< Song of Solomon 8 >
1 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.
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2 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.
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 Left [hand] his [is] under head my and right [hand] his it embraces me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4 I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem why? will you awaken - and why? will you arouse love until that it will please.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
5 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.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
6 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 )
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. (Sheol )
7 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.
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
8 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.
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9 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.
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10 I [was] a wall and breasts my [are] like towers then I was in view his like [one who] finds peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
11 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.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12 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.
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
13 (O [one who] dwells *L(abh)*) in the gardens companions [are] listening for voice your cause to hear [it] me.
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
14 Hasten - O lover my and be like yourself a gazelle or [the] fawn of the deer on mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.