SheOr He
1I am a rose2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
He
2Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
She
3Like an apple2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.
5Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
6His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
8Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
11See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
He
14My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
She
16My beloved is mine and I am his;
he browses among the lilies.
17Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.2:17 Or the hills of Bether
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.
