Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

我们有一小妹；她的两乳尚未长成，人来提亲的日子，我们当为她怎样办理？

我们有一小妹，她还没有乳房，人来提亲的日子，我们当为她怎么办呢？

我们有一小妹，她还没有乳房，人来提亲的日子，我们当为她怎么办呢？

我们有一个小妹，她的胸脯还没有发育。若有人来提亲，我们该怎么办？

我们有一个小妹妹，她的两乳还未发育完全；有人来提亲的时候，我们当为她怎样办理呢？

我們有一小妹；她的兩乳尚未長成，人來提親的日子，我們當為她怎樣辦理？

我們有一小妹，她還沒有乳房，人來提親的日子，我們當為她怎麼辦呢？

我們有一小妹，她還沒有乳房，人來提親的日子，我們當為她怎麼辦呢？

我們有一個小妹，她的胸脯還沒有發育。若有人來提親，我們該怎麼辦？

我們有一個小妹妹，她的兩乳還未發育完全；有人來提親的時候，我們當為她怎樣辦理呢？

我們有個小妹，她的胸部還沒長大；人來提親的日子，我們為我們的小妹要怎樣辦理呢？

女憶兄言曰我有小妹、尚未長乳、議婚之日、我將何為、

我之女弟、年未及筓、成婚之日、當如之何。

我儕有小妹、尚未長成、待聘之日、我儕將如之何、我儕將如之何原文作我儕當為之何為

We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

“ We have a little sister. Her breasts are still small. What should we do for our sister when she gets engaged?

We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?

Our sister is young; she has no breasts. What will we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

“ We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?

THE SHULAMITE’s BROTHERS: We have a little sister, And she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister In the day when she is spoken for?

We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

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?

Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.Didn’t you treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn when you were proud,

Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.

“ Then He said to me,‘ Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

He says,“ It is not enough for you to be My Servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in My wrath, yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.Your gates will always be open; they will never be shut day or night so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you, and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to the south of you.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him,“ Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord shines over you.For look, darkness covers the earth, and total darkness the peoples; but the Lord will shine over you, and His glory will appear over you.Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your radiance.Raise your eyes and look around: they all gather and come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried on the hip.Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and rejoice, because the riches of the sea will become yours and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

I am a wall and my breasts like towers. So in his eyes I have become like one who finds peace.

I made you thrive like plants of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his fame increase. May all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.May the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders, be praised.May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.About three in the afternoon he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him,“ Cornelius!”Looking intently at him, he became afraid and said,“ What is it, lord?” The angel told him,“ Your prayers and your acts of charity have come up as a memorial offering before God.Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household slaves and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the housetop about noon.Then he became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he went into a visionary state.He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.Then a voice said to him,“ Get up, Peter; kill and eat!”“ No, Lord!” Peter said.“ For I have never eaten anything common and ritually unclean!”Again, a second time, a voice said to him,“ What God has made clean, you must not call common.”This happened three times, and then the object was taken up into heaven.While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.They called out, asking if Simon, who was also named Peter, was lodging there.While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him,“ Three men are here looking for you.Get up, go downstairs, and accompany them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”Then Peter went down to the men and said,“ Here I am, the one you’re looking for. What is the reason you’re here?”They said,“ Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging. The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.But Peter helped him up and said,“ Stand up! I myself am also a man.”While talking with him, he went on in and found that many had come together there.Peter said to them,“ You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.That’s why I came without any objection when I was sent for. So I ask: Why did you send for me?”Cornelius replied,“ Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before meand said,‘ Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.Therefore send someone to Joppa and invite Simon here, who is also named Peter. He is lodging in Simon the tanner’s house by the sea.’Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”Then Peter began to speak:“ Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,but in every nation the person who fears Him and does righteousness is acceptable to Him.He sent the message to the Israelites, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ— He is Lord of all.You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.We ourselves are witnesses of everything He did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, yet they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree.God raised up this man on the third day and permitted Him to be seen,not by all the people, but by us, witnesses appointed beforehand by God, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.He commanded us to preach to the people and to solemnly testify that He is the One appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.For they heard them speaking in other languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter responded,“ Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,saying,“ You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!”Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:“ I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.Then I also heard a voice telling me,‘ Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’“‘ No, Lord!’ I said.‘ For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’But a voice answered from heaven a second time,‘ What God has made clean, you must not call common.’“ Now this happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into heaven.At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.Then the Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers accompanied me, and we went into the man’s house.He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying,‘ Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.He will speak a message to you that you and all your household will be saved by.’“ As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said,‘ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying,“ So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.He has not done this for any nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to themto open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

and so that Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles, and I will sing psalms to Your name.Again it says: Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people!And again: Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; all the peoples should praise Him!And again, Isaiah says: The root of Jesse will appear, the One who rises to rule the Gentiles; the Gentiles will hope in Him.

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.You also are being built together for God’s dwelling in the Spirit.

Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.For He is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In His flesh,He made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,so the rest of humanity may seek the Lord— even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, declares the Lord who does these things,

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.