1O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.8.1 I should not…: Heb. they should not despise me 2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.8.4 that…: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc
5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.8.6 cruel: Heb. hard 7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8¶ We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 9If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.8.10 favour: Heb. peace 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
14¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.8.14 Make…: Heb. Flee away
1Sɛ anka woyɛɛ me nuabarima
a wunum me na nufu ano,
na mihuu wo wɔ abɔnten so a,
anka mefew wʼano,
a obiara rentumi mmu me animtiaa.
2Anka medi wʼanim
na mede wo aba me na fi,
ɔno a wakyerɛkyerɛ me.
Anka mɛma wo bobesa a wɔde pɛprɛ afra mu,
me ntunkum mu nsu dɔkɔdɔkɔ no bi.
3Ne nsa benkum da mʼatiko
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
4Yerusalem mmabea, mehyɛ mo sɛ,
morennyan na morenhwanyan ɔdɔ mu
kosi bere a ɛsɛ mu.
Nnamfonom:
5Hena na ofi sare so reba a
otweri ne dɔfo koko mu yi?
Ababaa:
Mekanyan wo wɔ aprɛ dua no ase;
ɛhɔ na wo na nyinsɛnee wo,
ɛhɔ na nea ɔkoo awo no woo wo.
6Fa me to wo koma so sɛ nsɔwanode,
sɛ nsɔwanode wɔ wʼabasa so,
efisɛ ɔdɔ ano yɛ den sɛ owu,
ne ninkutwe tim hɔ sɛ ɔda.
Ɛhyehye sɛ ogyatannaa,
sɛ ogyatannaa a ano yɛ den pa ara.
7Nsu dodow rentumi nnum ɔdɔ;
nsubɔnten rentumi nhohoro nkɔ.
Sɛ obi de ne fi ahonya nyinaa bɛsesa ɔdɔ a
anka wɔremmu no ade a ɛsom bo.
Nnamfonom:
8Yɛwɔ nuabea akumaa bi a,
ne nufu mmobɔɔ ɛ.
Dɛn na yɛbɛyɛ ama yɛn nuabea yi
wɔ da a wobebisa no ase?
9Sɛ ɔyɛ ɔfasu a,
yebesi dwetɛ abantenten abɔ ne ho ban.
Sɛ ɔyɛ ɔpon a,
yɛde sida besiw ne pon ano kwan.
Ababaa:
10Meyɛ ɔfasu,
na me nufu te sɛ abantenten.
Enti nʼani so no mayɛ sɛ obi a
ɔde nea ɛsɔ ani reba.
11Na Salomo wɔ bobeturo wɔ Baal-Hamon;
ɔde ne bobeturo no maa apaafo.
Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara tua no
nnwetɛbona apem.
12Nanso me bobeturo yi yɛ me de.
Me de, meremfa mma;
Salomo de ne de gye nnwetɛbona apem,
na otua nʼapaafo nnwetɛbona ahannu ma wɔhwɛ ne nnuaba no so.
Aberante:
13Wo a wote turo no mu
ne nnamfonom a wɔka wo ho,
ma mente wo nne.
Ababaa:
14Bra ma yɛnkɔ, me dɔfo,
na yɛ wo ho sɛ ɔdabɔ ba
anaasɛ ɔforote ba a
ɔwɔ mmepɔw a nnuhuam ahyɛ so ma so.
