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Song of Songs 8
New International Version
Song of Songs 8
New International Version
8 If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
2 I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house(A)—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(B)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(C)
Friends
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness(D)
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived(E) you,
there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love(F) is as strong as death,
its jealousy[a](G) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.[b]
7 Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of one’s house for love,
it[c] would be utterly scorned.(H)
Friends
8 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 If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
She
10 I am a wall,
and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard(I) in Baal Hamon;
he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
a thousand shekels[d](J) of silver.
12 But my own vineyard(K) is mine to give;
the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
and two hundred[e] are for those who tend its fruit.
He
13 You who dwell in the gardens
with friends in attendance,
let me hear your voice!
She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
- Song of Songs 8:7 Or he
- Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
- Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
Cantarea Cantarilor 8
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Cantarea Cantarilor 8
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
8 O, de ai fi fratele meu, care a supt la ţâţele mamei mele!
Când te-aş întâlni în uliţă, te-aş săruta,
şi nimeni nu m-ar ţine de rău.
2 Te-aş lua şi te-aş aduce la casa mamei mele;
ea m-ar învăţa să-ţi dau să bei vin(A) mirositor,
must din rodiile mele.
3 Mâna lui stângă(B) să fie sub capul meu
şi dreapta lui să mă îmbrăţişeze! –
4 Vă rog(C) fierbinte, fiice ale Ierusalimului,
nu stârniţi, nu treziţi dragostea
până nu vine ea. –
5 Cine(D) este aceea care se suie din pustie,
rezemată de iubitul ei şi zicând:
„Te-am trezit sub măr;
acolo te-a născut mamă-ta,
acolo te-a născut şi te-a făcut ea.” –
6 Pune-mă(E) ca o pecete pe inima ta, ca o pecete pe braţul tău;
căci dragostea este tare ca moartea,
şi gelozia este neînduplecată ca Locuinţa morţilor;
jarul ei este jar de foc,
o flacără a Domnului.
7 Apele cele mari nu pot să stingă dragostea,
şi râurile n-ar putea s-o înece;
de(F) ar da omul toate averile din casa lui pentru dragoste,
tot n-ar avea decât dispreţ.
8 Avem o soră micuţă(G),
care n-are încă ţâţe.
Ce vom face cu sora noastră
în ziua când îi vor veni peţitorii?
9 Dacă este zid,
vom zidi nişte zimţi de argint pe ea;
dar dacă este uşă,
o vom închide cu o scândură de cedru. –
10 Eu sunt un zid şi ţâţele mele sunt ca nişte turnuri;
în ochii lui am fost ca una care a găsit pace.
11 Solomon avea o vie la Baal-Hamon,
a închiriat-o(H) unor păzitori
şi fiecare trebuia să aducă pentru rodul ei o mie de sicli de argint.
12 Via mea, care este a mea, o păstrez eu.
Ţine-ţi, Solomoane, cei o mie de sicli,
şi două sute fie ale celor ce păzesc rodul! –
13 Tu, care locuieşti în grădini,
nişte prieteni îşi pleacă urechea la glasul tău:
binevoieşte(I) şi fă-mă să-l aud! –
14 Vino(J) repede, iubitule,
ca(K) o căprioară sau ca puiul de cerb
pe munţii plini de mirozne!
Song of Solomon 8
English Standard Version
Song of Solomon 8
English Standard Version
Longing for Her Beloved
8 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
2 I would lead you and (A)bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you (B)spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3 (C)His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I (D)adjure you, O (E)daughters of Jerusalem,
(F)that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5 (G)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as (H)a seal upon your arm,
for (I)love is strong as death,
(J)jealousy[a] is fierce as the grave.[b]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very (K)flame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his (L)house,
he[c] would be utterly despised.
Final Advice
Others
8 We have a little sister,
and she (M)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with (N)boards of cedar.
She
10 (O)I was a wall,
and my (P)breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds[d] peace.
11 Solomon had (Q)a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he (R)let out the vineyard to (S)keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit (T)a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and (U)the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
He
13 (V)O you who dwell in the gardens,
with (W)companions listening for your voice;
(X)let me hear it.
She
14 (Y)Make haste, my beloved,
and be (Z)like a gazelle
or a young stag
on (AA)the mountains of spices.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
- Song of Solomon 8:7 Or it
- Song of Solomon 8:10 Or brings out
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Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014 (RMNN) 
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