Wimbo wa Sulemani 1
1 Wimbo ulio bora wa Solomoni.
2 Unibusu kwa busu la kinywa chako, kwa maana upendo wako unafurahisha kuliko divai.
Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.
3 Manukato yako yananukia vizuri, jina lako ni kama manukato yaliyomiminwa. Ndiyo sababu wanawali wanakupenda!
Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.
4 Nichukue twende nawe, na tufanye haraka! Mfalme na anilete ndani ya vyumba vyake. Marafiki Tunakushangilia na kukufurahia, tutasifu upendo wako zaidi kuliko divai. Mpendwa Tazama jinsi ilivyo bora wakupende!
Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee.
5 Mimi ni mweusi, lakini napendeza, enyi binti za Yerusalemu, mweusi kama mahema ya Kedari, kama mapazia ya hema la Solomoni.
I am blacke, O daughters of Ierusalem, but comely, as the tentes of Kedar, and as the curtaines of Salomon.
6 Usinikazie macho kwa sababu mimi ni mweusi, kwa sababu nimefanywa mweusi na jua. Wana wa mama yangu walinikasirikia na kunifanya niwe mtunza mashamba ya mizabibu. Shamba langu mwenyewe la mizabibu nimeliacha.
Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine.
7 Niambie, wewe ambaye ninakupenda, unalisha wapi kundi lako la kondoo na ni wapi unapowapumzisha kondoo wako adhuhuri. Kwa nini niwe kama mwanamke aliyefunikwa shela karibu na makundi ya rafiki zako?
Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions?
8 Kama hujui, ewe mwanamke mzuri kuliko wote, fuata nyayo za kondoo, na kulisha wana-mbuzi wako karibu na hema za wachungaji.
If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.
9 Mpenzi wangu, ninakufananisha na farasi jike aliyefungwa katika mojawapo ya magari ya vita ya Farao.
I haue compared thee, O my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaoh.
10 Mashavu yako yanapendeza yakiwa na vipuli, shingo yako ikiwa na mikufu ya vito.
Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.
11 Tutakufanyia vipuli vya dhahabu, vyenye kupambwa kwa fedha.
We will make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer.
12 Wakati mfalme alipokuwa mezani pake, manukato yangu yalisambaza harufu yake nzuri.
Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smelll thereof.
13 Mpenzi wangu kwangu mimi ni kifuko cha manemane kati ya matiti yangu.
My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me: he shall lie betweene my breasts.
14 Mpenzi wangu kwangu mimi ni kama kishada cha maua ya mhina kutoka mashamba ya mizabibu ya En-Gedi.
My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.
15 Tazama jinsi ulivyo mzuri, mpenzi wangu! Tazama jinsi ulivyo mzuri! Macho yako ni kama ya hua.
My loue, beholde, thou art faire: beholde, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues.
16 Tazama jinsi ulivyo mzuri, mpenzi wangu! Ee, tazama jinsi unavyopendeza! Na kitanda chetu ni cha majani mazuri.
My welbeloued, beholde, thou art faire and pleasant: also our bed is greene:
17 Nguzo za nyumba yetu ni mierezi, na mapao yetu ni miberoshi.
The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.
