Wimbo 5:3
Song of Songs 5:3 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
(2) Nililala lakini moyo wangu ulikuwa macho. Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu anabisha: “Nifungulie, dada yangu, mpenzi wangu, hua wangu, asiye na hitilafu. Kichwa changu kimeloa umande, na nywele zangu manyunyu ya usiku.” (3) Nimevua joho langu: je, ni lazima nivae tena? Nimenawa miguu yangu: je, ni lazima niichafue tena?
Song of Songs 5:3 in English
Song of Songs 5:3 · Berean Standard Bible
(2) I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.” (3) I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
Context
1Nimekuja kwenye bustani yangu, dada yangu,
bibi arusi wangu;
nimekusanya manemane yangu pamoja
na kikolezo changu.
Nimekula sega langu la asali na asali yangu;
nimekunywa divai yangu na maziwa yangu. 2(1) Kuleni, enyi marafiki, mnywe;
kunyweni ya kutosha, ee wapenzi. 3(2) Nililala lakini moyo wangu ulikuwa macho.
Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu anabisha:
“Nifungulie, dada yangu, mpenzi wangu,
hua wangu, asiye na hitilafu.
Kichwa changu kimeloa umande,
na nywele zangu manyunyu ya usiku.”
(3) Nimevua joho langu:
je, ni lazima nivae tena?
Nimenawa miguu yangu:
je, ni lazima niichafue tena? 4Mpenzi wangu aliweka mkono wake kwenye tundu la komeo;
moyo wangu ulianza kugonga kwa ajili yake. 5Niliinuka kumfungulia mpenzi wangu,
mikono yangu ikidondosha manemane,
vidole vyangu vikitiririka manemane,
penye vipini vya komeo.
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