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.
Usiku katika kitanda changu nilikuwa na shauku ya yeye ni mpendaye; nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
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.
Nilisema binafsi, “Nitainuka na kwenda kupitia mji, kupitia mitaa na sokoni; nitamtafuta.” Nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
3 The watchmen that go round in the city, found me, The beloved of my soul, have ye seen?
Walinzi walinipata walipo kuwa doria katika mji. Nikawauliza, “Mmemuona mpenzi wangu?”
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.
Ni baada ya mda mfupi kupita nilipo wapita nikampata ninaye mpenda. Nilimshika na sikumuacha hadi nilipo mleta nyumbani mwa mama yangu, katika chumba cha yeye aliyenichukua mimba. Mwanamke akiongea na wanawake wengine.
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.
Ninataka muape, mabinti wa wanaume waYerusalemu, kwa ayala na paa wa porini, kuwa hamtavuruga mapenzi yetu hadi yatakapo isha yenyewe. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza mwenyewe
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?
Nini hiyo inayo toka nyikani kama nguzo za moshi, umefukizwa manemane na ubani, pamoja na unga wote wa manukato unao uzwa na wafanya biashara?
7 Lo! his couch,’tis Solomon’s own, Threescore heroes, around it, —of the heroes of Israel:
Angalia, nikitanda cha Sulemani; mashujaa sitini wamekizunguka, wanajeshi elfu sitini wa Israeli
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.
Wao ni wazoefu wa upanga na wanaujuzi wa vita. Kila mwanaume ana upanga wake pembeni yake, akijizatiti na maasi ya usiku.
9 A palanquin, King Solomon made himself, of the trees of Lebanon:
Mfalme Sulemani akajijengea kiti cha kifalme cha kubebwa na mbao za Lebanoni.
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.
Nguzo zake zilijengwa kwa fedha; nyuma kuliekwa dhahabu, na kiti kitambaa cha zambarau. Ndani mwake kulipambwa na upendo na mabinti wa wanaume wa Yerusalemu. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza na wanawake wa Yerusalemu
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.
Nenda nje, mabinti wa wanaume wa Sayuni, na mtazame mfalme Sulemani, akivikwa taji ambalo mamaye alimvika siku ya arusi yake, katika siku ya furaha ya maisha yake.
