Isihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo
5:1 Sengingenile ensimini yami, dadewethu, makoti wami;
ngezinongo zami; Ngidlile ikhekheba lami lezinyosi kanye nezinyosi zami; Ngiphuzile okwami
iwayini nobisi lwami: yidlani, bangane; phuzani, yebo, phuzani kakhulu, O
bathandekayo.
5:2 Ngiyalala, kepha inhliziyo yami iyaphaphama; yizwi lesithandwa sami
wangqongqotha, wathi: “Ngivulele, dadewethu, sithandwa sami, juba lami, opheleleyo wami;
ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo, izihluthulelo zami ngamathonsi omlilo
ebusuku.
5:3 Ngikhumule ibhantshi lami; ngizoyigqoka kanjani? Sengizigezile izinyawo zami;
ngingabangcolisa kanjani na?
5:4 Othandiweyo wami wafaka isandla sakhe embotsheni yomnyango, futhi izibilini zami zaba
wathutha ngenxa yakhe.
5:5 Ngasukuma ukuze ngimvulela othandiweyo wami; izandla zami zaconsa imure, neyami
iminwe enemore elimnandi, ezibanjeni zesihluthulelo.
5:6 Ngamvulela othandiweyo wami; kodwa othandiweyo wami ubezihoxile, wayesekhona
umphefumulo wami waphela lapho ekhuluma; ngamfuna, kepha angimthola
yena; Ngambiza, kodwa akangiphendulanga.
5:7 Abalindi ababehambahamba emzini bangithola, bangishaya, bona
wangilimaza; abalindi bezindonga bangemuka umgubuzelo wami.
5:8 Ngiyanifungisa, O madodakazi aseJerusalema, uma nithola othandiweyo wami
mtshele ukuthi ngiguliswa uthando.
5:9 Othandiweyo wakho uyini ngaphezu kwabanye, O wena muhle phakathi
abesifazane? othandiweyo wakho uyini kunomunye, ukuba wenze njalo
usikhokhise?
5:10 Othandiweyo wami umhlophe futhi ubomvu, inhloko phakathi kwezinkulungwane eziyishumi.
5:11 Ikhanda lakhe linjengegolide elicwengekileyo, izihluthu zakhe ziluhlaza, zimnyama njengegolide
igwababa.
5:12 Amehlo akhe anjengamehlo amajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi, agezwa ngamanzi
ubisi, futhi isethi kufanelekile.
5:13 Izihlathi zakhe zinjengombhede weziqholo, njengezimbali ezimnandi: izindebe zakhe like
iminduze, ewisa imure elinuka kamnandi.
5:14 Izandla zakhe zinjengezindandatho zegolide, efakwe ikrisolithe, isisu sakhe sikhazimulayo
uphondo lwendlovu olunamekwe ngamasafire.
5:15 Imilenze yakhe injengezinsika zemabula, zibekwe phezu kwezisekelo zegolide elihle
ubuso bunjengeLebanoni, bubuhle njengemisedari.
5:16 Umlomo wakhe umnandi kakhulu, futhi muhle kakhulu. Eyami lena
othandekayo, lo ngumngane wami, madodakazi aseJerusalema.