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Cantares 8
La Biblia de las Américas
Cantares 8
La Biblia de las Américas
8 ¡Ah, si tú fueras como mi hermano,
amamantado a los pechos de mi madre!
Si te encontrara afuera, te besaría,
y no me despreciarían.
2 Te llevaría y te introduciría
en la casa de mi madre(A), que me enseñaba[a];
te daría a beber vino sazonado del zumo[b] de mis granadas.
3 Esté su izquierda bajo mi cabeza
y su derecha me abrace(B).
EL ESPOSO:
4 Quiero que juréis, oh hijas de Jerusalén:
que no despertaréis ni levantaréis[c] a mi amor,
hasta que quiera(C).
EL CORO:
5 ¿Quién es esta que sube del desierto(D),
recostada sobre su amado?
EL ESPOSO:
Debajo del manzano[d](E) te[e] desperté;
allí tu madre tuvo dolores de parto por ti,
allí tuvo dolores de parto, y te dio a luz.
LA ESPOSA:
6 Ponme como sello sobre tu corazón,
como sello(F) sobre tu brazo,
porque fuerte como la muerte es el amor,
inexorables[f] como el Seol[g], los celos(G);
sus destellos, destellos de fuego,
la llama misma del Señor[h].
7 Las muchas aguas no pueden extinguir el amor,
ni los ríos lo anegarán;
si el hombre diera todos los bienes de su casa por amor,
de cierto lo menospreciarían(H).
EL CORO:
8 Tenemos una hermana pequeña,
y todavía no tiene pechos(I);
¿qué haremos por nuestra hermana
el día en que sea pedida[i]?
9 Si ella es una muralla,
edificaremos sobre ella un baluarte de plata;
pero si es una puerta,
la reforzaremos con tablas de cedro(J).
LA ESPOSA:
10 Yo soy una muralla, y mis pechos(K) como torres,
entonces fui a sus ojos como quien halla la paz.
11 Salomón tenía una viña(L) en Baal-hamón,
confió la viña(M) a los guardas(N);
cada uno debía traer por su fruto mil(O) siclos[j] de plata(P).
12 Mi viña, que es mía, está a mi disposición[k];
los mil siclos son para ti, Salomón,
y doscientos, para los que guardan su fruto.
EL ESPOSO:
LA ESPOSA:
14 Apresúrate[l], amado mío,
y sé como una gacela o un cervatillo[m](S)
sobre los montes de los aromas[n](T).
Footnotes
- Cantares 8:2 O, tú me enseñarías
- Cantares 8:2 O, mosto
- Cantares 8:4 O, ¿Por qué levantaréis
- Cantares 8:6 O, albaricoque
- Cantares 8:6 Los pronombres en el resto de este vers. son masculinos en el T. M., pero deben ser considerados femeninos como en la versión siriaca.
- Cantares 8:6 O, tan inflexible
- Cantares 8:6 I.e., región de los muertos
- Cantares 8:6 Otra posible lectura es: una llama intensa
- Cantares 8:8 Lit., se hable de ella
- Cantares 8:11 Un siclo equivale aprox. a 11.4 gramos de plata
- Cantares 8:12 Lit., delante de mí
- Cantares 8:14 Lit., Huye
- Cantares 8:14 Lit., cervatillo de los ciervos
- Cantares 8:14 O, bálsamos
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
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
Song of Solomon 8
King James Version
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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