Ndinatsegula, Koma Anali Atapita
Mwamuna akuti walowa m'munda wake. Kenako mkazi akufotokoza za usiku wina umene anazengereza pakhomo natsegula mochedwa, napeza atachoka. Akufunafuna, alonda akumumenya. Atafunsidwa chimene chimamusiyanitsa iye ndi ena, akumufotokoza kuyambira kumutu mpaka kumapazi.
5 1Ndalowa m'munda wanga, mlongo wanga, mkwatibwi wanga; ndasonkhanitsa mure wanga pamodzi ndi zokometsera zanga, ndadya chisa changa cha uchi pamodzi ndi uchi wanga, ndamwa vinyo wanga pamodzi ndi mkaka wanga. Idyani, abwenzi; imwani, ndipo imwani kwambiri, okondana!
2Ndinagona, koma mtima wanga unali maso. Phokoso—wokondedwa wanga akugogoda: “Nditsegulire, mlongo wanga, wokondedwa wanga, njiwa yanga, wangwiro wanga, pakuti mutu wanga wanyowa ndi mame, tsitsi langa ndi madontho a usiku.” 3Ndinavula mkanjo wanga—kodi ndingavalenso bwanji? Ndinasamba mapazi anga—kodi ndingawadetse bwanji? 4Wokondedwa wanga anayika dzanja lake pa chotsekera, ndipo mtima wanga unagwedezeka mkati mwanga. 5Ndinauka kuti nditsegule chitseko cha wokondedwa wanga, ndipo manja anga anadontha mure, zala zanga zinadontha mure wamadzimadzi, pa zogwirira za mpiringidzo. 6Ndinatsegula chitseko cha wokondedwa wanga, koma wokondedwa wanga anali atatembenuka napita. Moyo wanga unagwa pamene anayankhula. Ndinamufunafuna, koma sindinapeza iye; ndinamuitana, koma sanandiyankhe. 7Alonda anandipeza pamene amayendayenda mu mzinda; anandimenya, anandivulaza; anandilanda chofunda changa, alonda a makoma aja. 8Ndikukulumbiritsani, inu ana aakazi a Yerusalemu, ngati mungapeze wokondedwa wanga, mumuuze kuti ndikudwala chifukwa cha chikondi. 9Kodi wokondedwa wako aposa chiyani wokondedwa wina, iwe wokongola koposa pakati pa akazi? Kodi wokondedwa wako aposa chiyani wokondedwa wina, kuti utilumbiritse motere?
10Wokondedwa wanga ndi wonyezimira ndi wofiira, wopambana pakati pa 10,000. 11Mutu wake ndi golide wabwino koposa; tsitsi lake ndi lopota, lakuda ngati khwangwala. 12Maso ake ali ngati njiwa m'mbali mwa mitsinje ya madzi, zosambitsidwa mu mkaka, zoikidwa ngati miyala yamtengo wapatali pamalo pake. 13Masaya ake ali ngati minda ya zonunkhiritsa, nsanja za zitsamba zonunkhira. Milomo yake ili ngati maluwa a lili, yodontha mure wamadzimadzi. 14Mikono yake ili ngati ndodo za golide, zoikidwa miyala yamtengo wapatali. Thupi lake ndi mnyanga wa njovu wosalala, wokongoletsedwa ndi miyala ya safiro. 15Miyendo yake ili ngati zipilala za alabasta, zoimikidwa pa maziko a golide wabwino. Maonekedwe ake ali ngati Lebanoni, osankhidwa ngati mikungudza. 16Pakamwa pake ndi kokoma kwenikweni, ndipo iye ngwokhumbika kotheratu. Uyu ndiye wokondedwa wanga, ndiponso uyu ndiye bwenzi langa, inu ana aakazi a Yerusalemu.