I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.

我必引导你，领你进我母亲的家；我可以领受教训，也就使你喝石榴汁酿的香酒。

我必引导你，领你进入我母亲的家，她必教导我，我必使你喝石榴汁酿的香酒。

我必引导你，领你进入我母亲的家，她必教导我，我必使你喝石榴汁酿的香酒。

我可以把你带进我母亲的家——她教养了我。我要给你喝石榴汁酿的醇酒。

我要引领你，领你到我母亲家里去；从小她就教导我。我要给你喝石榴汁酿的香酒。

我必引導你，領你進我母親的家；我可以領受教訓，也就使你喝石榴汁釀的香酒。

我必引導你，領你進入我母親的家，她必教導我，我必使你喝石榴汁釀的香酒。

我必引導你，領你進入我母親的家，她必教導我，我必使你喝石榴汁釀的香酒。

我可以把你帶進我母親的家——她教養了我。我要給你喝石榴汁釀的醇酒。

我要引領你，領你到我母親家裡去；從小她就教導我。我要給你喝石榴汁釀的香酒。

那麼我就要引導你，領你進我母親家裏，進那懷我者的臥房，我就給你喝攙有香料的酒，喝石榴汁的甜酒。

我必導爾、入我母家、受其訓誨、飲爾以香醪、即我石榴之汁、

我導爾至母室、昔母教我、逼取石榴之汁、調和酒醴、以此飲汝。

我必導爾、攜爾至我母家、爾惟教我、我以調和之酒、調和之酒或作香酒石榴之汁飲爾、

I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house— she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

I’d bring you to my mother’s house. She taught me everything I know. I’d give you spiced wine to drink. It’s the juice of my pomegranates.

I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother— she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead you, I would take you, to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead you, I would take you, to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink from my pomegranate juice.

I would lead thee,[ and] bring thee into my mother’s house,[ who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

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

Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house, into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.

But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother.

Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented like the cedars of Lebanon.You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices— henna with nard,nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, and every other lovely spice.You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits.I have entered my garden, my treasure, my bride! I gather myrrh with my spices and eat honeycomb with my honey. I drink wine with my milk. Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink! Yes, drink deeply of your love!

Let us get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded, if the blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

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.

She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.

This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said,“ No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.”

“ You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

“ But Abraham said,‘ Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’“ The rich man replied,‘ No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’“ But Abraham said,‘ If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.

And the people of Berea were more open minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.

Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place— until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts.