Why is your lover better than all others, O woman of rare beauty? What makes your lover so special that we must promise this?

你这女子中极美丽的，你的良人比别人的良人有何强处？你的良人比别人的良人有何强处，你就这样嘱咐我们？

你这女子中最美丽的，你的良人有什么胜过别的良人呢？你的良人有什么胜过别的良人，使你这样嘱咐我们？

你这女子中最美丽的，你的良人有什么胜过别的良人呢？你的良人有什么胜过别的良人，使你这样嘱咐我们？

绝色的佳人啊！你的良人与别的男子比较，究竟有什么长处，以致你这样恳求我们呢？

你这女子中最美丽的啊！你的良人比别人的良人有什么更可爱之处呢？你的良人比别人的良人有什么更可爱之处呢？以致你这样嘱咐我们呢？

你這女子中極美麗的，你的良人比別人的良人有何強處？你的良人比別人的良人有何強處，你就這樣囑咐我們？

你這女子中最美麗的，你的良人有甚麼勝過別的良人呢？你的良人有甚麼勝過別的良人，使你這樣囑咐我們？

你這女子中最美麗的，你的良人有甚麼勝過別的良人呢？你的良人有甚麼勝過別的良人，使你這樣囑咐我們？

絕色的佳人啊！你的良人與別的男子比較，究竟有什麼長處，以致你這樣懇求我們呢？

你這女子中最美麗的啊！你的良人比別人的良人有甚麼更可愛之處呢？你的良人比別人的良人有甚麼更可愛之處呢？以致你這樣囑咐我們呢？

你這女子中極美麗的啊，你的愛人比別人的愛人有甚麼長處，使得你這樣誓囑我們哪？

耶路撒冷女曰諸女之美者歟、爾所愛者、較他人所愛者、何所愈乎、爾所愛者、較他人所愛者何所愈、爾乃囑我若此、

諸婢曰、嬌美之姝爾之夫子、比他人之夫子、何以愈乎。爾乃告我若此。

爾女中最美麗者乎、爾之良人、比他良人有何所勝、爾如此切求我、爾之良人、比他良人有何所勝、

How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?

“ You are the most beautiful woman of all. How is the one you love better than others? How is he better than anyone else? Why do you ask us to make you this promise?”

What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?

What makes the one you love better than another, most beautiful of women? What makes him better than another, that you would give us this charge?

“ What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That you make us swear in this way?”

THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM: What is your beloved More than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved More than another beloved, That you so charge us?

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

What makes the one you love better than another, most beautiful of women? What makes him better than another, that you would give us this charge?

What[ is] thy beloved more than[ another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? what[ is] thy beloved more than[ another] beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?

If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.

Where has your lover gone, O woman of rare beauty? Which way did he turn so we can help you find him?

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:“ Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”

The bride, a princess, looks glorious in her golden gown.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,“ Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”“ Well,” they replied,“ some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”Then he asked them,“ But who do you say I am?”Simon Peter answered,“ You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”Jesus replied,“ You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.

O city of God, what glorious things are said of you! Interlude

If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing.Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.For God, who said,“ Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered.“ Who is this?” they asked.

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.