Nnwom Mu Dwom 7 – AKCB & NIVUK

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Nnwom Mu Dwom 7:1-13

1Wo nan ne mpaboa yɛ fɛ,

Ɔdehye babea!

Wʼanantu a wugyina so te sɛ abohemaa,

odwumfo nsa ano adwuma.

2Wo funuma yɛ kuruwa a enni nsa

a nsa pa wɔ mu bere biara.

Wo sisi yɛ atoko a wɔaboa ano

na sukooko atwa ho ahyia.

3Wo nufu te sɛ atwemma abien,

atwemma nta.

4Wo kɔn te sɛ asonse abantenten.

Wʼaniwa aba te sɛ Hesbon ntade

a ɛwɔ Bat Rabim pon nkyɛn.

Wo hwene te sɛ Lebanon abantenten

a ɛkyerɛ Damasko no.

5Wo ti si so sɛ Karmel Bepɔw.

Wo tinwi te sɛ adehyetam a wɔadi mu adwinni;

wo tinwi atenten no kyere ɔhene dommum.

6Wo ho yɛ fɛ, ɔdɔ,

wo ho yɛ anigye na ɛma ahomeka ara!

7Wo sibea te sɛ abɛ dua,

na wo nufu te sɛ aduaba kasiaw.

8Mekae se, “Mɛforo abɛ dua no;

na maso nʼaba mu.”

Wo nufu nyɛ sɛ bobe kasiaw,

na wo home mu hua nyɛ sɛ aprɛ.

9Na wʼanom hua nyɛ sɛ bobesa papa.

Ababaa:

Ma bobesa no nkɔ me dɔfo hɔ tee,

ɛnsen mfa nʼanofafa ne ne se no so brɛoo.

10Meyɛ me dɔfo de,

na nʼapɛde ne me.

11Bra, me dɔfo; ma yɛnkɔ akuraa,

ma yɛnkɔda akuraa anadwo baako.

12Ma yɛnkɔ bobeturo mu ntɛm

nkɔhwɛ sɛ bobe no agu nhwiren,

sɛ nhwiren no apaapae,

anaasɛ ntunkum no ayɛ frɔmfrɔm.

Ɛhɔ na mede me dɔ bɛma wo.

13Adesaa yi ne hua,

na akɔnnɔduan nyinaa begu yɛn pon ano,

foforo ne dedaw,

a mede asie ama wo, me dɔfo.

New International Version – UK

Song of Songs 7:1-13

In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14. 1How beautiful your sandalled feet,

O prince’s daughter!

Your graceful legs are like jewels,

the work of an artist’s hands.

2Your navel is a rounded goblet

that never lacks blended wine.

Your waist is a mound of wheat

encircled by lilies.

3Your breasts are like two fawns,

like twin fawns of a gazelle.

4Your neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon

by the gate of Bath Rabbim.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking towards Damascus.

5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.

Your hair is like royal tapestry;

the king is held captive by its tresses.

6How beautiful you are and how pleasing,

my love, with your delights!

7Your stature is like that of the palm,

and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

8I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;

I will take hold of its fruit.’

May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,

the fragrance of your breath like apples,

9and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,

flowing gently over lips and teeth.7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers

10I belong to my beloved,

and his desire is for me.

11Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,

let us spend the night in the villages.7:11 Or the henna bushes

12Let us go early to the vineyards

to see if the vines have budded,

if their blossoms have opened,

and if the pomegranates are in bloom –

there I will give you my love.

13The mandrakes send out their fragrance,

and at our door is every delicacy,

both new and old,

that I have stored up for you, my beloved.