Song of Solomon 3

1 [SHE] Upon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul, —I sought him, but found him not.

夜間我在床上，尋覓我心愛的；我尋覓，卻沒有找著。

2 Come! I must arise, and go about in the city, In the paths and in the broadways, I must seek the beloved of my soul, —I sought him, but found him not.

我遂起來，環城巡行．在市街上，在廣場，尋覓我心愛的；我尋覓，卻沒有找著。

3 The watchmen that go round in the city, found me, The beloved of my soul, have ye seen?

城裏巡夜的衛兵，遇見了我，我便問道：「你們看見我心愛的嗎﹖」

4 Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul, —I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

我剛離開他們，就找到了我人愛的；我拉住他不放，領他到我母親家中，到懷孕我者的內室。◆新郎：

5 [HE] I adjure you ye, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, —That ye wake not, nor arouse, the dear love until she please.

耶路撒冷女郎! 我指著田野間的羚羊或牝鹿，懇求你們，不要驚醒，不要喚醒的的愛，讓她自便吧![第三幕：愛情的成熟]◆耶京女郎：

6 [THEY] Who is this, coming up out of the wilderness, like pillars of smoke, —with perfume of myrrh, and frankincense, besides all the aromatic powder of the merchant?

那從曠野上來，狀如煙柱，發放沒藥、乳香以及各種舶來香料香氣的，是什麼﹖

7 Lo! his couch,’tis Solomon’s own, Threescore heroes, around it, —of the heroes of Israel:

撒羅滿的御轎，有六十勇士環繞，全是以色列的精旅，

8 All of them, grasping the sword, trained for war, —every man, with his sword upon his thigh, because of dread, in the night-time.

個個手持利刃，善於戰鬥，腰間各配刀劍，以防夜襲。

9 A palanquin, King Solomon made himself, of the trees of Lebanon:

撒羅滿王用黎巴嫩香柏製造了一個寶座，

10 The supports thereof, made he of silver, the couch thereof, of gold, the seat thereof, of purple, —the midst thereof, hath an inlay of love from the daughters of Jerusalem.

銀柱金頂，紫錦墊褥，中間繡花，是耶路撒冷女子愛情的結晶。

11 Go forth and gaze, ye daughters of Zion, upon King Solomon, —wearing the crown, wherewith his mother, crowned him, in the day of his marriage, and in the day of his heart gladness.

熙雍女郎! 出來觀看撒羅滿王，他頭帶王冠，是他母親在他新婚歡樂之日，給他帶上的。