Song of Songs · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Song of Songs 1 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Да ло́бжетъ мѧ̀ ѿ лобза́нїй ᲂу҆́стъ свои́хъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ бла̑га сосца̑ твоѧ̑ па́че вїна̀,
1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2 и҆ вонѧ̀ мѵ́ра твоегѡ̀ па́че всѣ́хъ а҆рѡма̑тъ. Мѵ́ро и҆злїѧ́ное и҆́мѧ твоѐ: сегѡ̀ ра́ди ѻ҆трокови̑цы возлюби́ша тѧ̀.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
3 Привлеко́ша тѧ̀: в̾слѣ́дъ тебє̀ въ воню̀ мѵ́ра твоегѡ̀ тече́мъ. Введе́ мѧ ца́рь въ ло́жницꙋ свою̀: возра́дꙋемсѧ и҆ возвесели́мсѧ ѡ҆ тебѣ̀, возлю́бимъ сосца̑ твоѧ̑ па́че вїна̀: пра́вость возлюби́ тѧ.
3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
4 Черна̀ є҆́смь а҆́зъ и҆ добра̀, дщє́ри і҆ерⷭ҇ли̑мскїѧ, ꙗ҆́коже селє́нїѧ кида̑рска, ꙗ҆́коже завѣ̑сы соломѡ̑ни.
4 Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
5 Не зри́те менѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́зъ є҆́смь ѡ҆черне́на, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆пали́ мѧ со́лнце: сы́нове ма́тере моеѧ̀ сварѧ́хꙋсѧ ѡ҆ мнѣ̀, положи́ша мѧ̀ стра́жа въ вїногра́дѣхъ: вїногра́да моегѡ̀ не сохрани́хъ.
5 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
6 Возвѣстѝ мѝ, є҆го́же возлюбѝ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀, гдѣ̀ пасе́ши; гдѣ̀ почива́еши въ полꙋ́дне; да не когда̀ бꙋ́дꙋ ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆блага́ющаѧсѧ над̾ ста́ды дрꙋгѡ́въ твои́хъ.
6 Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
7 А҆́ще не ᲂу҆вѣ́си са́мꙋю тебѐ, до́браѧ въ жена́хъ, и҆зы́ди ты̀ въ пѧта́хъ па́ствъ и҆ пасѝ кѡ́злища твоѧ̑ ᲂу҆ кꙋ́щей па́стырскихъ.
7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
8 Ко́нємъ мои̑мъ въ колесни́цѣхъ фараѡ́новыхъ ᲂу҆подо́бихъ тѧ̀, бли́жнѧѧ моѧ̀.
8 If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 Что̀ ᲂу҆кра́шєны лани̑ты твоѧ̑ ꙗ҆́кѡ гѡ́рлицы, вы́ѧ твоѧ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ мѡни́сты;
9 I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 подѡ́бїѧ зла́та сотвори́мъ тѝ съ пестрота́ми сребра̀.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 До́ндеже (бꙋ́детъ) ца́рь на восклоне́нїи свое́мъ, на́рдъ мо́й дадѐ воню̀ свою̀.
11 We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
12 Вѧза́нїе ста́кти бра́тъ мо́й мнѣ̀, посредѣ̀ сосцꙋ̑ моє́ю водвори́тсѧ:
12 While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 гре́знъ кѵ́провъ бра́тъ мо́й мнѣ̀ въ вїногра́дѣхъ є҆нга́ддовыхъ.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
14 Сѐ, є҆сѝ добра̀, и҆́скреннѧѧ моѧ̀, сѐ, є҆сѝ добра̀: ѻ҆́чи твоѝ голꙋби̑нѣ.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15 Сѐ, є҆сѝ до́бръ, бра́тъ мо́й, и҆ є҆щѐ красе́нъ: ѻ҆́дръ на́шъ со ѡ҆сѣне́нїемъ,
15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
16 прекла̑ди до́мꙋ на́шегѡ ке́дровїи, дски̑ на́шѧ кѷпарі̑сныѧ.
16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. 17 The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Song of Songs 4:10; Song of Songs 1:4; Psalm 36:7; Psalm 63:3–5; Isaiah 55:1–2
- 3 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Exodus 30:23–28; Song of Songs 4:10; John 12:3; Psalm 45:7–8
- 4 John 6:44; Hosea 11:4; Psalm 45:14–15; John 12:32; Hebrews 12:1
- 5 Song of Songs 2:14; Luke 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Song of Songs 5:16; Song of Songs 2:7
- 6 Song of Songs 8:11–12; Luke 12:51–53; Mark 4:6; Jeremiah 12:6; Psalm 69:8
- 7 Song of Songs 3:1–4; Isaiah 13:20; Psalm 23:1–2; Psalm 28:1; Genesis 37:16
- 8 Song of Songs 6:1; Song of Songs 5:9; James 2:21; James 5:10; Hebrews 11:4–40
- 9 Song of Songs 2:10; Song of Songs 2:13; John 15:14–15; Isaiah 31:1; Song of Songs 2:2
- 10 Ezekiel 16:11–13; 1 Peter 3:4; Song of Songs 5:13; Genesis 24:47; Song of Songs 4:9
- 11 Psalm 149:4; Philippians 3:21; Genesis 1:26; Ephesians 5:25–27; Song of Songs 8:9
- 12 John 12:3; Revelation 3:20; Mark 14:3; Song of Songs 4:13–16; Luke 24:30–32
- 13 John 19:39; Psalm 45:8; Ephesians 3:17; Song of Songs 4:14; Genesis 43:11
- 14 Song of Songs 2:3; 1 Samuel 23:29–24:1; Song of Songs 1:13; Joshua 15:62; Song of Songs 4:13–14
- 15 Song of Songs 4:1; Song of Songs 5:12; Song of Songs 4:7; Ephesians 1:17–18; 2 Corinthians 11:2–3
- 16 Song of Songs 2:3; Psalm 45:2; Zechariah 9:17; Revelation 5:11–13; Song of Songs 5:10–16
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
An example of this is that passage in the Song of Solomon, "I am black, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." For it is not said, I was black as the tents of Kedar, but am now comely as the curtains of Solomon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For now meanwhile thou standest outside the door: but God grant that you all may say, The King hath brought me into His chamber.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So then this Bridegroom, "fair in beauty above the children of men," became deformed that He might make His Spouse fair to whom it is said, "O thou beauteous among women," of whom it is said, "Who is this that cometh up, whitened" with the brightness of light, not the colouring of falsehood!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… with you, all Beauteous as He was, prayed for you; "Father," saith He, "forgive them, for they know not what they do." For if He were without comeliness, how is it that she loveth Him, who saith, "Tell me, O Thou whom my soul loveth"? How is it that she loveth Him?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)