But Jesusturningto them said,"Daughtersof Jerusalem,stopweepingfor Me, but weepfor yourselvesand for your children.
"I am blackbut lovely,O daughtersof Jerusalem,Like the tentsof Kedar,Like the curtainsof Solomon.
"I adjureyou, O daughtersof Jerusalem,By the gazellesorby the hindsof the field,That you do not arouseor awaken[my] loveUntilshe pleases."
"He madeits postsof silver,Its backof gold[And] its seatof purplefabric,[With] its interiorlovinglyfittedout By the daughtersof Jerusalem.
"I adjureyou, O daughtersof Jerusalem,By the gazellesorby the hindsof the field,That you will not arouseor awaken[my] loveUntilshe pleases."
"His mouthis [full of] sweetness.And he is whollydesirable.Thisis my belovedand thisis my friend,O daughtersof Jerusalem."
"I adjureyou, O daughtersof Jerusalem,Ifyou findmy beloved,As to whatyou will tellhim: For I am lovesick."
"I want you to swear,O daughtersof Jerusalem,Do not arouseor awaken[my] loveUntilshe pleases."
And followingHim was a largecrowdof the people,and of womenwhowere mourningand lamentingHim.
"For behold,the daysare comingwhenthey will say,Blessedare the barren,and the wombsthat neverbore,and the breaststhat nevernursed.'
BEHOLD,HE IS COMINGWITH THE CLOUDS,and everyeyewill seeHim, eventhose whopiercedHim; and allthe tribesof the earthwill mournoverHim. Soit is to be. Amen.
