Salomos Høisang 3
1 «Eg leita på kvila um natt etter honom som leikar i min hug. Eg leita, men honom ikkje fann.
All through the night [while I lay] on my bed, I longed for the one whom I love. I desired for him [to come], but he did not come.
2 Eg vil upp og sviva gjenom by, fara i gator, yver torg, og søkja han som leikar i min hug. Eg leita, men honom ikkje fann.
[So I said to myself], “I will get up now and walk around the city, through the streets and plazas, to search for the one whom I love.” [So] I [got up and] searched for him, but I could not find him.
3 Eg vaktar møtte, som i byen sveiv. «Hev de set han som leikar i min hug?»
The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling/walking around the city. [I asked them], “Have you seen the one whom I love?”
4 Snaudt hadd’ eg kome framum deim, då eg fann han som leikar i min hug. Eg heldt han og eg slepte han’kje laus, fyrr eg fekk han i huset hennar mor, inn i kleven hennar som meg åtte.
As soon as I walked past them, I found the one whom I love. I clung to him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room where my mother had conceived me (OR, where I was born).
5 Eg hjarteleg bed dykk, Jerusalems døtter, ved gasellor og hindar i skog, at ikkje de vekkje eller eggje kjærleik, fyrr sjølv han so vil.»
You women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
6 «Kven er ho, som frå heidi stig upp, lik kvervlande røyk, umfløymd av angande myrra, av røykje og dåm-urter alle?
Who is it that is coming from the desert, who is [stirring up dust] like a column of smoke from burning myrrh and incense [made from] spices [imported by] merchants?
7 Sjå Salomos båra det er med seksti kjempor ikring, dei av Israels herkjempor er.
It is [Solomon], [sitting in] his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
8 Dei alle er væpna med sverd og er røynde i strid. Kvar ein ber sverdet ved lend imot rædslor um natt.
They all have swords and they [all] (are trained to/know well how to) use them. Each one has his sword [strapped to] his side and [is prepared to defend Solomon from] dangers that might occur even during the night.
9 Kong Salomo berestol fekk seg av Libanons tre.
King Solomon [commanded his servants] to make that portable chair for him; [it was made] with wood from Lebanon.
10 Han av sylv heve stolparne gjort og karmen av gull, der er purpurlagd sess. Inni prydd - ei kjærleiksgåva frå Jerusalems døtter.
The [canopy that covered it] was (held up/supported) by posts made of silver, and the back of the chair was [embroidered] with gold. The seat/cushion was covered with purple cloth lovingly made/woven by the women of Jerusalem.
11 Gakk ut og sjå, de Sions døtter, på kong Salomo, med kruna han fekk av si mor på sin brudlaupsdag, på sin hjarte-fagnads dag.»
You women of Jerusalem, come and look at King Solomon wearing the headdress that his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, the day when he [SYN] was very happy.
