Dzuka, Wokondedwa Wanga, Tipite
Mkazi akulankhula, akukumbukira mthunzi wake, nyumba ya phwando, dzanja lake pansi pa mutu wake. Kenako akubwereza kuitana kwake kudzera pazenera: dzinja latha, nkhuyu zikupsa, bwera tichoke. Kawiri akuchenjeza ana aakazi a Yerusalemu kuti asadzutse chikondi chisanakonzeke.
2 1Ine ndine duwa la ku Saroni, kakhoswe ka m'zigwa. 2Monga kakhoswe pakati pa minga, ndimo alili wokondedwa wanga pakati pa atsikana. 3Monga mtengo wa apulo pakati pa mitengo ya m'nkhalango, ndimo alili bwenzi wanga pakati pa anyamata. Ndinakhala m'mthunzi mwake ndi chimwemwe chachikulu, ndipo chipatso chake chinali chokoma pakukoma kwanga. 4Anandifikitsa ku nyumba ya phwando, ndipo mbendera yake pa ine inali chikondi. 5Ndilimbitseni ndi mphesa zouma, tsitsimutseni ndi maapulo, pakuti ndikudwala ndi chikondi. 6Dzanja lake lamanzere lili pansi pa mutu wanga, ndipo dzanja lake lamanja likundikumbatira. 7Ndikukulumbiritsani inu, ana aakazi a ku Yerusalemu, ndi mphoyo kapena mbawala zazikazi za kuthengo: musafulumule kapena kudzutsa chikondi mpaka chitakonda chokha.
8Mawu a bwenzi wanga! Akudza akulumphalumpha pa mapiri, akudumphadumpha pa zitunda. 9Bwenzi wanga ali ngati mphoyo kapena mwana wa mbawala. Taonani, wayima apo kuseri kwa khoma lathu, akuyangʼana podzera pa mazenera, akusuzumira podzera pa chipupa. 10Bwenzi wanga akunena kwa ine: Dzuka, wokondedwa wanga, wokongola wanga, tipite, 11pakuti nyengo yachisanu yatha; mvula yaleka ndipo yapita. 12Maluwa aoneka pa dziko lapansi, nthawi yakuimba yafika, ndipo liwu la njiwa likumveka m'dziko lathu. 13Mtengo wa mkuyu ukupsa nkhuyu zake, ndipo mipesa yachita maluwa; ikununkhiza fungo lake. Dzuka, wokondedwa wanga, wokongola wanga, tipite. 14Nkhunda yanga, mu mingʼalu ya thanthwe, m'malo obisala a mwala waukulu, ndilole ndione nkhope yako, ndilole ndimve liwu lako, pakuti liwu lako ndi lokoma, ndipo nkhope yako ndi yokongola. 15Mutigwirire nkhandwe, nkhandwe zazing'ono zimene zimawononga minda ya mpesa, pakuti minda yathu ya mpesa yachita maluwa. 16Bwenzi wanga ndi wanga, ndipo ine ndine wake; akudya pakati pa akhoswe. 17Mpaka tsiku litapuma ndipo mithunzi itathawa, bwererani, bwenzi wanga, ndipo mukhale ngati mphoyo kapena mwana wa mbawala pa mapiri amiyala.