Loyembo ya Salomo 3
1 Butu mobimba, na mbeto na ngai, nazali koluka mobali oyo motema na ngai elingaka; naluki ye, kasi namonaki ye te.
upon bed my in/on/with night to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him
2 Esengeli na ngai kolamuka sik’oyo mpe kobima libanda ya engumba, na balabala na yango mpe na bisika oyo bato nyonso bakutanaka; nakoluka mobali oyo motema na ngai elingaka. Nalukaki ye, kasi namonaki ye te.
to arise: rise please and to turn: surround in/on/with city in/on/with street and in/on/with street/plaza to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him
3 Bakengeli bamonaki ngai tango bazalaki koleka-leka na balabala ya engumba. Natunaki bango: « Bomoneli ngai te mobali oyo motema na ngai elingaka? »
to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to see: see
4 Tango kaka nalekaki bango, mbala moko, namonaki mobali oyo motema na ngai elingaka. Nakangaki ye mpe natikaki ye lisusu te kokende. Namemaki ye kino na ndako ya mama na ngai, na shambre ya mwasi oyo abotaki ngai.
like/as little which/that to pass from them till which/that to find [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to grasp him and not to slacken him till which/that to come (in): bring him to(wards) house: home mother my and to(wards) chamber to conceive me
5 Bilenge basi ya Yelusalemi, nabondeli bino na kombo ya mboloko mpe ya mbuli ya bilanga: Bolamusa Bolingo na ngai te liboso ete ye moko akoma na posa ya kolamuka.
to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem in/on/with gazelle or in/on/with doe [the] land: country if: surely no to rouse and if: surely no to rouse [obj] [the] love till which/that to delight in
6 Nani oyo abimi na esobe lokola molinga oyo ezali komata, azali kobimisa solo ya malasi ya mire mpe ya ansa, oyo basali na biloko ya mike-mike ya solo kitoko ya moto ya mombongo?
who? this to ascend: rise from [the] wilderness like/as column smoke to offer: to perfume myrrh and frankincense from all aromatic powder to trade
7 Tala! Ezali nde tsipoyi ya mokonzi Salomo! Basoda na ye ya mpiko, bato ya lokumu ya Isalaele, tuku motoba nde bamemi yango.
behold bed his which/that to/for Solomon sixty mighty man around to/for her from mighty man Israel
8 Bango nyonso balati mipanga; bango nyonso bazali makasi na bitumba, baselingwa mpo na bitumba ya butu.
all their to grasp sword to learn: teach battle man: anyone sword his upon thigh his from dread (in/on/with night *L(abh)*)
9 Mokonzi Salomo asalisaki tsipoyi; basalaki yango na mabaya ya mboka Libani.
carriage to make to/for him [the] king Solomon from tree: wood [the] Lebanon
10 Basalaki bisimbelo na yango na palata, mokongo na yango, na wolo. Balatisaki evandelo na yango bilamba ya motuya ya langi ya motane makasi. Bongo, bilenge basi ya Yelusalemi babongisaki kati na yango na motema ya bolingo.
pillar his to make silver: money back his gold chariot his purple midst his to fit love from daughter Jerusalem
11 Bino bilenge basi ya Siona, bobima; botala ndenge nini mokonzi Salomo alati motole, motole oyo mama na ye alatisaki ye na mokolo ya libala na ye, na mokolo oyo motema na ye ezalaki na esengo.
to come out: come and to see: see daughter Zion in/on/with king Solomon in/on/with crown which/that to crown to/for him mother his in/on/with day marriage his and in/on/with day joy heart his
