Salomos Høisang 8
1 Gid du var mig som en bror, ammet ved min mors bryst! Om jeg da fant dig der ute, skulde jeg kysse dig, og ingen skulde forakte mig for det.
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.
2 Jeg skulde lede dig, jeg skulde føre dig til min mors hus, du skulde lære mig; jeg skulde skjenke dig den krydrede vin, mosten av mitt granatepletre.
[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.
3 Hans venstre hånd er under mitt hode, og hans høire hånd favner mig.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Jeg ber eder inderlig, I Jerusalems døtre! Hvorfor vil I vekke, og hvorfor vil I egge kjærligheten, før den selv vil?
[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.”
5 Hvem er hun som kommer op fra ørkenen, støttende sig på sin elskede? - Under epletreet vekket jeg dig; der blev din mor forløst med dig, der blev hun forløst, hun som fødte dig.
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.
6 Sett mig som et segl på ditt hjerte, som et segl på din arm; for sterk som døden er kjærligheten, hård som dødsriket er dens nidkjærhet; dens glød er som ildens glød, en Herrens lue. (Sheol h7585)
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)
7 Mange vann kan ikke utslukke kjærligheten, og strømmer ikke overskylle den; om nogen vilde gi alt han har i sitt hus, for kjærligheten, vilde han bare bli foraktet.
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.
8 Vi har en liten søster, hun har ennu ikke bryster. Hvad skal vi gjøre med vår søster når den tid kommer at hun får beilere?
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:
9 Er hun en mur, vil vi bygge på den tinder av sølv; er hun en dør, vil vi stenge den med en sederplanke.
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.
10 Jeg var en mur, og mine bryster som tårner; da vant jeg yndest for hans øine og fikk fred.
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.
11 En vingård hadde Salomo i Ba'al-Hamon, han overgav vingården til voktere; hver skulde gi tusen sekel sølv for dens frukt.
[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].
12 Over min vingård råder jeg selv; de tusen sekel tilhører dig, Salomo, og to hundre dem som vokter dens frukt.
[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].
13 Du som bor i havene! Venner lytter til din røst; la mig høre den!
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 Fly, min elskede! Vær som et rådyr eller en ung hjort på fjell med duftende urter!
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.
