Song of Solomon 1
1 THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.
Ingoma yezingoma kaSolomoni.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.
Kangange ngezangiwo zomlomo wakhe ngoba uthando lwakho lumnandi kulewayini.
3 Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
Limnandi iphunga lamagcobo akho; ibizo lakho linjengamakha atheliweyo. Yikho izintombi zikuthanda kangaka!
4 Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.
Ngithatha uhambe lami, kasiphangise! Inkosi kayingingenise endlini yayo. Abangane Siyathokoza njalo siyajabula ngawe; sizalubabaza uthando lwakho okudlula iwayini. Umlobokazi Kabazenzi ukuba bakuthande!
5 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Ngimnyama kodwa ngiyabukeka, lina madodakazi aseJerusalema ngimnyama okwamathente aseKhedari, okwamakhetheni amathente kaSolomoni.
6 Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
Linganginyonkolozi ngoba ngimnyama, ngimnyama ngenxa yokutshiswa lilanga. Abanewethu bangizondela bangenza umlindi wesivini; angabe ngisanaka esami isivini.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?
Akungitshele, wena engikuthandayo, uyelusela ngaphi imihlambi yezimvu zakho lokuthi ziphumula ngaphi izimvu zakho emini? Kungani ngisiba njengomfazi ombozileyo eceleni kwemihlambi yabangane bakho na?
8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.
Nxa ungazi, wena omuhle okudlula bonke abesifazane, landela umkhondo wezimvu udlisele amazinyane embuzi zakho eduze lamathente abelusi.
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
Sithandwa sami, ngikufanisa lebhiza elisikazi elibotshwe enqoleni kaFaro.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.
Izihlathi zakho zinhle ngokuceciswa, intamo yakho ngobuhlalu obucazimulayo.
11 We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.
Sizakwenzela amacici egolide, ebalazwe ngesiliva.
12 While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
Khonapho inkosi isetafuleni amakha ami enadi alanquza iphunga lawo elimnandi.
13 My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.
Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengemfuko yemure ithe khoxo phakathi kwamabele ami.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengelixha lempoko zehena eliphuma esivinini se-Eni-Gedi.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.
Bakithi, umuhle njani sithandwa sami! Ngeqiniso umuhle! Amehlo akho angamajuba.
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.
Umuhle ngempela, sithandwa sami! Bakithi, uyabukeka! Umbheda wethu butshani obuluhlaza tshoko.
17 The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.
Izinsika zendlu yethu ngezomsedari lezintungo ngezefire.
