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 passing, or, running about 6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7The watchmen that went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
Mwendani
15:1 Rwĩ 4:11; Joel 3:18Wee mwarĩ wa maitũ o wee mũhiki wakwa, nĩndoka mũgũnda-inĩ wakwa;
nĩnjookanĩrĩirie manemane makwa na mahuti makwa marĩa mangĩ manungi wega.
Nĩndĩĩte magua makwa, o na ũũkĩ wakwa;
nĩnyuĩte ndibei yakwa, o na iria rĩakwa.
Arata
Inyuĩ arata-rĩ, rĩai na mũnyue;
inyuĩ mwendaine-rĩ, nyuai nginya mũiganie.
Mwendwa
2Ndĩrarĩ toro, no ngoro yakwa nĩĩreiguĩte.
Ta thikĩrĩria! Mwendwa wakwa nĩararingaringa mũrango, akiugaga atĩrĩ:
“Mwarĩ wa maitũ, wee mwendwa wakwa, wee ndutura yakwa,
o wee wakwa ũtarĩ kaũcuuke-rĩ, hingũrĩra.
Mũtwe wakwa nĩũihũgĩtio nĩ ime,
njuĩrĩ yakwa ĩkaiyũra ireera rĩa ũtukũ.”
3Nĩndutĩte nguo yakwa ya igũrũ:
no nginya ndĩmĩĩhumbe rĩngĩ?
Ningĩ nĩndĩthambĩte magũrũ:
no nginya ndĩmekĩre gĩko rĩngĩ?
4Mwendwa wakwa araikirie guoko gwake kamwanya-inĩ ka mũrango,
nayo ngoro yakwa ĩrambĩrĩria kũmwĩrirĩria.
5Ndĩrokĩra kũhingũrĩra mwendwa wakwa,
moko makwa magĩtaataga manemane,
nacio ciara ciakwa ikanyũrũrũkia manemane,
nyiitĩro-inĩ ya mũrango.
65:6 Rwĩ 3:1Ndĩrahingũrĩire mwendwa wakwa,
no mwendwa wakwa ndararĩ ho, nĩarathiĩte;
Nayo ngoro yakwa ĩroorwo nĩ hinya nĩ ũndũ wake gũthiĩ.
Ndĩramwethire, no ndinamuona.
Ndĩramwĩtire, no ndananjĩtĩka.
75:7 Rwĩ 3:3Arangĩri maranyona
magĩthiũrũrũka itũũra-inĩ rĩu inene.
Nao marahũũrire, marandihangia;
marandunya nguo yakwa ya igũrũ,
arangĩri acio a thingo!
8Inyuĩ aarĩ aya a Jerusalemu, ndamwĩhĩtithia atĩrĩ:
mũngĩona mwendwa wakwa-rĩ,
mũkũmwĩra atĩa?
Mwĩrei atĩ ndĩ mũcuce nĩ wendo.
Arata
95:9 Rwĩ 1:8Wee mũthaka gũkĩra andũ-a-nja arĩa angĩ othe-rĩ,
mwendwa waku aagĩrĩte agakĩra endwa arĩa angĩ na kĩ?
Mwendwa waku akĩrĩte endwa arĩa angĩ nakĩ,
nĩguo ũtwĩhĩtithie ũguo?
Mwendwa
105:10 Thab 45:2Mwendwa wakwa nĩ mũthaka na agatunĩha,
nĩekũũranĩte harĩ arũme ngiri ikũmi.
11Mũtwe wake ũhaana ta thahabu theru mũno;
njuĩrĩ yake ĩrĩ na mĩkumba,
na ĩkaira ta ihuru.
125:12 Kĩam 49:12Maitho make mahaana ta ma ndutura
ciũmbĩte tũrũũĩ-inĩ,
mahaana ta mathambĩtio na iria,
o ta maigĩtwo wega makaagĩrĩra ta mathaga.
13Makai make namo mahaana ta tũmĩgũnda
tũtumanĩte mahuti manungi wega magĩtararĩka.
Mĩromo yake no ta itoka igũita manemane.
145:14 Ayub 28:6Moko make mahaana ta thanju cia thahabu,
itheecereirwo tũhiga-inĩ tũrĩa twĩtagwo thumarati;
mwĩrĩ wake ũhaana ta mũguongo ũrĩa mũnyorokie,
ũgemetio na yakuti ĩrĩa theru.
155:15 1Ath 4:33Magũrũ make matariĩ ta itugĩ cia mahiga ma mũthemba wa marimari,
ihaandĩrĩirwo itina-inĩ cia thahabu ĩrĩa therie.
Maũthĩ make matariĩ ta Lebanoni,
agathakara ta mĩtarakwa yakuo.
16Kanua gake akĩaria karĩ mũrĩo mũno;
we nĩ wa kwendeka biũ.
Atĩrĩrĩ, ũyũ nĩwe mwendwa wakwa,
ũyũ nĩwe mũrata wakwa, inyuĩ aarĩ a Jerusalemu.
