Song of Solomon 8
1 I wish that you were my brother who (nursed at/drank milk from) my mother’s breasts [when you were a baby], [because, if you were my brother], if I saw you when you were outside [the house], I could kiss you, and no one would say that my doing that was wrong.
Είθε να ήσο ως αδελφός μου, θηλάσας τους μαστούς της μητρός μου. Ευρίσκουσά σε έξω ήθελον σε φιλήσει, και δεν ήθελον με καταφρονήσει.
2 [No one would object if] I led you to my mother’s house, to where my mother, who taught me [many things], lives. I would like to take you to my mother’s house because I would [like to make love to you] [EUP], [and that would be as delightful as] [MET] juice [squeezed] from pomegranates.
Ήθελον σε σύρει και σε εισάξει εις τον οίκον της μητρός μου, διά να με διδάξης· ήθελον σε ποτίσει οίνον αρωματικόν και χυμόν του ροϊδίου μου.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Η αριστερά αυτού ήθελεν είσθαι υπό την κεφαλήν μου, και η δεξιά αυτού ήθελε με εναγκαλισθή.
4 [I would say to] you women of Jerusalem, “Solemnly promise me that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.”
Σας ορκίζω, θυγατέρες Ιερουσαλήμ, να μη εξεγείρητε μηδέ να εξυπνήσητε την αγάπην μου, εωσού θελήση.
5 Who is that [woman] who is coming up from the desert, (leaning on/clinging close to) the man who loves her? I woke you up [when you were] under the apple tree at the place where your mother conceived you, which is the same place where she gave birth to you.
Τις αύτη η αναβαίνουσα από της ερήμου, επιστηριζομένη επί τον αγαπητόν αυτής; Εγώ σε εξύπνησα υπό την μηλέαν· εκεί σε εκοιλοπόνησεν η μήτηρ σου· εκεί σε εγέννησεν η τεκούσά σε.
6 Keep me [close to you], like [SIM] a seal on your heart, [or] like [SIM] a bracelet on your arm. Our love [for each other] is as powerful as death, it is as enduring as the grave. [It is as though] our love [for each other] bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire. (Sheol h7585)
Θέσον με, ως σφραγίδα, επί την καρδίαν σου, ως σφραγίδα επί τον βραχίονά σου· διότι η αγάπη είναι ισχυρά ως ο θάνατος· η ζηλοτυπία σκληρά ως ο άδης· αι φλόγες αυτής φλόγες πυρός, ανάφλεξις ορμητικωτάτη. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nothing can extinguish our love [for each other], not [even] a flood. If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house, she would refuse.
Ύδατα πολλά δεν δύνανται να σβέσωσι την αγάπην, ουδέ ποταμοί δύνανται να πνίξωσιν αυτήν· εάν τις δώση πάντα τα υπάρχοντα του οίκου αυτού διά την αγάπην, παντελώς θέλουσι καταφρονήσει αυτά.
8 We have a younger sister, and her breasts are still small. So this is [RHQ] what we should do for her on the day that we promise [some young man] that he can marry her:
Ημείς έχομεν αδελφήν μικράν, και μαστούς δεν έχει· τι θέλομεν κάμει εις την αδελφήν ημών την ημέραν καθ' ην γείνη λόγος περί αυτής;
9 If [her chest is flat like] [MET] a wall, we will [decorate it by] putting silver [jewels that are like] [MET] towers on it. Or, if she is [flat like] [MET] a door, we will decorate her with bits/pieces of cedar wood.
Εάν ήναι τείχος, θέλομεν οικοδομήσει επ' αυτήν παλάτιον αργυρούν· και εάν ήναι θύρα, θέλομεν περιασφαλίσει αυτήν με σανίδας κεδρίνας.
10 My [chest was previously flat like] [MET] a wall, [but now] my breasts are [big] like [SIM] towers. So the one who loves me is delighted with me.
Εγώ είμαι τείχος, και οι μαστοί μου ως πύργοι· τότε ήμην εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού ως ευρίσκουσα ειρήνην.
11 [King] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon, and he rented it to people for them to take care of it. He required each one to pay him 1,000 pieces of silver [each year] for the grapes [that they harvested].
Ο Σολομών είχεν αμπελώνα εν Βάαλ-χαμών· έδωκε τον αμπελώνα εις φύλακας· έκαστος έπρεπε να φέρη διά τον καρπόν αυτού χίλια αργύρια.
12 [But my body is like] [MET] my own vineyard, and Solomon, I am giving it to you. [You do not need to pay me] 1,000 pieces of silver [to enjoy my body], but I will give 200 pieces of silver to those who take care of me [MET].
Ο αμπελών εμού είναι έμπροσθέν μου· τα χίλια ας ήναι διά σε, Σολομών, και διακόσια διά τους φυλάττοντας τον καρπόν αυτού.
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
Ω συ η καθημένη εν τοις κήποις, οι σύντροφοι προσέχουσιν εις την φωνήν σου· κάμε με να ακούσω αυτήν.
14 You who love me, come [to me] quickly; [run to me] [MET, EUP] as fast as [SIM] a gazelle or young deer runs across [MET] hills of spices.
Φεύγε, αγαπητέ μου, και γίνου όμοιος με δορκάδα ή με σκύμνον ελάφου επί τα όρη των αρωμάτων.
