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
1Singa wali muganda wange eyakuzibwa mmange
era eyayonka amabeere ga mmange,
nandikusanze ebweru
nandikunywegedde
ne wataba n’omu annyooma.
28:2 Lu 3:4Nandikukulembedde
ne nkuleeta mu nnyumba ya mmange,
oyo eyangigiriza.
Nandikuwadde wayini okunywa ng’alimu ebyakaloosa,
omubisi ogw’amakomamawanga gange.
38:3 Lu 2:6Omukono gwe ogwa kkono guli wansi wa mutwe gwange
n’omukono gwe ogwa ddyo gumpambaatira.
48:4 Lu 2:7; 3:5Mmwe abawala ba Yerusaalemi mbakuutira,
temusiikuula newaakubadde okuzuukusa okwagala
okutuusa ng’ekiseera ekituufu kituuse.
Abemikwano
58:5 a Lu 3:6 b Lu 3:4Ani oyo gwe tulengera ng’ava mu ddungu
nga yeesigamye muganzi we?
Omwagalwa
Nakuzuukusa ng’oli wansi w’omuti ogw’omucungwa.
Eyo maama wo gye yafunira olubuto era eyo
maama wo gye yakuzaalira mu bulumi obungi.
68:6 a Lu 1:2 b Kbl 5:14Nteeka ng’akabonero ku mutima gwo,
era ng’akabonero ku mukono gwo,
kubanga okwagala kwa maanyi ng’okufa,
obuggya bwakwo buli ng’obusungu obw’emagombe.
Kwaka ng’ennimi ez’omuliro,
omuliro ogwaka n’amaanyi ennyo.
78:7 Nge 6:35Amazzi amangi tegamalaawo nnyonta ya kwagala
n’emigga tegiyinza kukumalawo.
Singa omuntu awaayo
obugagga bwe bwonna obw’ennyumba ye okufuna okwagala,
asekererwa nnyo.
Abemikwano
8Tulina muto waffe
atannamera mabeere,
naye tulikola tutya
bw’alituuka okwogerezebwa?
9Singa abadde bbugwe
twandimuzimbyeko eminaala egya ffeeza,
singa abadde luggi
twandimuggalidde na mivule.
Omwagalwa
10Ndi bbugwe
era n’amabeere gange gali ng’ekitikkiro,
noolwekyo mu maaso ge,
mmufuukidde aleeta emirembe.
118:11 a Mub 2:4 b Is 7:23Sulemaani yalina ennimiro y’emizabbibu e Baaluka Kamooni,
n’agisigira abalimi.
Buli omu ku bo yamusalira
ebitundu bya ffeeza lukumi.
128:12 Lu 1:6Ennimiro yange ey’emizabbibu, yange,
ebitundu olukumi bibyo ggwe Sulemaani,
ebitundu ebikumi bibiri by’abo abalabirira ennimiro.
Owoomukwano
13Ggwe abeera mu nnimiro
ne mikwano gyo nga weebali,
ka mpulire eddoboozi lyo.
Omwagalwa
148:14 a Nge 5:19 b Lu 2:9 c Lu 2:8, 17Yanguwa okuvaayo eyo,
odduke mangu ng’empeewo
oba ng’ennangaazi ento,
oddukire ku nsozi ezijjudde ebyakaloosa.
