The Song of Songs  (a love story, to show how God's love for us and our love for God  are like that of two lovers)
雅歌     (一個愛情故事,描述對我們的愛和我們對的愛,就像一對戀人的愛)

Chapters 1, 2

The bride says:
Kiss me. Your love is better than wine.
How right it is to love you, you whom my heart loves.

The bridegroom says:
How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are.

The bride:
He has taken me to his banquet hall
and his banner over me is love.

The groom:
Come then, my love, my lovely one, come.
Show me your face and let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet and your face is beautiful.

The bride:
My beloved is mine and I am his.

12

新娘﹕
吻我。 你的愛更勝酒。
愛你是何等的正確,你是我心所愛。

新郎說﹕
你多麼漂亮,我的愛人,你多麼美麗

新娘﹕
他領我進入宴會他以愛為旗幟插於我

新郎﹕
來吧,我的愛人,我的可人兒,來。
給我看看你的臉,讓我聽聽你的聲音,
因你的聲音是甜美的,而你的臉是漂亮的。

新娘﹕
我的至愛屬於我,而我屬於他。

Dear God, please give me a lover's love for you

親愛的,請給我對你戀人的愛


Chapters 3, 4

The bride:
On my bed at night,
I sought him whom my heart loves.

The groom:
How beautiful you are, my love.
You are wholly beautiful, my love,
and without blemish.

34

新娘﹕
晚上我在床上,我找到我心愛的他。

新郎﹕
我的愛人,你多麼漂亮。
我的愛人,你是完美無瑕。

Lord, please help me understand how much you love me

,請幫我得知你有多愛


Chapter 5

The bride:
I sleep, but my heart is awake.
I hear my beloved knocking.

I open my door, but he is gone.
I search for him, but cannot find him.

5

新娘﹕
我睡著,但我的心是醒的。
我聽到我的至愛敲門。

我打開門,但他已走了。
我尋找他,卻找不到他。

Lord, please help me search for you until I find you

,請幫我尋找你,直到我找到你


Chapters 5, 6, 7

The bride:
His conversation is sweetness itself,
my beloved is totally  lovable.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine.

The groom:
You are beautiful, my love,
as beautiful as Jerusalem.

How beautiful are your feet and thighs.
The curve of your thighs is like the curve of a necklace.

Your navel is like an exquisite wine glass.
Your belly is like a heap of wheat.

Your two breasts are like two baby deer.
Your neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are like beautiful water pools.
Your nose is like a majestic tower.

How beautiful you are, how charming,
my love, my delight.

567

新娘﹕
他的說話甜美
我的至愛是完全的討人喜歡
我屬於我的至愛,而我的至愛屬於我。

新郎﹕
你很漂亮,我的愛人,如耶路撒冷般美麗。

你的腳和大腿是多麽美麗。
你大腿的曲線像一條項鏈的曲線。

你的肚臍像一個精緻的酒杯。
你的肚腹一丘小麥。

你的兩乳兩頭幼鹿。
你的頸項一座象牙塔。

你的雙眼美麗的水池。
你的鼻子一座壯麗的寶塔。

你是多麼美麗、多麽迷人,
我的愛人,我的寶貝。

Lord, please help me understand how much you love me

,請幫我得知你有多愛我


Chapter 8

Set me like a seal on your heart,
like a seal on your arm.

For love is strong as death.
Love is like a fire, a mighty flame.

No flood can quench love.
No torrents can drown it.

Money cannot buy love.

8

把我如印記在你心上,
如印記放在你臂上。

因為愛如死之堅定
像一把火,一個烈焰。

沒有洪水能熄滅愛,
沒有急流能淹沒它。

金錢不能買到愛。

Lord, please fill my heart with your love

,請把我的心注滿你的愛