Song of Songs · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Song of Songs 3 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.
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1 На ло́жи мое́мъ въ но́щехъ и҆ска́хъ, є҆го́же возлюбѝ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀, и҆ска́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не ѡ҆брѣто́хъ є҆гѡ̀: воззва́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не послꙋ́ша менѐ.
1 By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
2 Воста́нꙋ ᲂу҆̀бо и҆ ѡ҆бы́дꙋ во гра́дѣ и҆ на то́ржищихъ и҆ на сто́гнахъ, и҆ поищꙋ̀, є҆го́же возлюбѝ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀. Поиска́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не ѡ҆брѣто́хъ є҆гѡ̀: зва́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не послꙋ́ша менѐ.
2 I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
3 Ѡ҆брѣто́ша мѧ̀ стрегꙋ́щїи, ѡ҆бходѧ́ще во гра́дѣ: ви́дѣсте ли, є҆го́же возлюбѝ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀;
3 The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 Ꙗ҆́кѡ ма́лѡ є҆гда̀ преидо́хъ ѿ ни́хъ, до́ндеже ѡ҆брѣто́хъ, є҆го́же возлюбѝ дꙋша̀ моѧ̀: ᲂу҆держа́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не ѡ҆ста́вихъ є҆гѡ̀, до́ндеже введо́хъ є҆го̀ въ до́мъ ма́тере моеѧ̀ и҆ въ черто́гъ заче́ншїѧ мѧ̀.
4 I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
5 Заклѧ́хъ ва́съ, дщє́ри і҆ерⷭ҇ли̑мскїѧ, въ си́лахъ и҆ въ крѣ́постехъ се́льныхъ: а҆́ще подви́жете и҆ воздви́жете любо́вь, до́ндеже а҆́ще восхо́щетъ.
5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.
6 Кто̀ сїѧ̀ восходѧ́щаѧ ѿ пꙋсты́ни, ꙗ҆́кѡ стебло̀ ды́ма кадѧ́щее смѵ́рнꙋ и҆ лїва́нъ, ѿ всѣ́хъ благово́нїй мѷрова́рца;
6 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
7 Сѐ, ѻ҆́дръ соломѡ́нь, шестьдесѧ́тъ си́льныхъ ѡ҆́крестъ є҆гѡ̀ ѿ си́льныхъ і҆и҃левыхъ,
7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
8 всѝ и҆мꙋ́ще ѻ҆рꙋ̑жїѧ, наꙋче́ни на бра́нь: мꙋ́жъ, ѻ҆рꙋ́жїе є҆гѡ̀ на бедрѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀ ѿ ᲂу҆́жаса въ но́щехъ.
8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
9 Ѻ҆́дръ сотворѝ себѣ̀ ца́рь соломѡ́нъ ѿ древе́съ лїва́нскихъ.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
10 Столпы̀ є҆гѡ̀ сотворѝ срє́брѧны и҆ восклоне́нїе є҆гѡ̀ зла́то: восхо́дъ є҆гѡ̀ багрѧ́нъ, внꙋ́трь є҆гѡ̀ ка́менїе по́стлано, любо́вь ѿ дще́рей і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мскихъ.
10 He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Дщє́ри сїѡ̑ни, и҆зыди́те и҆ ви́дите въ царѝ соломѡ́нѣ въ вѣнцѣ̀, и҆́мже вѣнча̀ є҆го̀ ма́ти є҆гѡ̀ въ де́нь ѡ҆брꙋче́нїѧ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ въ де́нь весе́лїѧ се́рдца є҆гѡ̀.
11 Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 1:8; Song of Songs 5:6; Song of Songs 1:7; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 55:6
- 2 Ephesians 5:14; Romans 13:11; Isaiah 64:7; Proverbs 1:20–21; Psalm 22:1–2
- 3 Song of Songs 5:7; John 20:15; Ezekiel 33:2–9; Isaiah 21:11–12; Isaiah 21:6–8
- 4 Proverbs 8:17; Matthew 7:7; Song of Songs 6:12; Song of Songs 8:2; Proverbs 4:13
- 5 Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 8:4; Micah 4:8
- 6 Song of Songs 8:5; Revelation 12:14; Song of Songs 4:6; Song of Songs 1:13; Isaiah 43:19
- 7 1 Kings 14:27; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 6:17; 1 Samuel 28:2; Song of Songs 1:16
- 8 Psalm 45:3; Ephesians 6:16–18; Psalm 149:5–9; Isaiah 27:3; Nehemiah 4:21–22
- 9 Song of Songs 3:7; 2 Samuel 23:5; Revelation 14:6
- 10 Romans 5:8; Revelation 3:12; Ephesians 3:18–19; Psalm 87:3; Song of Songs 1:5
- 11 Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 2:19–20; Psalm 9:14; Revelation 1:7
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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).
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“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).
… proclaimed by soldiers; and Jesus also must in a figure be crowned by soldiers; so that for this cause the Scripture says in the Canticles, Go forth, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, and look upon King Solomon in the crown wherewith His mother crowned Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
On my bed I sought Him by night, I sought Him, and I found Him not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
It was but a little that I passed from them (that is, from the two Angels), until I found Him Whom my soul loved. I held Him, and would not let Him go.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)