Orthodox Jewish Bible

Shir Hashirim 8:8-14 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

8. We have an achot ketannah (little sister), and she hath as yet no breasts. What shall we do for achoteinu (our sister) in the day when she shall be spoken for?

9. If she be a chomah (wall), we will build upon her a pinnacle of kesef; and if she be a delet (door), we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

10. I am a chomah (wall), and my breasts, like migdalot; then was I in his eyes like one that findeth shalom.

11. Sh'lomo had a kerem (vineyard) at Baal-Hamon; he gave over the kerem (vineyard) unto caretakers; each had to pay a thousand pieces of kesef for the p'ri (fruit) thereof.

12. My kerem (vineyard), which is mine, is at my own disposal [see 7:13 (12)]; thou, O Sh'lomo, the thousand are for thee, and two hundred for those that tend the p'ri thereof!

13. Thou that dwellest in the ganim (gardens), the chaverim are listening for thy voice; cause me to hear it.

14. Make haste, dodi (my beloved), and be thou like to a gazelle or a young deer upon the mountains where spices grow.