Wimbo wa Sulemani 3
1 Usiku katika kitanda changu nilikuwa na shauku ya yeye ni mpendaye; nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 Nilisema binafsi, “Nitainuka na kwenda kupitia mji, kupitia mitaa na sokoni; nitamtafuta.” Nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 Walinzi walinipata walipo kuwa doria katika mji. Nikawauliza, “Mmemuona mpenzi wangu?”
The watchmen that go about the city found me: — Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
4 Ni baada ya mda mfupi kupita nilipo wapita nikampata ninaye mpenda. Nilimshika na sikumuacha hadi nilipo mleta nyumbani mwa mama yangu, katika chumba cha yeye aliyenichukua mimba. Mwanamke akiongea na wanawake wengine.
— Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5 Ninataka muape, mabinti wa wanaume waYerusalemu, kwa ayala na paa wa porini, kuwa hamtavuruga mapenzi yetu hadi yatakapo isha yenyewe. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza mwenyewe
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
6 Nini hiyo inayo toka nyikani kama nguzo za moshi, umefukizwa manemane na ubani, pamoja na unga wote wa manukato unao uzwa na wafanya biashara?
Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? ...
7 Angalia, nikitanda cha Sulemani; mashujaa sitini wamekizunguka, wanajeshi elfu sitini wa Israeli
Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
8 Wao ni wazoefu wa upanga na wanaujuzi wa vita. Kila mwanaume ana upanga wake pembeni yake, akijizatiti na maasi ya usiku.
They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.
9 Mfalme Sulemani akajijengea kiti cha kifalme cha kubebwa na mbao za Lebanoni.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
10 Nguzo zake zilijengwa kwa fedha; nyuma kuliekwa dhahabu, na kiti kitambaa cha zambarau. Ndani mwake kulipambwa na upendo na mabinti wa wanaume wa Yerusalemu. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza na wanawake wa Yerusalemu
Its pillars he made of silver, Its support of gold, Its seat of purple; The midst thereof was paved [with] love By the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Nenda nje, mabinti wa wanaume wa Sayuni, na mtazame mfalme Sulemani, akivikwa taji ambalo mamaye alimvika siku ya arusi yake, katika siku ya furaha ya maisha yake.
Go forth, daughters of Zion, And behold king Solomon With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
