1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.2.3 I sat…: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc2.3 taste: Heb. palate 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.2.4 banqueting…: Heb. house of wine 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.2.5 comfort…: Heb. straw me with apples 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.2.7 I charge…: Heb. I adjure you
8¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.2.9 shewing…: Heb. flourishing 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.2.17 of Bether: or, of division
Mwendwa
12:1 Isa 35:1; 1Maũ 27:29Niĩ ndĩ ihũa rĩa Sharoni,
ningĩ gĩtoka gĩa ituamba-inĩ.2:1 Gĩtuamba-inĩ gĩa Kĩrĩma gĩa Karimeli nĩ gwakũraga mahũa ma mĩmera ĩtarĩ mĩraihu, na maarĩ ma rangi mwerũ, kana wa ndathi, kana wa ngoikoni.
Mwendani
2O ta gĩtoka kĩrĩ mĩigua-inĩ-rĩ,
nĩguo mwendwa wakwa atariĩ arĩ gatagatĩ ka airĩtu arĩa angĩ.
Mwendwa
3O ta mũtĩ wa mũtunda ũrĩ mĩtĩ-inĩ ya gĩthaka-rĩ,
nĩguo mũnyendi atariĩ arĩ gatagatĩ ka aanake arĩa angĩ.
Ngenagĩra gũikara kĩĩgunyĩ-inĩ gĩake,
namo matunda make ngĩmacama njiguaga marĩ mũrĩo.
42:4 Esit 1:11; Ndar 1:52Nĩandoonyetie nyũmba nene ĩrĩa ĩrĩĩagĩrwo iruga,
nayo bendera ĩrĩa ahaicĩtie igũrũ rĩakwa nĩ wendo.
5Njĩkĩrai hinya na thabibũ iria nyũmithie,
mũnjerũhĩrie hinya na matunda,
nĩ ũndũ ndĩ mũcuce nĩ wendo.
62:6 Rwĩ 8:3Guoko gwake kwa ũmotho akũigĩte rungu rwa mũtwe wakwa,
nakuo guoko gwake kwa ũrĩo gũkaahĩmbĩria.
72:7 Rwĩ 5:8; Rwĩ 3:5; 8:4Inyuĩ aarĩ a Jerusalemu, ndamwĩhĩtithia na thiiya,
na mĩgoma ya thwariga cia werũ-inĩ atĩrĩ:
Mũtikoimbuthũre wendo o na kana mũwarahũre,
o nginya wĩrirĩrie kwarahũka guo mwene.
8Ta thikĩrĩria, ũcio nĩ mwendwa wakwa!
Ta rora! Ĩĩ nĩwe ũyũ ũroka,
akĩrũgaga akĩrĩire irĩma-inĩ,
arooka agĩtũrũhaga tũrĩma-inĩ.
92:9 2Sam 2:18Mwendwa wakwa ahaana ta thiiya, kana ta thwariga ĩrĩa nyanake.
Ta kĩrore! Nĩwe ũũrĩa ũrũngiĩ thuutha wa rũthingo rwitũ,
ararorera ndirica-inĩ,
agacũthĩrĩria mĩanya-inĩ.
10Mwendwa wakwa aaririe akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ,
“Mũrata wakwa, o wee mũthaka,
ũkĩra tũthiĩ.
11Atĩrĩrĩ! Hĩndĩ ya heho nĩ thiru;
nayo mbura nĩĩkĩĩte ĩgatiga kuura.
12Nĩ hĩndĩ mahũa marakunũka thĩ;
ihinda rĩa kũina nĩikinyu,
mĩgambo ya ndutura
nĩĩraiguuo bũrũri-inĩ witũ.
132:13 Isa 28:14; Hos 9:10Mũkũyũ-rĩ, nĩũrutĩte ngũyũ cia mbere;2:13 Kũu Isiraeli mĩkũyũ yaciaraga maita meerĩ mwaka.
mĩthabibũ ĩrĩa ĩratumũra kĩro nĩĩraruta mũtararĩko wayo wega.
Ũkĩra, ũka mũrata wakwa;
o wee wakwa mũthaka, ũkĩra tũthiĩ.”
Mwendani
142:14 Kĩam 8:8; Rwĩ 1:5Ndutura yakwa wee ũrĩ mĩatũka-inĩ ya rwaro rwa ihinga,
kũu ciĩhitho-inĩ cia hurũrũka cia irĩma,
nyonia ũthiũ waku,
ta reke njigue mũgambo waku;
nĩ ũndũ mũgambo waku nĩ mwororo,
na ũthiũ waku nĩ mũthaka.
152:15 Atiir 15:4Tũnyitĩrei mbwe,
o tũbwe tũu tũnini,
tũrĩa tũthũkagia mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ,
o mĩthabibũ ĩyo iitũ ĩratumũra kĩro.
Mwendwa
162:16 Rwĩ 6:3; 7:10Mwendwa wakwa nĩ wakwa na niĩ ndĩ wake;
arĩithagia kũrĩa kũrĩ itoka.
172:17 Rwĩ 4:6Hũndũka nginya rĩrĩa kũrĩĩrura,
nacio ciĩruru ciirĩrie.
Hũndũka mwendwa wakwa,
tuĩka ta thiiya,
kana ta thwariga nyanake,
ĩrĩ irĩma-inĩ cia Betheri.
