Song of Solomon 3

1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

‌ʻI he ʻeku ʻi hoku mohenga ʻi he pō, naʻaku kumi kiate ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai hoku laumālie: ne u kumi, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ʻiloʻi ia,

2 — Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! — I sought him, and I found him not.

Pea ko eni, te u tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu fano ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoe kolo mo e ngaahi hala motuʻa, pea te u kumi ia ʻaia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai hoku laumālie: ne u kumi kiate ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ia.

3 The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), 'Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'

Naʻe ʻiloʻi au ʻe he kau leʻo ʻoku feʻaluʻaki ʻi he kolo; [pea naʻaku fehuʻi ki ai ʻo pehē], “Kuo mou mamata kiate ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai hoku laumālie?”

4 But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother — And the chamber of her that conceived me.

Pea kuo tuku siʻi atu ʻakinautolu, pea u ʻilo ia ʻoku ʻofa ki ai hoku laumālie: pea naʻaku puke ia, pea naʻe ʻikai te u toe tukuange ia, kaeʻoua ke u ʻomi ia ki he fale ʻo ʻeku faʻē, mo e potu fale ʻoʻona naʻa ne fanauʻi ai au.

5 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

‌ʻE ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema, ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu, ʻi hoʻomou ʻofa ki he fanga kāseli mo e hainite ʻoe vao, ke ʻoua naʻa mou ueʻi pe fafangu ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga, kaeʻoua ke faʻiteliha pe ia.

6 Who [is] this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed [with] myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant?

Ko hai eni ʻoku haʻu mei he toafa, ʻoku hangē ko e pou ko e kohu ʻoe afi, pea kuo fakanamu lelei ʻaki ʻae mula mo e laipeno, mo e ngaahi kakala kotoa pē mei he kau fakatau?

7 Lo, his couch, that [is] Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones [are] around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

Vakai ki he mohenga ʻo Solomone, ʻoku kāpui ia ʻe he kau tangata toʻa ʻe toko onongofulu, mei he kau tangata toʻa ʻo ʻIsileli.

8 All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

‌ʻOku nau taki taha toʻo ʻae heletā, he ʻoku nau maheni ai mo e tau: ʻoku taki taha ai ʻene heletā ki hono tuʻa tenga, naʻa ai ha manavahē ʻi he poʻuli.

9 A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon,

Naʻe ngaohi ʻe he tuʻi ko Solomone ha mohenga moʻona, mei he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni.

10 Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined [with] love, By the daughters of Jerusalem.

Naʻa ne ngaohi ʻaki ʻae siliva ʻa hono pou, pea ko hono faliki ko e koula, ko hono ʻufiʻufi ko e kulokula, pea faliki ʻaki ʻi loto ʻae ʻofa ki he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema.

11 Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

‌ʻE ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Saione, mou ʻalu atu, ʻo vakai kia Solomone, ko e tuʻi, mo e tatā fakatuʻi naʻe tatā ʻaki ia ʻe heʻene faʻē ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻene fakamaʻu mali, ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe fiefia ʻa hono loto.