Song of Songs · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Song of Songs 5 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 Да сни́детъ бра́тъ моѝ въ вертогра́дъ сво́й и҆ да ꙗ҆́стъ пло́дъ ѻ҆во́щїй свои́хъ. Внидо́хъ въ вертогра́дъ мо́й, сестро̀ моѧ̀ невѣ́сто: ѡ҆б̾има́хъ смѵ́рнꙋ мою̀ со а҆рѡма́тами мои́ми, ꙗ҆до́хъ хлѣ́бъ мо́й съ ме́домъ мои́мъ, пи́хъ вїно̀ моѐ съ млеко́мъ мои́мъ. Ꙗ҆ди́те, бли́жнїи, и҆ пі́йте и҆ ᲂу҆пі́йтесѧ, бра́тїѧ.
1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
2 А҆́зъ сплю̀, а҆ се́рдце моѐ бди́тъ: гла́съ бра́та моегѡ̀ ᲂу҆дарѧ́етъ въ двє́ри: ѿве́рзи мѝ, сестро̀ моѧ̀, бли́жнѧѧ моѧ̀, голꙋби́це моѧ̀, соверше́ннаѧ моѧ̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ глава̀ моѧ̀ напо́лнисѧ росы̀, и҆ вла́си моѝ ка́пель нощны́хъ.
2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 Совлеко́хсѧ ри́зы моеѧ̀, ка́кѡ ѡ҆блекꙋ́сѧ въ ню̀; ᲂу҆мы́хъ но́зѣ моѝ, ка́кѡ ѡ҆скверню̀ и҆̀хъ;
3 I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
4 Бра́тъ мо́й посла̀ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀ сквозѣ̀ сква́жню, и҆ чре́во моѐ вострепета̀ ѿ негѡ̀.
4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
5 Воста́хъ а҆́зъ ѿве́рсти бра́тꙋ моемꙋ̀: рꙋ́цѣ моѝ и҆ска́паша смѵ́рнꙋ, пе́рсты моѝ смѵ́рны пѡ́лны на рꙋка́хъ заключе́нїѧ.
5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
6 Ѿверзо́хъ а҆́зъ бра́тꙋ моемꙋ̀: бра́тъ мо́й пре́йде. Дꙋша̀ моѧ̀ и҆зы́де въ сло́во є҆гѡ̀: взыска́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не ѡ҆брѣто́хъ є҆гѡ̀: зва́хъ є҆го̀, и҆ не послꙋ́ша менѐ.
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.
7 Ѡ҆брѣто́ша мѧ̀ стра́жїе ѡ҆бходѧ́щїи во гра́дѣ: би́ша мѧ̀, ꙗ҆зви́ша мѧ̀, взѧ́ша ве́рхнюю ри́зꙋ ѿ менє̀ стра́жїе стѣ́ннїи.
7 The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.
8 Заклѧ́хъ вы̀, дщє́ри і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мскїѧ, въ си́лахъ и҆ въ крѣ́постехъ се́льныхъ: а҆́ще ѡ҆брѧ́щете бра́та моего̀, возвѣсти́те є҆мꙋ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆ѧ́звлена любо́вїю а҆́зъ є҆́смь.
8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
9 Что̀ бра́тъ тво́й па́че бра́та, до́браѧ въ жена́хъ; что̀ бра́тъ тво́й ѿ бра́та, ꙗ҆́кѡ та́кѡ заклѧ́ла є҆сѝ на́съ;
9 How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?
10 Бра́тъ мо́й бѣ́лъ и҆ че́рменъ, и҆збра́нъ ѿ те́мъ:
10 My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
11 глава̀ є҆гѡ̀ зла́то и҆збра́нно, власы̀ є҆гѡ̀ кꙋдрѧ̑вы, чє́рны ꙗ҆́кѡ вра́нъ:
11 His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
12 ѻ҆́чи є҆гѡ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ голꙋби̑цы на и҆сполне́нїихъ во́дъ, и҆змове́ни во млецѣ̀, сѣдѧ́щыѧ въ наполне́нїихъ (꙳во́дъ):
12 His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
13 лани̑ты є҆гѡ̀ а҆́ки фїа́лы а҆рѡма̑тъ, прозѧба́ющыѧ благово́нїе: ᲂу҆стнѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀ крі́ны, ка́плющїи смѵ́рнꙋ по́лнꙋ:
13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
14 рꙋ́цѣ є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆бто́чєны зла̑ты, напо́лнєны ѳарсі́са: чре́во є҆гѡ̀ сосꙋ́дъ слоно́вый на ка́мени сапфі́ровѣ:
14 His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
15 лы̑ста є҆гѡ̀ столпѝ ма́рморѡвы, ѡ҆снова́ни на степе́нехъ златы́хъ: ви́дъ є҆гѡ̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ лїва́нъ, и҆збра́нъ ꙗ҆́кѡ ке́дрове:
15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 горта́нь є҆гѡ̀ сла́дость, и҆ ве́сь жела́нїе: се́й бра́тъ мо́й и҆ се́й бли́жнїй мо́й, дщє́ри і҆ерⷭ҇ли̑мли.
16 His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
17 Ка́мѡ ѿи́де бра́тъ тво́й, до́браѧ въ жена́хъ; ка́мѡ ᲂу҆клони́сѧ бра́тъ тво́й; и҆ взы́щемъ є҆гѡ̀ съ тобо́ю.
17 Not in this translation
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Song of Songs 6:2; Song of Songs 4:16; Revelation 22:17; Song of Songs 4:9–14; Isaiah 55:1–2
- 2 Revelation 3:20; Song of Songs 2:14; Song of Songs 6:9; Zechariah 4:1; Psalm 119:1
- 3 Luke 11:7; Romans 7:22–23; Proverbs 22:13; Matthew 26:38–43; Proverbs 3:28
- 4 Philippians 2:13; Song of Songs 1:4; Acts 16:14; 2 Corinthians 8:16; 1 Kings 3:26
- 5 Song of Songs 5:13; Ephesians 3:17; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Revelation 3:20; 2 Corinthians 7:9–11
- 6 Song of Songs 5:2; Revelation 3:19; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 5:6; Isaiah 58:2
- 7 Song of Songs 3:3; Matthew 23:2; Hosea 6:5; Psalm 141:5; John 16:2
- 8 Song of Songs 2:5; Song of Songs 2:7; Psalm 42:1–3; Song of Songs 3:5; Galatians 6:1–2
- 9 Song of Songs 6:1; Song of Songs 1:8; Song of Songs 6:9–10; Psalm 45:13; Isaiah 53:2
- 10 Psalm 45:2; Psalm 45:17; Song of Songs 2:1; Philippians 2:9–11; Hebrews 7:26
- 11 Song of Songs 7:5; Revelation 1:14; Song of Songs 5:2; Daniel 7:9; Ephesians 1:21–22
- 12 Song of Songs 4:1; Song of Songs 1:15; Hebrews 4:13
- 13 Song of Songs 1:10; Song of Songs 2:1; Song of Songs 6:2; Song of Songs 4:11; Psalm 89:15
- 14 Exodus 24:10; Isaiah 54:11; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 52:13; Ezekiel 1:16
- 15 1 Kings 4:33; Revelation 1:15–16; Acts 2:28; Hosea 14:7; Psalm 92:12
- 16 Psalm 45:2; Song of Songs 7:9; Psalm 119:103; Galatians 2:20; Song of Songs 1:16
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).
I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse; (now in the place where He was crucified was a garden;) and what takest Thou thence?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Filled with these thoughts may you, even in sleep, enjoy the pleasure of the day, so that you may be permitted to say, "I sleep but my heart waketh," meditating day and night upon the law of the Lord, to Whom be glory and power world without end.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… begotten, and for forgiveness of sins; even as it was emblematically foretold that Christ should be thus manifested in the appearance of His eyes; for in the Canticles she cries concerning the Bridegroom, and says, Thine eyes are as doves by the rivers of water.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)