Yǎgē 8:8-14

8 Wǒmen yǒu yī xiǎo meì , tāde liǎng rǔ shàng wèi zhǎng chéng . rén lái tí qéng de rìzi , wǒmen dāng wèi tā zĕnyàng bànlǐ .

9 Tā ruò shì qiáng , wǒmen yào zaì qí shang jiànzào yín tǎ . tā ruò shì mén , wǒmen yào yòng xiāng bǎi mù bǎn wéi hù tā .

10 Wǒ shì qiáng , wǒ liǎng rǔ xiàng qí shang de lóu . nàshí , wǒ zaì tā yǎn zhōng xiàng dé píngān de rén .

11 Suǒluómén zaì bā lì hā men yǒu yī pútaóyuán . tā jiāng zhè pútaóyuán jiāo gĕi kānshǒu de rén , wèi qízhōng de guǒzi , Bìjiāo yī qiā Shĕkèlè yínzi .

12 Wǒ zìjǐ de pútaóyuán zaì wǒ miànqián . Suǒluómén nǎ , yī qiā Shĕkèlè guī nǐ , èr bǎi Shĕkèlè guī kānshǒu guǒzi de rén .

13 Nǐ zhè zhù zaì yuán zhōng de , tóngbàn dōu yào tīng nǐde shēngyīn , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒ yĕ dé tīngjian .

14 Wǒde liáng rén nǎ , qiú nǐ kuaì lái . rú líng yáng huò xiǎo lù zaì xiāng cǎo shān shang .

Yǎgē 8:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8

This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1,2; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the daughters of Jerusalem not to give him any disturbance, So 8:4. Upon which they inquire who she was that was in such a posture they saw her in, So 8:5; when the church, instead of giving them an answer, says some things concerning her beloved, on whom they saw her leaning; and makes some requests to him for more nearness to him, and manifestations of his love to her; urged from the strength her love and affections to him, which was invincible, So 8:6,7. Next follows a speech of the church about her little sister; expressing a concern for her, and what she would do to her and with her, So 8:8,9; and the answer of the little sister, declaring what she, was, and what she enjoyed, So 8:10; then the words of the church again, concerning her husband's vineyard; the place, keepers, and profit of it, So 8:11,12. And the chapter, and with it the Song, is concluded with a request of Christ to the church, that he might hear her voice, So 8:13; and with a petition of hers to him, that he would come quickly to her, So 8:14.