雅歌书1：5的另一种可能的翻译

雅歌书1：5的另一种可能的翻译

陈祖幸

雅歌书1：5的原文——希伯来文——的呈现是这样的：

注意希伯来文的阅读是从右到左。

分解如下：

和合本是这样翻译的：耶路撒冷的众女子啊，我虽然黑，却是秀美，如同基达的帐篷，好像所罗门的幔子。

其他的中文译本也是大同小异。

下面来看看各种英文版本的翻译：

New International Version
Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.

New Living Translation
I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.

English Standard Version
I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Berean Study Bible
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

King James Bible
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

New King James Version
I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

New American Standard Bible
“I am black and beautiful, You daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

NASB 1995
“I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

NASB 1977
“I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

Amplified Bible
“I am deeply tanned but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, [I am dark] like the tents of [the Bedouins of] Kedar, Like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon.

Christian Standard Bible
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.

American Standard Version
I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I am black and beautiful, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Qedar and like the curtains of Solomon

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Contemporary English Version
My skin is dark and beautiful, like a tent in the desert or like Solomon's curtains.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Good News Translation
Women of Jerusalem, I am dark but beautiful, dark as the desert tents of Kedar, but beautiful as the draperies in Solomon's palace.

International Standard Version
The daughters of Jerusalem, I'm dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

Literal Standard Version
I [am] dark and lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, as tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

New American Bible
I am black and beautiful, Daughters of Jerusalem — Like the tents of Qedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

NET Bible
I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

New Revised Standard Version
I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

New Heart English Bible
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.

World English Bible
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.

Young's Literal Translation
Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

基本上，意思跟和合本的翻译差不多。

我个人的翻译如下：我黑，耶路撒冷的女子却可爱/美丽，【两者的对照】就像基达的帐篷之于所罗门的幔子！

基达的帐篷是黑的，一般认为是用駱駝毛作的，如果真是这样，它就是不洁净的（利十一4）。无论如何，它颜色单调不可愛，一点都不悦人眼目。

但所罗门的幔子却不同，它是用蓝色线、紫色线、朱红色线和细麻织成的；并且还绣上基路伯的形像，无论是材料还是做工都很讲究，图案也是非常美丽，而且尽显高贵。

如果我的翻译是对的，那么舒拉密女在这里表达的完全是自卑，她自惭形秽，她觉得跟耶路撒冷的女子相比，简直就是一个乡巴佬——丑陋，低下，卑微；不像耶路撒冷的女子美丽、尊贵、荣耀。