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.
O! att jag måtte finna dig ute, min broder, du, som mins moders bröst suger, och måtte få kyssa dig; att ock ingen föraktade mig.
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.
Jag ville taga dig, och hafva dig uti mine moders hus, der du mig lära skulle; der ville jag skänka dig kryddadt vin, och must af min granatäple.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Hans venstra hand ligger under mitt hufvud, och hans högra hand omfamnar mig.
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.”
Jag besvär eder, Jerusalems döttrar, att I icke uppväcken mina käro, eller omaken henne, tilldess henne sjelf lyster.
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.
Ho är denna, som uppkommer ifrån öknene, och stöder sig in uppå sin vän? Under äpleträt väcker jag dig, der din moder dig födt hafver; der hon, som dig födde, med dig legat hafver.
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)
Sätt mig såsom ett insegel på ditt hjerta, och såsom ett insegel uppå din arm; ty kärleken är stark såsom döden, och nitälskan är fast såsom helvetet; dess glöd är brinnande, och en Herrans låge; (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.
Så att ock mycket vatten icke förmå utsläcka kärleken, eller strömmar fördränka honom; om en ville gifva alla ägodelar i sino huse för kärleken, så gulle det alltsammans intet.
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:
Vår syster är liten, och hafver ingen bröst; hvad skole vi göra till vår syster, när man nu skall tala henne till?
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.
Är hon en mur, så vilje vi göra silfverbålverk deruppå; är hon en dörr, så vilje vi befästa henne med cedrebräde.
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.
Jag är en mur, och min bröst äro såsom torn, deraf är jag vorden för hans ögon såsom den der frid finner.
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].
Salomo hafver en vingård i BaalHamon; den vingården fick han vaktarom, att hvardera skulle gifva, för hans frukt, tusende silfpenningar.
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].
Min vingård är för mig. Dig Salomo bör tusende; men vaktaromen öfver hans frukter, tuhundrad.
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
Du, som bor i örtagårdarna, sällskapen akta deruppå; låt mig höra dina röst.
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.
Fly, min vän, och var lik ene rå, eller enom ungom hjort, in på örtabergen.
