.
Mkazi
2Ndinagona tulo koma mtima wanga unali maso.
Tamverani, bwenzi langa akugogoda:
“Nditsekulire, mlongo wanga, bwenzi langa,
nkhunda yanga, wangwiro wanga.
Mutu wanga wanyowa ndi mame,
tsitsi langa lanyowa chifukwa cha nkhungu ya usiku.”
3Ndavula kale zovala zanga,
kodi ndizivalenso?
Ndasamba kale mapazi anga
kodi ndiwadetsenso?
4Bwenzi langa anapisa dzanja lake pa chibowo cha pa chitseko;
mtima wanga unagunda chifukwa cha iye.
5Ndinanyamuka kukamutsekulira wachikondi wangayo,
ndipo manja anga anali noninoni ndi mure,
zala zanga zinali mure chuchuchu,
pa zogwirira za chotsekera.
6Ndinamutsekulira wachikondi wanga,
koma nʼkuti wachikondi wangayo atachoka; iye anali atapita.
Mtima wanga unafumuka chifukwa cha kuchoka kwake.
Ndinamuyangʼanayangʼana koma sindinamupeze.
Ndinamuyitana koma sanandiyankhe.
7Alonda anandipeza
pamene ankayendera mzindawo.
Anandimenya ndipo anandipweteka;
iwo anandilanda mwinjiro wanga,
alonda a pa khoma aja!
8Inu akazi a ku Yerusalemu ndithu ndikukupemphani,
mukapeza wokondedwa wangayo,
kodi mudzamuwuza chiyani?
Muwuzeni kuti ine ndadwala nacho chikondi.
Abwenzi
9Iwe wokongola kuposa akazi onsewa,
kodi wokondedwa wakoyo ndi wopambana wina aliyense bwanji?
Kodi wokondedwa wakoyo ndi wopambana ena onse chotani
kuti uzichita kutipempha motere?
Mkazi
10Wokondedwa wangayo ndi wowala kwambiri ndi wathanzi
pakati pa anthu 1,000.
11Mutu wake ndi golide woyengeka bwino;
tsitsi lake ndi lopotanapotana,
ndiponso lakuda bwino ngati khwangwala.
12Maso ake ali ngati nkhunda
mʼmbali mwa mitsinje ya madzi,
ngati nkhunda zitasamba mu mkaka,
zitayima ngati miyala yamtengowapatali.
13Masaya ake ali ngati timinda ta mbewu zokometsera zakudya
zopatsa fungo lokoma.
Milomo yake ili ngati maluwa okongola
amene akuchucha mure.
14Manja ake ali ngati ndodo zagolide
zokongoletsedwa ndi miyala yamtengowapatali.
Thupi lake ndi losalala ngati mnyanga wanjovu
woyikamo miyala ya safiro.
15Miyendo yake ili ngati mizati yamwala,
yokhazikika pa maziko a golide.
Maonekedwe ake ali ngati Lebanoni,
abwino kwambiri ngati mkungudza.
16Milomo yake ndi yosangalatsa kwambiri;
munthuyo ndi wokongola kwambiri!
Uyu ndiye wachikondi wanga ndi bwenzi langa,
inu akazi a ku Yerusalemu.
1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.5.1 yea…: or, and be drunken with loves
2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.5.4 for him: or, (as some read) in me 5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.5.5 sweet…: Heb. passing, or, running about 6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.5.8 that ye: Heb. what, etc
9¶ What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.5.10 the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer 11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.5.11 bushy: or, curled 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.5.12 fitly…: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.5.13 sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes 14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.5.16 mouth: Heb. palate
