Song of Solomon 3

1 At night on my bed I was longing for him whom my soul loves; I looked for him, but I could not find him.

夜間我在床上，尋覓我心愛的；我尋覓，卻沒有找著。

2 I said to myself, “I will get up and go through the city, through the streets and squares; I will search for him whom my soul loves.” I searched for him, but I did not find him.

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 found me as they were making their rounds in the city. I asked them, “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

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 It was only a little while after I had passed them that I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the bedroom of the one who had 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 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases.

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 What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders sold by merchants?

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 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers 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 are skilled with a sword and are experienced in warfare. Every man has his sword at his side, armed against the terrors of the night.

個個手持利刃，善於戰鬥，腰間各配刀劍，以防夜襲。

9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.

撒羅滿王用黎巴嫩香柏製造了一個寶座，

10 Its posts were made of silver; the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth. Its interior was decorated with love by 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 out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of the joy of his heart.

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。