Song of Songs, Chapter 5
Introduction
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- English translation: King James Version (1611), public domain, retrieved verbatim from bible-api.com (KJV).
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1ο νυμφιοϲ προϲ την νυμφην ειϲηλθον ειϲ κηπον · αδελφη μου νυμφη ετρυγηϲα ϲταφυλην μου · μετα αρωματων μου εφαγον αρτον μου . μετα μελιτοϲ μ(ου) · επιον οινον μου · μετα γαλακτοϲ μου τοιϲ πληϲιον ο νυμφιοϲ φαγετε πληϲιοι και πιετε και μεθυϲθητε αδελφοι 2εγω καθευδω · και η καρδια μου αγρυπνει η νυμφη εϲθετε τον νυμφιον κρουοντα επι την θυραν φωνη αδελφιδου μου . κρουει επι την θυραν η νυμφη ταδε ανοιξον μοι αδελφη μου · η πληϲιον μου · περιϲτερα μου τελια μου οτι η κεφαλη μου . επληϲθη δροϲου και βοϲτριχοι μου · ψεχαδων νυκτοϲ 3η νυμφη ταδε εξεδυϲαμην τον χιτωνα μου · πωϲ ενδυϲωμαι αυτον ενιψαμην τουϲ ποδαϲ μου . πωϲ μολυνω αυτουϲ 4αδελφιδοϲ μου · απεϲτιλεν χιρα αυτου απο τηϲ οπηϲ και η κοιλια μου . εθροηθη επ αυτον 5ανεϲτην ανοιξαι εγω τω αδελφιδω μ(ου) χειρεϲ μου εϲταξαν · ϲμυρναν δακτυλοι μου · ϲμυρναν πληρη επι χειραϲ του κλιθρου ·
1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6ηνοιξα εγω τω αδελφιδω μου αδελφιδοϲ μου παρηλθεν · ψυχη μου απηλθεν · εν λογω αυτου εζητηϲα αυτον · και ουχ ευρον αυτον εκαλεϲα αυτον · και ουχ ϋπηκουϲεν μ(ου) 7ευροϲαν με οι φυλακεϲ · οι κυκλουντεϲ εν τη πολει επαταξαν με ετραυματιϲαν με ηραν το θεριϲτρον απ εμου φυλακεϲ των τειχεων 8ωρκιϲα ϋμαϲ · θυγατερεϲ ιηλμʼ εν ταιϲ δυναμεϲιν · και εν ταιϲ ϊϲχυϲεϲιν του αγρου εαν ευρητε τον αδελφον μου . απαγγειλατε αυτω οτι αγαπηϲ · τετρωμενηϲ ειμι εγω 9αι θυγατερεϲ ϊηλμʼ και οι φυλακεϲ πυν των τιχεων πυνθανονται τηϲ νυμφηϲ τι αδελφιδοϲ μου απο αδελφιδου μου η καλη εν γυναιξιν τι αδελφιδοϲ ϲου απο αδελφιδου · οτι ουτωϲ ωρκιϲαϲ ημαϲ 10η νυμφη ϲημαινι τον αδελφιδον ο ποιοϲ εϲτιν αδελφιδοϲ μου · λευκοϲ και πυρροϲ εκλελοχιϲμενοϲ · εκ μυριαδων
6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11κεφαλη αυτου . χρυϲιον κε φαζ βοϲτρυχοι αυτου ελαται μελανεϲ · ωϲ κοραξ 12οι οφθαλμοι αυτου · ωϲ περιϲτεραι · επι πληρωματα υδατων λελουμεναι · εν γαλακτι καθημεναι · επι πληρωματα ϋδατων 13ϲιαγονεϲ αυτου . ωϲ φιαλαι του αρωματοϲ · φυουϲαι μυρεψικα χειλη αυτου · κρινα ϲταζοντα · ζμυρναν πληρη 14χειρεϲ αυτου · τορευται χρυϲαι · πεπληρωμεναι θαρϲειϲ κοιλια αυτου · πυξιον ελεφαντινο . επι λιθου ϲαπφειρου 15κνημαι αυτου · ϲτυλοι μαρμαρινοι · τεθεμελιωμενοι επι βαϲιϲ χρυϲαϲ ειδοϲ αυτου . ωϲ λιβανοϲ εκλεκτοϲ · ωϲ κεδροι
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16φαρυγξ αυτου γλυκαϲμοι · και ολοϲ επιθυμια ουτοϲ αδελφιδοϲ μου · και ουτοϲ πληϲιον μου θυγατερεϲ ϊηλμ
16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + King James Version (1611) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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