Wimbo wa Sulemani 8
1 Ninatamani ungekua kama kaka yangu, aliye nyonya ziwa la mama yangu. Ili kwamba kila ningekuona nje ningekubusu pasipo mtu kunidharau.
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2 Nitakuongoza na kukuleta kwenye nyumba ya mama yangu, na utanifundisha. Nitakupa mvinyo ulio chachwa unywe na baadhi ya jwisi ya komamanga. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza mwenyewe
I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 Mkono wake wa kushoto uko chini ya kichwa changu na mkono wake wa kulia wanikumbatia. Mwanamke akiongea na wanawake wengine
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4 Ninataka muape, mabinti wa wanaume wa Yerusalemu, kuwa hamtavuruga mapenzi yetu hadi yatakapo isha yenyewe. Wanawake wa Yerusalemu wakizungumza
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
5 Ni nani huyu anaye kuja kutoka nyikani, amemuegemea mpenzi wake? Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza na mpenzi wake nimekuamsha chini ya mti wa mpera; pale mama yako alichukua mimba; pale alikuzaa, alijifungua wewe.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
6 Nieka kama muhuri kwenye moyo wako, kama muhuri kwenye mkono wako, kwa kuwa mapenzi yana nguvu kama mauti. Mapenzi mazito hayana kurudi kama kwenda kuzimu; miale yake yalipuka; ni miale ya moto inayo waka, miale yenye joto kuliko moto wowote. (Sheol h7585)
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all. (Sheol h7585)
7 Maji yalio zuka hayawezi kuzimisha upendo, wala mafuriko hayawezi kuondoa. Mwanaume akitoa mali zake zote kwa ajili ya upendo, ukarimu wake utadharauliwa. Kaka zake mwanamke mdogo wakizungumza wenyewe
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
8 Tuna dada mdogo, na matiti yake bado hayajakua. Nini tutamfanyia dada yetu siku hatakayo ahidiwa kuolewa?
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9 Kama ni ukuta, tutamjengea juu yake mnara wa fedha. Kama ni mlango, tutampamba kwa mbao za mierezi. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza peke yake
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10 Nilikuwa ukuta, lakini matiti yangu sasa ni kama nguzo imara; hivyo nimekomaa machoni pake. Mwanamke mdogo akizungumza mwenyewe
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
11 Sulemani alikuwa na shamba la mizabibu huko Baali Hamoni. Aliwakodishia wao ambao watalitunza. Kila mmoja alipaswa kuleta shekeli elfu moja za fedha kwa matunda yake.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12 Shamba langu ka mzabibu ni langu, shekeli elfu moja ni za kwako, Sulemani mpenzi, na shekeli mia mbili ni za wale wanao tunza matunda yake. Mpenzi wa mwanamke akizungumza naye.
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
13 Wewe unaye ishi katika bustani, marafiki zangu wanasikiliza sauti yako; acha na mimi niweanaye isikia pia. Mwanamke mdogo akiongea na mpenzi wake
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
14 Harakisha, mpenzi wangu, na uwe kama paa au mtoto wa paa kwenye milima ya manukato.
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
