Mele a Solomona
1:1 ʻO ke mele o nā mele, ʻo Solomona ia.
1:2 E honi mai ia'u me na honi o kona waha: no ka mea, ua oi aku kou aloha
ma mua o ka waina.
1: 3. No ka mea ʻala o kou poni maikaʻi, ua like kou inoa me ka mea poni
i ninini ʻia, no laila ke aloha nei nā wahine puʻupaʻa iā ʻoe.
1:4 E huki mai ia'u, e holo makou mahope ou
keena: E hauoli makou a e hauoli hoi ia oe, E hoomanao makou i kou aloha
ua oi aku mamua o ka waina: ua aloha ka poe pono ia oe.
1:5 ʻO wau ʻeleʻele, akā nani, e nā kaikamāhine o Ierusalema, e like me nā halelewa o
Kedara, e like me na paku o Solomona.
1:6 Mai nana mai ia'u, no ka mea, ua eleele au, no ka mea, ua nana ka la
iaʻu: ua huhū nā keiki a koʻu makuahine iaʻu; Ua hoolilo lakou ia'u i kahu
nā māla waina; aka, aole au i malama i ko'u malawaina.
1:7 E haʻi mai iaʻu, e ka mea a koʻu ʻuhane i aloha ai, kahi āu e hānai ai, ma hea ʻoe
e hoomaha i kau poe hipa i ke awakea: no ke aha la wau e like ai me ia
huli ae oe me na ohana o kou mau hoa?
1:8 Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike, e ka mea maikaʻi loa i waena o nā wahine, e hele ʻoe ma ke ala
E hanai i kau poe keiki ma na halelewa o na kahuhipa.
1:9 Ua hoohalike au ia oe, e ka'u mea i aloha'i, i ka poe lio o Parao
nā kaʻa.
1:10 He nani kou mau papalina me nā lālani mea nani, kou ʻāʻī me nā kaula gula.
1:11 E hana mākou iā ʻoe i nā lei gula me nā lei kālā.
1:12 ʻOiai ke aliʻi e noho ana ma kona papa ʻaina, hoʻouna aku koʻu ʻala i ka
honi.
1:13 He pūʻolo mura kaʻu mea aloha iaʻu; e moe no ia a ao ka po
ma waena o koʻu mau umauma.
1:14 ʻO kaʻu mea i aloha ai, ua like ia me ka hui ʻana o ka camphire ma nā māla waina
Engedi.
1:15 Aia hoʻi, nani ʻoe, e kaʻu mea aloha. aia hoi, ua maikai oe; he mau manu nūnū kāu
maka.
1:16 Aia hoʻi, nani ʻoe, e kaʻu mea i aloha ai, ʻae, ʻoluʻolu.
1:17 ʻO nā kaola o ko mākou hale he kedera, a me ko mākou mau lāʻau kaʻa.