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4 ΑΣΜΑSONG OF SOLOMON - Brenton|RSVReference
1Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή, ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή.
ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραὶ ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.
τρίχωμά σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν αἰγῶν,
αἳ ἀπεκαλύφθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαλααδ.
 Behold, thou art fair, my companion;
behold, thou art fair;
thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil:
thy hair is as flocks of goats,
that have appeared from Galaad.		He. Sg.4.1-15
2ὀδόντες σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν κεκαρμένων,
αἳ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λουτροῦ,
αἱ πᾶσαι διδυμεύουσαι,
καὶ ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐταῖς.
 Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn [sheep],
that have gone up from the washing;
all of them bearing twins,
and there is not a barren one among them.		 
3ὡς σπαρτίον τὸ κόκκινον χείλη σου,
καὶ ἡ λαλιά σου ὡραία.
ὡς λέπυρον τῆς ῥόας μῆλόν σου
ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.
 Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet,
and thy speech is comely:
like the rind of a pomegranate
is thy cheek without thy veil.		 
4ὡς πύργος Δαυιδ τράχηλός σου
ὁ ᾠκοδομημένος εἰς θαλπιωθ·
χίλιοι θυρεοὶ κρέμανται ἐπ' αὐτόν,
πᾶσαι βολίδες τῶν δυνατῶν.
 Thy neck is as the tower of David,
that was built for an armoury:
a thousand shields hang upon it,
[and] all darts of mighty men.		 
5δύο μαστοί σου ὡς δύο νεβροὶ δίδυμοι δορκάδος
οἱ νεμόμενοι ἐν κρίνοις.
 Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies. 
6ἕως οὗ διαπνεύσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ κινηθῶσιν αἱ σκιαί,
πορεύσομαι ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῆς σμύρνης
καὶ πρὸς τὸν βουνὸν τοῦ Λιβάνου.
 Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart,
I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh,
and to the hill of frankincense.		 
7ὅλη καλὴ εἶ, ἡ πλησίον μου,
καὶ μῶμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν σοί.
 Thou art all fair, my companion,
and there is no spot in thee.		 
8Δεῦρο ἀπὸ Λιβάνου, νύμφη, δεῦρο ἀπὸ Λιβάνου·
ἐλεύσῃ καὶ διελεύσῃ ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς πίστεως,
ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς Σανιρ καὶ Ερμων,
ἀπὸ μανδρῶν λεόντων, ἀπὸ ὀρέων παρδάλεων.
 Come from Libanus, [my] bride, come from Libanus:
thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith,
from the top of Sanir and Hermon,
from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.		 
9Ἑκαρδίωσας ἡμᾶς, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη·
ἐκαρδίωσας ἡμᾶς ἑνὶ ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου,
ἐν μιᾷ ἐνθέματι τραχήλων σου.
 My sister, [my] spouse, thou hast ravished my heart;
thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes,
with one chain of thy neck.		 
10τί ἐκαλλιώθησαν μαστοί σου, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη,
τί ἐκαλλιώθησαν μαστοί σου ἀπὸ οἴνου;
καὶ ὀσμὴ ἱματίων σου ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ ἀρώματα.
 How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse!
how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine,
and the smell of thy garments than all spices!		 
11κηρίον ἀποστάζουσιν χείλη σου, νύμφη·
μέλι καὶ γάλα ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσάν σου,
καὶ ὀσμὴ ἱματίων σου ὡς ὀσμὴ Λιβάνου.
 Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse:
honey and milk are under thy tongue;
and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.		 
12Κῆπος κεκλεισμένος ἀδελφή μου νύμφη,
κῆπος κεκλεισμένος, πηγὴ ἐσφραγισμένη·
 My sister, [my] spouse is a garden enclosed;
a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.		 
13ἀποστολαί σου παράδεισος ῥοῶν μετὰ καρποῦ ἀκροδρύων,
κύπροι μετὰ νάρδων,
 Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries;
camphor, with spikenard:		 
14νάρδος καὶ κρόκος,
κάλαμος καὶ κιννάμωμον
μετὰ πάντων ξύλων τοῦ Λιβάνου,
σμύρνα αλωθ μετὰ πάντων πρώτων μύρων,
 spikenard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon;
with all woods of Libanus,
myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:		 
15πηγὴ κήπων, φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος
καὶ ῥοιζοῦντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου.
 a fountain of a garden,
and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.		 
16Ἑξεγέρθητι, βορρᾶ, καὶ ἔρχου, νότε,
διάπνευσον κῆπόν μου, καὶ ῥευσάτωσαν ἀρώματά μου·
καταβήτω ἀδελφιδός μου εἰς κῆπον αὐτοῦ
καὶ φαγέτω καρπὸν ἀκροδρύων αὐτοῦ.
 Awake, O north wind;
and come, O south;
and blow through my garden,
and let my spices flow out.		She. Sg.4.16
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Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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