I slept, but my heart was awake, when I heard my lover knocking and calling:“ Open to me, my treasure, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

我身睡卧，我心却醒。这是我良人的声音；他敲门说：“我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鸽子，我的完全人，求你给我开门；因我的头满了露水，我的头发被夜露滴湿。”

我身躺卧，我心却醒。这是我良人的声音；他敲门：“我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鸽子，我完美的人儿，请你为我开门；因我的头沾满露水，我的发被夜露滴湿。”

我身躺卧，我心却醒。这是我良人的声音；他敲门：“我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鸽子，我完美的人儿，请你为我开门；因我的头沾满露水，我的发被夜露滴湿。”

我虽然躺在床上，心却清醒。我听见我的良人在叩门，说：“开门吧！我的妹妹，我的爱人，我完美无瑕的小鸽子啊，我的头上沾满了露水，头发被夜间的露珠弄湿了。”

我身虽然睡卧，我心却醒。这是我的良人的声音，他敲着门说：“我的妹妹，我的佳偶，我的鸽子，我的完全人哪！求你给我开门；因为我的头满了露水，头发给夜露滴湿。”

我身睡臥，我心卻醒。這是我良人的聲音；他敲門說：我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鴿子，我的完全人，求你給我開門；因我的頭滿了露水，我的頭髮被夜露滴濕。

我身躺臥，我心卻醒。這是我良人的聲音；他敲門：「我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鴿子，我完美的人兒，請你為我開門；因我的頭沾滿露水，我的髮被夜露滴濕。」

我身躺臥，我心卻醒。這是我良人的聲音；他敲門：「我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鴿子，我完美的人兒，請你為我開門；因我的頭沾滿露水，我的髮被夜露滴濕。」

我雖然躺在床上，心卻清醒。我聽見我的良人在叩門，說：「開門吧！我的妹妹，我的愛人，我完美無瑕的小鴿子啊，我的頭上沾滿了露水，頭髮被夜間的露珠弄濕了。」

我身雖然睡臥，我心卻醒。這是我的良人的聲音，他敲著門說：“我的妹妹，我的佳偶，我的鴿子，我的完全人哪！求你給我開門；因為我的頭滿了露水，頭髮給夜露滴濕。”

我躺着睡，我的心卻醒着。呢，我愛人的聲音呢！他敲着門說：『我的妹妹、我的愛侶啊，給我開門吧！我的鴿子，我的十全美人哪！我的頭都滿了露水了，我的頭髮都滿了夜間的露水珠了。』

書拉密女曰我身寢而心寤、聞我所愛者之聲、叩門曰、我姊妹、我嘉偶、我鴿、我完人歟、為我啟門、我首蒙露、我髮為夜露所霑、

新婦曰、我身寢而心寤、夢中聽夫子之聲、叩門呼曰、我之愛妃、美麗若鴿、德無不備、夜深露下、我髮沾濡、爾其啟門、容我入室。

我身寢而心寤、我聞我良人之聲、叩門呼曰、我之妹、我之佳耦、美麗如鴿、才德全備、求爾為我啟門、因我首霑濡以露、髮以夜露而滴濕、

I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking:“ Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

“ I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! The one who loves me is knocking. He says,‘ My sister, I love you. Open up so I can come in. You are my dove. You are perfect in every way. My head is soaked with dew. The night air has made my hair wet.’

I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking.“ Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”

I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. A sound! My love was knocking! Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with droplets of the night.

“ I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking:‘ Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the dew drops of the night.’

THE SHULAMITE: I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying,“ Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”

I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My love is knocking! Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with droplets of the night.

I sleep, but my heart waketh:[ it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh,[ saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew,[ and] my locks with the drops of the night.

I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door!“ Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:“ Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.

I would still choose my dove, my perfect one— the favorite of her mother, dearly loved by the one who bore her. The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:

“ Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.

One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.

Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord.

I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.

O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.

This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said,“ He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.”

But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.

Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.

Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned.

May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine— Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth.

You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.

My lover said to me,“ Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!

Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle.Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory. Interlude

For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.

So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.

His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven.

“ I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.

They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering to God and to the Lamb.

Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.

For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’“ Then these righteous ones will reply,‘ Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’“ And the King will say,‘ I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’“ Then the King will turn to those on the left and say,‘ Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink.I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’“ Then they will reply,‘ Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’“ And he will answer,‘ I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’

but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,“ Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.

After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.

One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter,“ Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour?Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

“ Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.

Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.