1ምነው አንተ የእናቴን ጡት እንደ ጠባ፣
እንደ ወንድሜ በሆንህ!
ከዚያም ውጭ ባገኝህ፣
እስምህ ነበር፤
ታዲያ ማንም ባልናቀኝ!
2እኔም ወደ አስተማረችኝ፣
ወደ እናቴም ቤት፣
እጅህን ይዤ በወሰድሁህ ነበር፤
የምትጠጣውን ጣፋጭ የወይን ጠጅ፣
የሮማኔን ጭማቂም በሰጠሁህ።
3ግራ እጁን ተንተርሻለሁ፤
ቀኝ እጁም ዐቅፎኛል።
4እናንት የኢየሩሳሌም ቈነጃጅት፤
ራሱ እስኪፈልግ ድረስ፣
ፍቅርን እንዳታስነሡት ወይም እንዳትቀሰቅሱት እማጠናችኋለሁ።
ባልንጀሮቿ
5ውዷን ተደግፋ፣
ከምድረ በዳ የምትወጣ ይህች ማን ናት?
ሙሽራዪቱ
ከእንኮይ ዛፍ ሥር አስነሣሁህ፤ በዚያ እናትህ ፀነሰችህ፤
በዚያም ታምጥ የነበረችው አንተን
ወለደችህ።
6በልብህ እንዳለ፣
በክንድህም እንደምትይዘው ማኅተም አስቀምጠኝ፤
ፍቅር እንደ ሞት የበረታች፣
ቅናቷም8፥6 ወይም ጥልቅ ስሜት እንደ መቃብር8፥6 ዕብራይስጡ ሲኦል ይለዋል ጨካኝ ናትና፤
እንደሚንቦገቦግ እሳት፣
እንደ ኀይለኛም ነበልባል ትነድዳለች።8፥6 ወይም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ነበልባል
7የውሃ ብዛት ፍቅርን ሊያጠፋ አይችልም፤
ፈሳሾችም አያሰጥሟትም፤
ሰው የቤቱን ሀብት ሁሉ
ስለ ፍቅር ቢሰጥ
ፈጽሞ ይናቃል።
ባልንጀሮቿ
8ትንሽ እኅት አለችን፤
ጡትም ገና አላወጣችም፤
ስለ እርሷ በምንጠየቅበት ቀን
ምን ማድረግ እንችል ይሆን?
9እርሷ ቅጥር ብትሆን፣
በላይዋ የብር መጠበቂያ ማማ እንሠራባታለን፤
በር ብትሆን፣
በዝግባ ዕንጨት እንከልላታለን።
ሙሽራዪቱ
10እነሆ እኔ ቅጥር ነኝ፤
ጡቶቼም እንደ ማማ ግንቦች ናቸው፤
እኔም በዐይኖቹ ፊት፣
ሰላምን እንደሚያመጣ ሰው ሆንሁ።
11ሰሎሞን በብኤላሞን የወይን ተክል ቦታ ነበረው፤
የወይኑን ተክል ቦታም ለአትክልተኞች አከራየው፤
እያንዳንዳቸውም የፍሬውን ዋጋ፣
አንድ አንድ ሺሕ ሰቅል ብር ያመጡለት ነበር።
12የወይኔ ተክል ቦታ የራሴ፣ የግሌ ነው፤
ሰሎሞን ሆይ፤ አንድ ሺሁ ሰቅል ለአንተ፤
ፍሬውን ለሚጠብቁ ደግም ሁለት መቶ ይሁን።
ሙሽራው
13አንቺ በአትክልቱ ቦታ የምትኖሪ ሆይ፤
ባልንጀሮቼ ድምፅሽን ይሰማሉ፤
እስቲ እኔም ልስማው።
ሙሽራዪቱ
14ውዴ ሆይ፤ ቶሎ ናልኝ፤
ሚዳቋን፣
ወይም በቅመም ተራራ ላይ የሚዘልል፣
የዋሊያን ግልገል ምሰል።
1If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
2I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.
4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
Friends
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived you,
there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy8:6 Or ardor unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
7Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of one’s house for love,
it8:7 Or he would be utterly scorned.
Friends
8We have a little sister,
and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
She
10I am a wall,
and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
like one bringing contentment.
11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;
he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
a thousand shekels8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12 of silver.
12But my own vineyard is mine to give;
the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
and two hundred8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms are for those who tend its fruit.
He
13You who dwell in the gardens
with friends in attendance,
let me hear your voice!
She
14Come away, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the spice-laden mountains.
