Song of Solomon 8
1 Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
Who? will he give you like a brother to me [the] suckling-child of [the] breasts of mother my I will find you on the outside (I will kiss you *L(abh)*) also not people will despise me.
2 I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
I will lead you I will bring you to [the] house of mother my [who] she taught me I will give to drink you some of [the] wine of spice some of [the] juice of pomegranate my.
3 His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
Left [hand] his [is] under head my and right [hand] his it embraces me.
4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem why? will you awaken - and why? will you arouse love until that it will please.
5 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Beloved Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Who? this [is] coming up from the wilderness leaning herself on lover her under the apple tree I aroused you there she was in labor with you mother your there she was in labor she bore you.
6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol (Sheol h7585). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.
Put me like seal on heart your like seal on arm your for [is] strong like death love [is] severe like Sheol jealousy flashes its [are] flashes of fire a flame of [the] Lord. (Sheol h7585)
7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
Waters many not they are able to extinguish love and rivers not they will overflow it if he will give anyone all [the] wealth of house his for love certainly people will despise it.
8 We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?
A sister [belongs] to us small and breasts not [belong] to her what? will we do for sister our on the day when it will be spoken for her.
9 If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
If [is] a wall she we will build on her a battlement of silver and if [is] a door she we will shut up over her a board of cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
I [was] a wall and breasts my [are] like towers then I was in view his like [one who] finds peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
A vineyard it belonged to Solomon at Baal-Hamon he gave the vineyard to [those who] keep each one he will bring for fruit its a thousand silver.
12 My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.
Vineyard my which [belongs] to me [is] before me the thousand [shekels] [belong] to you O Solomon and two hundred [shekels] [belong] to [those who] keep fruit its.
13 You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
(O [one who] dwells *L(abh)*) in the gardens companions [are] listening for voice your cause to hear [it] me.
14 Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
Hasten - O lover my and be like yourself a gazelle or [the] fawn of the deer on mountains of spices.
