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τίς δῴη σε ἀδελφιδόν μου, θηλάζοντα μαστοὺς μητρός μους

εὑροῦσά σε ἔξω φιλήσω σε, καί γε οὐκ ἐξουδενώσουσίν μοι.

παραλήμψομαί σε, εἰσάξω σε εἰς οἶκον μητρός μου

καὶ εἰς ταμεῖον τῆς συλλαβούσης με·

ποτιῶ σε ἀπὸ οἴνου τοῦ μυρεψικοῦ,

εὐώνυμος αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλὴν μου.

ἀπὸ νάματος ῥοῶν σου.

καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ περιλήμψεταί με.

Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ,

ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἰσχύσεσιν τοῦ ἀγροῦ,

ἐὰν ἐγείρητε καὶ ἐξεγείρητε τὴν ἀγάπην ἕως ἂυ θελήσῃ.

Tίς αὕτη ἡ ἀναβαίνουσα λελευκαθισμένη.

ἐπιστηριζομένη ἐπὶ τὸν ἀδελφιδὸν αὐτῆς;

Ὑπὸ μῆλον ἐξήγειρά σε·

ἐκεῖ ὠδίνησέν σε ἡ μήτηρ σου,

ἐκεῖ ὠδίνησέν σε ἡ τεκοῦσά σου.

θές με ὡς σφραγῖδα ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου,

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ὡς σφραγῖδα ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονά σου·

ὅτι κραταιὰ ὡς θάνατος ἀγάπη,

σκληρὸς ὡς ᾂδης ζῆλος·

περίπτερα αὐτῆς περίπτερα πυρός, φλόγες αὐτῆς·

ὕδωρ πολὺ οὐ δυνήσεται σβέσαι τὴυ ἀγάπην,

καὶ ποταμοὶ οὐ συνκλύσουσιν αὐτήν.

ἐὰν δῷ ἀνὴρ τὸν πάντα βίον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῆ ἀγάπῃ,

ἐξουδενώσει ἐξουδενώσουσιν αὐτόν.

Ἀδελφὴ ἡμῖν μικρὰ καὶ μαστοὺς οὐκ ἔχει.

τί ποιήσωμεν τῇ ἀδελφῇ ἡμῶν

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐὰν λαληθῇ ἐν αὐτῇ;

εἰ τεῖχός ἐστιν, οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἐπάλξεις ἀργυρᾶς·

καὶ εἰ θύρα ἐστίν, διαγράψωμεν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν σανίδα κεδρίνην.

Ἐγὼ τεῖχος, καὶ μαστοί μου πύργοι·

ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν ὡς εὑρίσκουσα εἰρήνην.

ἀμπελὼν ἐγενήθη τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἐν Βεεθλαμών·

ἔδωκεν τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ τοῖς τηροῦσιν,

ἀνὴρ οἴσει ἐν καρπῷ αὐτοῦ χιλίους ἀργυρίου.

ἀμπελών μου ἐμὸς ἐνώπιόν μου·

οἱ χίλιοι Σαλωμών, καὶ οἱ διακόσιοι

τοῖς τηροῦσι τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ.

Ὁ καθήμενος ἐν κήποις,

ἑταῖροι προσέχοντες τῇ φωνῇ σου· ἀκούτισόν με.

Φύγε, ἀδελφιδέ μου, καὶ ὁμοιώθητι τῇ δορκάδι

ἡ τῷ νεβρῷ τῶν ἐλάφων ἐπὶ ὄρη ἀρωμάτων.

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Canticle. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Ἆσμα (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

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Canticle Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 8 focus

Oh that you were like my brother, Who sucked the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; Yes, and no one would despise me.

I would lead you, bringing you into my mother’s house, Who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires. Friends

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.

Many waters can’t quench love, Neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, He would be utterly scorned. Friends

We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is to be spoken for?

If she is a wall, We will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, Then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; Two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover

You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, Let me hear your voice! Beloved

Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

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Canticle

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3. B

4. U+05D0A

Septuaginta Canticle 8

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