Wimbo wa Sulemani 8
1 Laiti ungelikuwa kwangu kama ndugu wa kiume, ambaye aliyanyonya matiti ya mama yangu! Kisha, kama ningekukuta huko nje, ningelikubusu, wala hakuna mtu yeyote angelinidharau.
Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.
2 Ningelikuongoza na kukuleta katika nyumba ya mama yangu, yeye ambaye amenifundisha. Ningelikupa divai iliyokolezwa unywe, asali ya maua ya mikomamanga yangu.
I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.
3 Mkono wake wa kushoto uko chini ya kichwa changu, na mkono wake wa kuume unanikumbatia.
His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
4 Binti za Yerusalemu, ninawaagiza: msichochee wala kuamsha mapenzi hata yatakapotaka yenyewe.
I charge you, O daughters of Ierusale, that you stir not vp, nor waken my loue, vntil she please.
5 Ni nani huyu anayekuja kutoka nyikani akimwegemea mpenzi wake? Mpendwa Nilikuamsha chini ya mtofaa, huko mama yako alipotunga mimba yako, huko yeye alipata utungu akakuzaa.
(Who is this that commeth vp out of the wildernesse, leaning vpon her welbeloued?) I raysed thee vp vnder an apple tree: there thy mother conceiued thee: there she coceiued that bare thee.
6 Nitie kama muhuri moyoni mwako, kama muhuri kwenye mkono wako; kwa maana upendo una nguvu kama mauti, wivu wake ni mkatili kama kuzimu. Unachoma kama mwali wa moto, kama mwali mkubwa wa moto wa Bwana hasa. (Sheol h7585)
Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame. (Sheol h7585)
7 Maji mengi hayawezi kuuzimisha upendo, mito haiwezi kuugharikisha. Kama mtu angelitoa mali yote ya nyumbani mwake kwa ajili ya upendo, angelidharauliwa kabisa.
Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.
8 Tunaye dada mdogo, matiti yake hayajakua bado. Tutafanya nini kwa ajili ya dada yetu wakati atakapokuja kuposwa?
Wee haue a litle sister, and she hath no breastes: what shall we do for our sister when she shalbe spoken for?
9 Kama yeye ni ukuta, tutajenga minara ya fedha juu yake. Na kama yeye ni mlango, tutamzungushia mbao za mierezi.
If shee be a wall, we will builde vpon her a siluer palace: and if she be a doore, we wil keepe her in with bordes of cedar.
10 Mimi ni ukuta, nayo matiti yangu ni kama minara. Ndivyo ambavyo nimekuwa machoni pake kama yule anayeleta utoshelevu.
I am a wall, and my breasts are as towres: then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
11 Solomoni alikuwa na shamba la mizabibu huko Baal-Hamoni; alikodisha shamba lake la mizabibu kwa wapangaji. Kila mmoja angeleta kwa ajili ya matunda yake shekeli 1,000 za fedha.
Salomon had a vine in Baal-hamon: hee gaue the vineyarde vnto keepers: euery one bringeth for ye fruite thereof a thousand pieces of siluer.
12 Lakini shamba langu la mizabibu ambalo ni langu mwenyewe ni langu kutoa; hizo shekeli 1,000 ni kwa ajili yako, ee Solomoni, na shekeli mia mbili ni kwa ajili ya wale wanaotunza matunda yake.
But my vineyarde which is mine, is before me: to thee, O Salomon appertaineth a thousand pieces of siluer, and two hundreth to them that keepe the fruite thereof.
13 Wewe ukaaye bustanini pamoja na marafiki mliohudhuria, hebu nisikie sauti yako!
O thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken vnto thy voyce: cause me to heare it.
14 Njoo, mpenzi wangu, uwe kama swala au kama ayala kijana juu ya milima iliyojaa vikolezo.
O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roe, or to the yong harte vpon ye mountaines of spices.
