Yǎgē 8:4

4 Yēlùsǎlĕng de zhòng nǚzi a , wǒ zhǔfu nǐmen , búyào jīng dòng , búyào jiàoxǐng wǒ suǒ qīnaì de , dĕng tā zìjǐ qíngyuàn ( búyào jiàoxǐng yúnyún huò zuò búyào jīdòng aì qíng dĕng tā zì fā ) .

Yǎgē 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 8:4

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up,
nor awake [my] love, until he please.
] The phrase, "by the roes [and] by the hinds of the field", used in ( Song of Solomon 2:7 ) ( 3:5 ) ; is here omitted; not as if the charge was less vehement and earnest here, for the form of expostulation seems rather to express more earnestness: for the words may be rendered, "why will ye", or "why should ye stir up, and why awake my love?" ^F9 being apprehensive they were about to do it; and which she dissuades from, as unreasonable and dangerous, and might be prejudicial to them as well as to her. The allusion is to virgins, that sung songs at marriages; one in the evening, lulling to sleep; and another in the morning, awaking and stirring up from it ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (hm) , "cur", Montanus, Schmidt.
F11 Vid. Theocrit. Idyll. 18.

Yǎgē 8:4 In-Context

2 Wǒ bì yǐndǎo nǐ , lǐng nǐ jìn wǒ mǔqin de jiā . wǒ kĕyǐ lǐngshòu jiàoxun , yĕ jiù shǐ nǐ hē shíliu zhī niáng de xiāng jiǔ .

3 Tāde zuǒshǒu bì zaì wǒ tóu xià , tāde yòushǒu bìjiāng wǒ bào zhù .

4 Yēlùsǎlĕng de zhòng nǚzi a , wǒ zhǔfu nǐmen , búyào jīng dòng , búyào jiàoxǐng wǒ suǒ qīnaì de , dĕng tā zìjǐ qíngyuàn ( búyào jiàoxǐng yúnyún huò zuò búyào jīdòng aì qíng dĕng tā zì fā ) .

5 Nà kào zheliáng rén cóng kuàngyĕ shang lái de , shì shuí ne . wǒ zaì píngguǒ shù xià jiàoxǐng nǐ . nǐ mǔqin zaì nàli wèi nǐ qú laó , shēng yǎng nǐde zaì nàli wèi nǐ qú laó .

6 Qiú nǐ jiāng wǒ fàng zaì xīn shang rú yìn jì , daì zaì nǐ bì shang rú chuō jì . yīnwei aì qíng rú sǐ zhī jiān jiàng . jí hèn rú yīnjiān zhī cánrĕn . suǒ fā de diàn guāng , shì huǒyàn de diàn guāng , shì Yēhéhuá de liè yàn .