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5 ΑΣΜΑSONG OF SOLOMON - Brenton|RSVReference
1Εἰσῆλθον εἰς κῆπόν μου, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη·
ἐτρύγησα σμύρναν μου μετὰ ἀρωμάτων μου,
ἔφαγον ἄρτον μου μετὰ μέλιτός μου,
ἔπιον οἶνόν μου μετὰ γάλακτός μου·
φάγετε, πλησίοι, καὶ πίετε καὶ μεθύσθητε, ἀδελφοί,
 Let my kinsman come down into his garden,
and eat the fruit of his choice berries.
I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse:
I have gathered my myrrh with my spices;
I have eaten my bread with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, O friends, and drink;
yea, brethren, drink abundantly.		He. Sg.5.1
2Ἑγὼ καθεύδω, καὶ ἡ καρδία μου ἀγρυπνεῖ.
φωνὴ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου, κρούει ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν
Ἄνοιξόν μοι, ἀδελφή μου, ἡ πλησίον μου,
περιστερά μου, τελεία μου,
ὅτι ἡ κεφαλή μου ἐπλήσθη δρόσου
καὶ οἱ βόστρυχοί μου ψεκάδων νυκτός.
 I sleep, but my heart is awake:
the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, [saying],
Open, open to me, my companion, my sister,
my dove, my perfect one:
for my head is filled with dew,
and my locks with the drops of the night.		The fourth song. She (a). He (b). Sg.5.2
3Ἑξεδυσάμην τὸν χιτῶνά μου, πῶς ἐνδύσωμαι αὐτόν;
ἐνιψάμην τοὺς πόδας μου, πῶς μολυνῶ αὐτούς;
 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on?
I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?		She. Sg.5.3-8
4ἀδελφιδός μου ἀπέστειλεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀπῆς,
καὶ ἡ κοιλία μου ἐθροήθη ἐπ' αὐτόν.
 My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole [of the door],
and my belly moved for him.		 
5ἀνέστην ἐγὼ ἀνοῖξαι τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου,
χεῖρές μου ἔσταξαν σμύρναν,
δάκτυλοί μου σμύρναν πλήρη
ἐπὶ χεῖρας τοῦ κλείθρου.
 I rose up to open to my kinsman;
my hands dropped myrrh,
my fingers choice myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.		 
6ἤνοιξα ἐγὼ τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου,
ἀδελφιδός μου παρῆλθεν·
ψυχή μου ἐξῆλθεν ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ,
ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν,
ἐκάλεσα αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέν μου.
 I opened to my kinsman;
my kinsman was gone:
my soul failed at his speech:
I sought him, but found him not;
I called him, but he answered me not.		 
7εὕροσάν με οἱ φύλακες οἱ κυκλοῦντες ἐν τῇ πόλει,
ἐπάταξάν με, ἐτραυμάτισάν με·
ἦραν τὸ θέριστρόν μου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ φύλακες τῶν τειχέων.
 The watchman that go their rounds in the city found me,
they smote me, they wounded me;
the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.		 
8Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς, θυγατέρες Ιερουσαλημ,
ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἰσχύσεσιν τοῦ ἀγροῦ,
ἐὰν εὕρητε τὸν ἀδελφιδόν μου, τί ἀπαγγείλητε αὐτῷ;
ὅτι τετρωμένη ἀγάπης εἰμὶ ἐγώ.
 I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the powers and the virtues of the field:
if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him?
That I am wounded with love.		 
9Τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξίν,
τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ὅτι οὕτως ὥρκισας ἡμᾶς;
 What is thy kinsman [more] than [another] kinsman, O thou beautiful among women?
what is thy kinsman [more] than [another] kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?		The women. Sg.5.9
10Ἀδελφιδός μου λευκὸς καὶ πυρρός,
ἐκλελοχισμένος ἀπὸ μυριάδων·
 My kinsman is white and ruddy,
chosen out from myriads.		She. Sg.5.10-16
11κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ χρυσίον καὶ φαζ,
βόστρυχοι αὐτοῦ ἐλάται, μέλανες ὡς κόραξ,
 His head is [as] very fine gold,
his locks are flowing, black as a raven.		 
12ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς περιστεραὶ ἐπὶ πληρώματα ὑδάτων
λελουσμέναι ἐν γάλακτι
καθήμεναι ἐπὶ πληρώματα ὑδάτων,
 His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters,
washed with milk,
sitting by the pools.		 
13σιαγόνες αὐτοῦ ὡς φιάλαι τοῦ ἀρώματος φύουσαι μυρεψικά,
χείλη αὐτοῦ κρίνα στάζοντα σμύρναν πλήρη,
 His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes:
his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.		 
14χεῖρες αὐτοῦ τορευταὶ χρυσαῖ πεπληρωμέναι θαρσις,
κοιλία αὐτοῦ πυξίον ἐλεφάντινον ἐπὶ λίθου σαπφείρου,
 His hands are as turned gold set with beryl:
his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.		 
15κνῆμαι αὐτοῦ στῦλοι μαρμάρινοι τεθεμελιωμένοι ἐπὶ βάσεις χρυσᾶς,
εἶδος αὐτοῦ ὡς Λίβανος, ἐκλεκτὸς ὡς κέδροι,
 His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets:
his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.		 
16φάρυγξ αὐτοῦ γλυκασμοὶ καὶ ὅλος ἐπιθυμία·
οὗτος ἀδελφιδός μου,
καὶ οὗτος πλησίον μου, θυγατέρες Ιερουσαλημ.
 His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable.
This is my kinsman,
and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.		 
17Ποῦ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σου, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξίν;
ποῦ ἀπέβλεψεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σου;
καὶ ζητήσομεν αὐτὸν μετὰ σοῦ.
 Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women?
whither has thy kinsman turned aside?
[tell us], and we will seek him with thee.		 
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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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