Wimbo wa Sulemani 5
1 Nimekuja kwenye bustani yangu, dada yangu, bibi arusi wangu; nimekusanya manemane yangu pamoja na kikolezo changu. Nimekula sega langu la asali na asali yangu; nimekunywa divai yangu na maziwa yangu. Marafiki Kuleni, enyi marafiki, mnywe; kunyweni ya kutosha, ee wapenzi.
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
2 Nililala lakini moyo wangu ulikuwa macho. Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu anabisha: “Nifungulie, dada yangu, mpenzi wangu, hua wangu, asiye na hitilafu. Kichwa changu kimeloa umande, na nywele zangu manyunyu ya usiku.”
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
3 Nimevua joho langu: je, ni lazima nivae tena? Nimenawa miguu yangu: je, ni lazima niichafue tena?
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
4 Mpenzi wangu aliweka mkono wake kwenye tundu la komeo; moyo wangu ulianza kugonga kwa ajili yake.
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
5 Niliinuka kumfungulia mpenzi wangu, mikono yangu ikidondosha manemane, vidole vyangu vikitiririka manemane, penye vipini vya komeo.
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
6 Nilimfungulia mpenzi wangu, lakini mpenzi wangu alishaondoka; alikuwa amekwenda zake. Moyo wangu ulishuka kwa kuondoka kwake. Nilimtafuta lakini sikumpata. Nilimwita lakini hakunijibu.
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.
7 Walinzi walinikuta walipokuwa wakifanya zamu za ulinzi mjini. Walinipiga, wakanijeruhi, wakaninyangʼanya joho langu, hao walinzi wa kuta!
The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.
8 Enyi binti za Yerusalemu, ninawaagiza: kama mkimpata mpenzi wangu, mtamwambia nini? Mwambieni ninazimia kwa mapenzi.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
9 Je, mpendwa wako ni bora kuliko wengine namna gani, wewe uliye mzuri kupita wanawake wote? Je, mpendwa wako ni mzuri kuliko wengine, namna gani, hata unatuagiza hivyo?
How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?
10 Mpenzi wangu anangʼaa, tena ni mwekundu, wa kuvutia miongoni mwa wanaume kumi elfu.
My beloved is radiant and tan. The best among ten thousand.
11 Kichwa chake ni dhahabu safi kuliko zote, nywele zake ni za mawimbi na ni nyeusi kama kunguru.
His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
12 Macho yake ni kama ya hua kandokando ya vijito vya maji, aliyeogeshwa kwenye maziwa, yaliyopangwa kama vito vya thamani.
His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
13 Mashavu yake ni kama matuta ya vikolezo yakitoa manukato. Midomo yake ni kama yungiyungi inayodondosha manemane.
His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14 Mikono yake ni fimbo za dhahabu iliyopambwa kwa krisolitho. Mwili wake ni kama pembe ya ndovu iliyongʼarishwa iliyopambwa na yakuti samawi.
His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
15 Miguu yake ni nguzo za marmar zilizosimikwa katika vitako vya dhahabu safi. Sura yake ni kama Lebanoni, bora kama miti yake ya mierezi.
His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 Kinywa chake chenyewe ni utamu, kwa ujumla yeye ni wa kupendeza. Huyu ndiye mpenzi wangu, huyu ndiye rafiki yangu, ee binti za Yerusalemu.
His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
