Awit ng mga Awit 8
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
8 Kung naging kapatid lamang sana kita, na pinasuso ng aking ina, hahalikan kita saanman tayo magkita, at hindi nila ako pag-iisipan ng masama. 2 Dadalhin kita sa bahay ng aking ina, at doon ay tuturuan mo ako ng tungkol sa pag-ibig. Paiinumin kita ng mabangong alak na mula sa katas ng aking mga pomegranata. 3 Ulo koʼy nakaunan sa kaliwa mong bisig at ang kanang kamay mo naman ay nakayakap sa akin.
4 Kayong mga babae ng Jerusalem, mangako kayo na hindi ninyo hahayaan na ang pag-ibig ay umusbong hanggaʼt hindi pa dumarating ang tamang panahon.
Mga Babae ng Jerusalem
5 Sino kaya itong dumarating mula sa ilang na nakahilig sa kanyang minamahal?
Babae
Ginising ko ang iyong damdamin, doon sa ilalim ng puno ng mansanas, kung saan ka isinilang. 6 Iukit mo ang pangalan ko sa puso mo para patunayan na ako lamang ang mahal mo. At ako lamang ang yayakapin ng mga bisig mo. Makapangyarihan ang pag-ibig gaya ng kamatayan; maging ang pagnanasa ay hindi mapipigilan. Ang pag-ibig ay parang lumiliyab at lumalagablab na apoy. 7 Kahit laksa-laksang tubig, hindi ito mapipigilan. Sinumang magtangkang bilhin ito kahit ng lahat niyang yaman ay baka malagay lamang sa kahihiyan.
Ang mga Kapatid na Lalaki ng Babae
8 May kapatid kaming dalagita, at ang kanyang dibdib ay hindi pa nababakas. Anong gagawin namin sa araw na may manligaw na sa kanya? 9 Birhen man siya o hindi, iingatan namin siya.[a]
Babae
10 Akoʼy birhen nga, at ang dibdib koʼy parang mga tore. Kaya nga ang aking mahal ay lubos na nasisiyahan sa akin.
11 May ubasan si Solomon sa Baal Hamon na kanyang pinauupahan sa mga magsasaka roon. Bawat isa sa kanilaʼy nagbibigay sa kanya ng 1,000 piraso ng pilak bilang parte niya sa ubasan. 12 Ikaw ang bahala Solomon, kung ang parte mo ay 1,000 piraso ng pilak at ang parte ng mga magsasaka ay 200 piraso ng pilak. Pero ako na ang bahala sa sarili kong ubasan.
Lalaki
13 O irog kong namamasyal sa hardin, mabuti pa ang mga kaibigan mo, naririnig nila ang iyong tinig. Iparinig mo rin ito sa akin.
Babae
14 Halika, aking mahal. Tumakbo ka nang mabilis gaya ng usa sa kabundukan na punong-puno ng mga halamang ginagawang pabango.
Footnotes
- 8:9 sa literal, Kung pader man siya, patatayuan namin ito ng mga toreng pilak. Kung siya namaʼy pintuan, igagawa namin siya ng trangka na yari sa kahoy na sedro.
Song of Solomon 8
New King James Version
Lovers Reunited at Their Country Home
8 Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
2 I would lead you and bring you
Into the (A)house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of (B)spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
3 (C)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
4 (D)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
5 (E)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
6 (F)Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
(G)Jealousy as [a]cruel as [b]the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
[c]A most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
(H)If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
The Shulamite’s Brothers
8 (I)We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
The Shulamite
10 I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
(J)He leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
(To Solomon)
12 My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
The Beloved
13 You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice—
(K)Let me hear it!
The Shulamite
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 severe, lit. hard
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or Sheol
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Lit. A flame of Yah, poetic form of YHWH, the Lord
- Song of Solomon 8:14 Hurry, lit. Flee
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
Song of Solomon 8
King James Version
8 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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