IsiHlabelelo seziHlabelelo 5 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Umnyeni:

¹ Sengingenile ensimini yami, dadewethu, makoti wami; ngiyabutha imure* lami namakha ami, ngiyadla amakhekheba ami kanye nezinyosi zami, ngiyaphuza iwayini lami kanye nobisi lwami. Yidlani, bangane, niphuze, nisuthe ngothando.

Abangane: Ukulangazela komakoti. Umakoti:

² Bengilele, kepha inhliziyo yami ibiphapheme; kuyizwi lothandiweyo wami elingqongqotha lithi: “Ngivulele, dadewethu, sithandwa sami, juba lami, opheleleyo wami, ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo, nesihluthu sami amaconsi asebusuku.”

³ Ngikhumulile isambatho sami, ngingasifaka kanjani? Ngigezile izinyawo zami, ngingazingcoliselani na?

⁴ Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni, izibilini zami zamhawukela.

⁵ Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami; izandla zami zaconsa imure,* neminwe yami imure elimanzi phezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.

⁶ Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami, kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile, wamuka; umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe, ngamfuna, kepha angamthola; ngambiza, kodwa akaphendula.

⁷ Abalindi bangifumana behambahamba emzini, bangishaya, bangilimaza; abalindi bezingange bangaphuca imvakazi yami.

Ukuphendulana komyeni nomakoti

⁸ Ngiyanifungisa, madodakazi aseJerusalema, uma nimfumana othandiweyo wami, ukuba nimtshele ukuthi ngiyafa uthando.

Abangane:

⁹ Othandiweyo wakho udlula ngani omunye, wena muhlekazi phakathi kwabesifazane, na? Othandiweyo wakho udlula kuphi omunye ukuba usifungise kanjalo na?

Umakoti:

¹⁰ Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu, uyabonakala phakathi kwezigidi.

¹¹ Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide elihle elicwengekileyo; isihluthu sakhe sinententezo, simnyama njengegwababa.

¹² Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi, ageziwe ngobisi ehlezi ngasemifudlaneni egcweleyo.

¹³ Izihlathi zakhe ziyizindima zamakha ezithaphuka iphunga, nezindebe zakhe ziyiminduze econsa imure* elimanzi.

¹⁴ Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide, okufakwe kuzo amakrisolithe;* isidumbu sakhe sinjengokwenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu, sembesiwe ngamasafire.*

¹⁵ Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zetshe elimhlophe ezisekelwe ezinyaweni zegolide elihle; ukubukeka kwakhe kunjengeLebanoni, kukhethekile njengemisedari.*

¹⁶ Umlomo wakhe umnandi, uyanxaneleka wonke; yilowo ongothandiweyo wami, yilowo ongumngane wami, nina madodakazi aseJerusalema.