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.
わたしは夜、床の上で、わが魂の愛する者をたずねた。わたしは彼をたずねたが、見つからなかった。わたしは彼を呼んだが、答がなかった。
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.
「わたしは今起きて、町をまわり歩き、街路や広場で、わが魂の愛する者をたずねよう」と、彼をたずねたが、見つからなかった。
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?”
町をまわり歩く夜回りたちに出会ったので、「あなたがたは、わが魂の愛する者を見ましたか」と尋ねた。
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.
わたしが彼らと別れて行くとすぐ、わが魂の愛する者に出会った。わたしは彼を引き留めて行かせず、ついにわが母の家につれて行き、わたしを産んだ者のへやにはいった。
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.
エルサレムの娘たちよ、わたしは、かもしかと野の雌じかをさして、あなたがたに誓い、お願いする、愛のおのずから起るときまでは、ことさらに呼び起すことも、さますこともしないように。
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?
没薬、乳香など、商人のもろもろの香料をもって、かおりを放ち、煙の柱のように、荒野から上って来るものは何か。
7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.
見よ、あれはソロモンの乗物で、六十人の勇士がそのまわりにいる。イスラエルの勇士で、
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.
皆、つるぎをとり、戦いをよくし、おのおの腰に剣を帯びて、夜の危険に備えている。
9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.
ソロモン王はレバノンの木をもって、自分のために輿をつくった。
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.
その柱は銀、そのうしろは金、その座は紫の布でつくった。その内部にはエルサレムの娘たちが、愛情をこめてつくった物を張りつけた。
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.
シオンの娘たちよ、出てきてソロモン王を見よ。彼は婚姻の日、心の喜びの日に、その母の彼にかぶらせた冠をいただいている。
