New Living Translation NLT
Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.
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By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
2 So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
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I will get up now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
3 The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds, and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
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The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
4 Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house, into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.
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I had scarcely passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, Into the chamber of her who conceived me.
5 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.
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I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.
6 Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness like a cloud of smoke? Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense and every kind of spice?
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Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all spices of the merchant?
7 Look, it is Solomon’s carriage, surrounded by sixty heroic men, the best of Israel’s soldiers.
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Behold, it is Shlomo's carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, Of the mighty men of Yisra'el.
8 They are all skilled swordsmen, experienced warriors. Each wears a sword on his thigh, ready to defend the king against an attack in the night.
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They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, Because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon’s carriage is built of wood imported from Lebanon.
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King Shlomo made himself a carriage Of the wood of Levanon.
10 Its posts are silver, its canopy gold; its cushions are purple. It was decorated with love by the young women of Jerusalem.
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He made its pillars of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst being paved with love, From the daughters of Yerushalayim.
11 Come out to see King Solomon, young women of Jerusalem. He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day, his most joyous day.
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Go forth, you daughters of Tziyon, and see king Shlomo, With the crown with which his mother has crowned him, In the day of his weddings, In the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover
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