1 Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.당신이 내 어머니의 젖을 먹고 자란 내 오라버니 같았더라면! 그랬다면 밖에서 당신을 만나도 입을 맞출 수 있을 것이고, 그래도 아무도 나를 업신여기지 못할 텐데.
2 I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.나는 당신을 이끌어 나를 가르치시던 내 어머니의 집으로 모셔 들이고, 향료 섞은 포도주와 내 석류즙을 당신께 마시게 하겠습니다.
3 His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.그분의 왼팔은 내 머리 아래에 있고, 오른팔은 나를 안아 주십니다.
4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.예루살렘의 딸들이여, 내가 당신들에게 부탁합니다. 사랑이 원할 때까지 그 사랑을 흔들지도 깨우지도 마십시오.
5 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Beloved Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.자기 사랑하는 이에게 기대어 광야에서 올라오는 이 여인은 누구인가? 저 사과나무 아래에서 내가 당신을 깨웠습니다. 거기서 당신의 어머니가 당신을 잉태하였고, 거기서 산고를 겪으며 당신을 낳았습니다.
6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yah.Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.나를 당신의 마음에 인장처럼, 당신의 팔에 인장처럼 새겨 주십시오. 사랑은 죽음처럼 강하고, 그 질투는 무덤처럼 잔혹하며, 그 불꽃은 타오르는 불길, 곧 여호와의 불꽃입니다.
7 Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned.많은 물도 사랑을 끄지 못하고, 홍수도 그것을 삼키지 못합니다. 누가 사랑을 얻으려고 자기 집의 온 재산을 다 내어 준다 해도 사람들은 그를 도리어 비웃을 것입니다.
8 We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?우리에게 어린 누이가 있는데, 아직 가슴이 자라지 않았습니다. 누군가 그 아이에게 청혼하는 날에 우리 누이를 위해 무엇을 해 주어야 할까요?
9 If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.그 아이가 성벽이라면 우리가 그 위에 은으로 망대를 쌓을 것이고, 그 아이가 문이라면 우리가 백향목 널빤지로 둘러 막을 것입니다.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof: Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.나는 성벽이고, 내 가슴은 그 망대 같으니, 그래서 나는 그분의 눈에 평화를 누리는 자처럼 되었습니다.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.솔로몬은 바알하몬에 포도원을 가지고 있었습니다. 그는 그 포도원을 소작인들에게 맡겼는데, 그 열매 값으로 저마다 은 천 세겔을 바쳐야 했습니다.
12 My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.내 것인 내 포도원은 내 앞에 있습니다. 솔로몬이여, 그 천 세겔은 당신의 것이고, 그 열매를 지키는 이들에게는 이백 세겔이 돌아갑니다.
13 You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.동산에 거하는 그대여, 벗들이 그대의 목소리에 귀를 기울이니, 그대의 음성을 내게 들려주십시오!
14 Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.내 사랑하는 이여, 어서 오십시오! 향기로운 산들 위의 노루처럼, 젊은 수사슴처럼 달려오십시오!