Wimbo wa Sulemani 3
1 Usiku katika kitanda changu nilikuwa na shauku ya yeye ni mpendaye; nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 Nilisema binafsi, “Nitainuka na kwenda kupitia mji, kupitia mitaa na sokoni; nitamtafuta.” Nilimtafuta, lakini sikumpata.
I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
3 Walinzi walinipata walipo kuwa doria katika mji. Nikawauliza, “Mmemuona mpenzi wangu?”
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
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.
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the chamber of her who 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 adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, or by the does of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
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 who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
7 Angalia, nikitanda cha Sulemani; mashujaa sitini wamekizunguka, wanajeshi elfu sitini wa Israeli
Look, it is Solomon's carriage. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men 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 handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
9 Mfalme Sulemani akajijengea kiti cha kifalme cha kubebwa na mbao za Lebanoni.
King Solomon made himself a carriage 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
He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, its midst being paved with love, from 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, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
