Friends
1Where has your beloved gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
She
2My beloved has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.
3I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he browses among the lilies.
He
4You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as majestic as troops with banners.
5Turn your eyes from me;
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.
6Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.
7Your temples behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
8Sixty queens there may be,
and eighty concubines,
and virgins beyond number;
9but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,
the only daughter of her mother,
the favorite of the one who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines praised her.
Friends
10Who is this that appears like the dawn,
fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
majestic as the stars in procession?
He
11I went down to the grove of nut trees
to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
12Before I realized it,
my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
Friends
13Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!
He
Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
as on the dance of Mahanaim?6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.
Arata
16:1 Rwĩ 1:8; Rwĩ 5:6Wee mũthaka gũkĩra andũ-a-nja arĩa angĩ othe-rĩ,
mwendwa waku athiĩte kũ?
Mwendwa waku arorire na kũ,
nĩguo tũmũcarie nawe?
Mwendwa
2Mwendwa wakwa aikũrũkire mũgũnda-inĩ wake,
o tũmĩgũnda-inĩ tũrĩa tũtumanĩte mahuti marĩa manungi wega,
athiĩte kũrĩithia kũu mĩgũnda-inĩ,
agĩtuaga mahũa ma itoka.
36:3 Rwĩ 2:16; Rwĩ 7:10Niĩ ndĩ wa mwendwa wakwa, nake nĩ wakwa;
we arĩithagia itoka-inĩ.
Mwendani
46:4 Josh 12:24; Thab 48:2Wee mwendwa wakwa, ũrĩ mũthaka, o ta bũrũri wa Tiriza,6:4 Itũũra rĩa Tiriza nĩrĩo Jeroboamu aathuurire rĩtuĩke itũũra inene rĩa Ũthamaki wa Gathigathini.
ũrĩ wa kwendeka o ta Jerusalemu,
na ũkamakania o ta ita rĩrĩ na bendera.
56:5 Rwĩ 4:1Wĩhũgũre na kũngĩ, ũtige kũndora;
maitho maku nĩmarahoota.
Njuĩrĩ yaku no ta rũũru rwa mbũri
rũgĩikũrũka Kĩrĩma kĩa Gileadi.
66:6 Rwĩ 4:2Magego maku mahaana ta rũũru rwa ngʼondu
ikĩambata ciumĩte gũthambio.
O ĩmwe yacio ĩrĩ na ihatha rĩayo,
hatirĩ o na ĩmwe yacio ĩrĩ iiki.
76:7 Rwĩ 4:3; Kĩam 24:65Thĩa ciaku ihaana ta ciatũ igĩrĩ cia itunda rĩa mũkomamanga,
ikĩonerwo hau taama-inĩ ũcio ũkũhumbĩrĩte ũthiũ.
86:8 Thab 45:9; Kĩam 22:24No gũkorwo na atumia athamaki mĩrongo ĩtandatũ,
na thuriya mĩrongo ĩnana,
na airĩtu gathirange matangĩtarĩka;
9no ndutura yakwa, ũcio wakwa ũtarĩ ũcuuke-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũngĩ mahaanaine,
nowe mũirĩtu wa nyina wiki,
o we gĩtũnio kĩa ũcio mũmũciari.
Airĩtu maamuonire makĩmwĩta mũrathime;
nao atumia athamaki o na thuriya makĩmũkumia.
Arata
10Nũũ ũyũ ũroimĩra ta ruoro rũgĩtema,
athakarĩte ta mweri, na agathera ta riũa,
arĩ na ũkengu ta wa njata irũrũnganĩte?
Mwendani
116:11 Rwĩ 7:12Nĩndĩraikũrũkire mũgũnda wa mĩkombokombo,
ngarore tũmĩtĩ tũrĩa tũmerete kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ,
nĩguo nyone kana mĩthabibũ nĩĩthundũrĩte,
o na kana mĩkomamanga nĩĩrutĩte kĩro.
12O na itanamenya ũrĩa gũtariĩ-rĩ,
merirĩria ma ngoro yakwa marandwara
gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ngaari cia mũthamaki cia ita cia andũ aitũ.
Arata
136:13 Thaam 15:20Cooka, cooka, wee Mũshulamu;
cooka, cooka, nĩgeetha tũkwĩrorere!
Mwendani
Mũkwenda kwĩrorera Mũshulamu ũyũ nĩkĩ,
taarĩ rwĩmbo rwa Mahanaimu mũreerorera?
