Ljóðaljóðin 8
Icelandic Bible
8 Ó, að þú værir mér sem bróðir, er sogið hefði brjóst móður minnar. Hitti ég þig úti, mundi ég kyssa þig, og menn mundu þó ekki fyrirlíta mig.
2 Ég mundi leiða þig, fara með þig í hús móður minnar, í herbergi hennar er mig ól. Ég mundi gefa þér kryddvín að drekka, kjarneplalög minn.
3 Vinstri hönd hans sé undir höfði mér, en hin hægri umfaðmi mig.
4 Ég særi yður, Jerúsalemdætur: Ó, vekið ekki, vekið ekki elskuna, fyrr en hún sjálf vill.
5 Hver er sú, sem kemur þarna úr heiðinni og styðst við unnusta sinn? Undir eplatrénu vakti ég þig, þar fæddi móðir þín þig með kvöl, þar fæddi með kvöl sú er þig ól.
6 Legg mig sem innsiglishring við hjarta þér, sem innsiglishring við armlegg þinn. Því að elskan er sterk eins og dauðinn, ástríðan hörð eins og Hel. Blossar hennar eru eldblossar, logi hennar brennandi.
7 Mikið vatn getur ekki slökkt elskuna og árstraumar ekki drekkt henni. Þótt einhver vildi gefa öll auðæfi húss síns fyrir elskuna, þá mundu menn ekki gjöra annað en fyrirlíta hann.
8 Við eigum unga systur, sem enn er brjóstalaus. Hvað eigum við að gjöra við systur okkar, þá er einhver kemur að biðja hennar?
9 Ef hún er múrveggur, þá reisum við á honum silfurtind, en ef hún er hurð, þá lokum við henni með sedrusbjálka.
10 Ég er múrveggur, og brjóst mín eru eins og turnar. Ég varð í augum hans eins og sú er fann hamingjuna.
11 Salómon átti víngarð í Baal Hamón. Hann fékk víngarðinn varðmönnum, hver átti að greiða þúsund sikla silfurs fyrir sinn hlut ávaxtanna.
12 Víngarðurinn minn, sem ég á, er fyrir mig. Eig þú þúsundin, Salómon, og þeir sem gæta ávaxtar hans, tvö hundruð.
13 Þú sem býr í görðunum, vinir hlusta á rödd þína, lát mig heyra hana.
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
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