IsiHlabelelo seziHlabelelo 7 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Ubuhle bomakoti osinayo

¹ Zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zakho ezicathulweni zazo, wena ndodakazi yesikhulu! Amathanga akho ayizindilinga anjengemihlobiso, umsebenzi wezandla zengcweti.

² Inkaba yakho ingumkhele oncweliweyo, ongasweli iwayini elixutshanisiweyo; isisu sakho siyinqwaba kakolweni, ibiyelwe ngeminduze.

³ Amabele akho amabili anjengezixhumu ezimbili ezingamawele ensephe.

⁴ Intamo yakho injengoMbhoshongo woPhondo lweNdlovu; amehlo akho angamachibi aseHeshiboni ngasesangweni laseBati Rabimi; impumulo yakho injengombhoshongo waseLebanoni obhekene neDamaseku.

⁵ Ikhanda lakho kuwe linjengeKarmeli, nomyeko wekhanda lakho unjengokububende; kuboshiwe inkosi ngesiyendane.

Umyeni ukhuluma ngothando lwakhe

⁶ Umuhle, umnandi kangakanani wena othandwa ngenjabulo!

⁷ Isimo sakho siyisundu, namabele akho omabili anjengamahlukuzo.

⁸ Ngathi: “Ngiyakukhwela esundwini, ngibambe amagatsha alo.” Amabele akho mawabe ngamahlukuzo omvini, nephunga lokuphefumula kwakho njengama-apula,*

⁹ nomlomo wakho njengewayini elihle elihamba lehle kamnandi, lewuka ngezindebe nangamazinyo.

Umnyeni:

¹⁰ Mina ngingowothandiweyo wami, uyanginxanela.

¹¹ Woza wena othandiweyo wami, siye endle, silale emizaneni.

¹² Masivuke ekuseni, siye ezivinini, sibone uma umvini uqhakazile, nezimbali zawo uma zivulekile, namapomegranati* uma ekhahlele. Lapho ngiyakukunika uthando lwami.

¹³ Amamandragora* athaphuka iphunga, nangaseminyango yethu kukhona izinhlobo zonke zezithelo ezinqabileyo, ezintsha nezindala, engizibekele wena othandiweyo wami.