¹My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

¹{Načelniku godbe. O lilijah. Psalm sinov Korahovih. Pouk. Pesem ljubezni.} Iz srca mojega vre lepa beseda; pravim: Kralju pesem moja! jezik moj bodi kakor pero spretnega pisarja.

²Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

²Mnogo lepši si od sinov človeških, miloba je razlita po ustnah tvojih, zatorej te je Bog blagoslovil vekomaj.

³Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

³Meč svoj si opaši okoli ledij, o junak mogočni, slavo svojo in veličastvo svoje.

⁴And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

⁴In v veličastvu svojem srečno hodi v prospeh resnice ter krotkosti in pravičnosti, in pokaže ti desnica tvoja strahotna dela.

⁵Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

⁵Pšice tvoje so ostre, ljudstva bodo padala podte – zasadé se sovražnikom kraljevim v srce.

⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

⁶Prestol tvoj, o Bog, ostane vselej in vekomaj, pravičnosti žezlo je tvojega kraljestva žezlo.

⁷Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁷Ljubil si pravičnost in sovražil krivico, zato te je pomazilil Bog, Bog tvoj, z oljem veselja pred tovariši tvojimi.

⁸All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

⁸Vsa oblačila tvoja dišé miro in aloo in kasijo, iz palač slonokoščenih te razveseljuje godba na strune.

⁹Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

⁹Hčere kraljeve so med dragimi tvojimi, kraljica stoji tebi na desno v zlatu iz Ofirja.

¹⁰Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

¹⁰Čuj, hči, in glej in nagni uho svoje ter pozabi ljudstvo svoje in hišo očeta svojega.

¹¹So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

¹¹In radoval se bo kralj lepote tvoje; zakaj on je Gospod tvoj: poklanjaj se njemu!

¹²And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹²In hči tirska pride z darilom, bogatini izmed ljudstev bodo prosili blagovoljnosti tvoje.

¹³The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

¹³Vsa krasna je hči kraljeva v notranjščini hiše, obleka njena z zlatom je pretkana.

¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

¹⁴V pisanih oblačilih jo privedo h kralju, zanjo pa device, njene tovarišice, pripeljejo k tebi.

¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

¹⁵Vodili jih bodo z največjim veseljem in radovanjem in stopijo v palačo kraljevo.

¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

¹⁶Na mestu očetov tvojih bodo sinovi tvoji, za vojvode jih postaviš po vsej zemlji.Spominjal bom imena tvojega od roda do roda, zato te bodo slavila ljudstva vedno in na večne čase.

¹⁷I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

¹⁷Spominjal bom imena tvojega od roda do roda, zato te bodo slavila ljudstva vedno in na večne čase.