Nyimbo ya Solomoni 3
1 Usiku wonse ndili pa bedi langa ndinafunafuna amene mtima wanga umamukonda; ndinamufunafuna koma osamupeza.
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 Ndikudzuka tsopano ndipo ndidzayendayenda mu mzinda, mʼmisewu yake ndi mʼmabwalo ake; ndidzamufunafuna amene mtima wanga umamukonda. Kotero ine ndinamufunafuna iyeyo koma osamupeza.
I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 Alonda anandipeza pamene ankayendera mzinda. “Kodi mwamuonako amene mtima wanga umamukonda?”
The watchmen that go about the city found me: — Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
4 Nditawapitirira pangʼono ndinamupeza amene mtima wanga umamukonda. Ndinamugwira ndipo sindinamulole kuti achoke mpaka nditamulowetsa mʼnyumba ya amayi anga, mʼchipinda cha amene anandibereka.
— Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5 Inu akazi a ku Yerusalemu, ndithu ndikukupemphani pali gwape ndi mbawala yayikazi zakuthengo: Musachigwedeze chikondi kapena kuchiutsa mpaka pamene chifunire ichocho.
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
6 Kodi ndani amene akubwera kuchokera ku chipululu ngati utsi watolotolo, wonunkhira mure ndi lubani, zopangidwa kuchokera ku zonunkhira zonse za anthu amalonda?
Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? ...
7 Ona! Chimenecho ndi chonyamulira Solomoni, choperekezedwa ndi asilikali 60, anthu amphamvu a ku Israeli,
Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
8 onse atanyamula lupanga, onse odziwa bwino nkhondo, aliyense ali ndi lupanga pambali pake, kukonzekera zoopsa za usiku.
They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.
9 Mfumu Solomoni anadzipangira chonyamulirachi; anachipanga ndi matabwa ochokera ku Lebanoni.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
10 Milongoti yake anayipanga yasiliva, kumbuyo kwake kwa golide. Mipando yake inakutidwa ndi nsalu yapepo, anakongoletsa mʼkati mwake ndi chikondi cha akazi a ku Yerusalemu.
Its pillars he made of silver, Its support of gold, Its seat of purple; The midst thereof was paved [with] love By the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Tukulani inu akazi a ku Ziyoni ndipo mudzaone mfumu Solomoni atavala chipewa chaufumu, chipewa chaufumu chimene amayi ake anamuveka pa tsiku la ukwati wake, tsiku limene mtima wake unasangalala.
Go forth, daughters of Zion, And behold king Solomon With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
