< اَلْمَزَامِيرُ 137 >
عَلَى أَنْهَارِ بَابِلَ هُنَاكَ جَلَسْنَا، بَكَيْنَا أَيْضًا عِنْدَمَا تَذَكَّرْنَا صِهْيَوْنَ. | ١ 1 |
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
عَلَى ٱلصَّفْصَافِ فِي وَسَطِهَا عَلَّقْنَا أَعْوَادَنَا. | ٢ 2 |
We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.
لِأَنَّهُ هُنَاكَ سَأَلَنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَوْنَا كَلَامَ تَرْنِيمَةٍ، وَمُعَذِّبُونَا سَأَلُونَا فَرَحًا قَائِلِينَ: «رَنِّمُوا لَنَا مِنْ تَرْنِيمَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ». | ٣ 3 |
For there they who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
كَيْفَ نُرَنِّمُ تَرْنِيمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ؟ | ٤ 4 |
How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?
إِنْ نَسِيتُكِ يَا أُورُشَلِيمُ، تَنْسَى يَمِينِي! | ٥ 5 |
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!
لِيَلْتَصِقْ لِسَانِي بِحَنَكِي إِنْ لَمْ أَذْكُرْكِ، إِنْ لَمْ أُفَضِّلْ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى أَعْظَمِ فَرَحِي! | ٦ 6 |
If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!
اُذْكُرْ يَارَبُّ لِبَنِي أَدُومَ يَوْمَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، ٱلْقَائِلِينَ: «هُدُّوا، هُدُّوا حَتَّى إِلَى أَسَاسِهَا». | ٧ 7 |
Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”
يَابِنْتَ بَابِلَ ٱلْمُخْرَبَةَ، طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُجَازِيكِ جَزَاءَكِ ٱلَّذِي جَازَيْتِنَا! | ٨ 8 |
O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!
طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُمْسِكُ أَطْفَالَكِ وَيَضْرِبُ بِهِمُ ٱلصَّخْرَةَ! | ٩ 9 |
Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!