Psalms 137

1 A Psalm of David: to Jeremiah. Above the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, while we remembered Zion.

Di tepi sungai-sungai Babel kami duduk dan menangis bila teringat Sion.

2 By the willow trees, in their midst, we hung up our instruments.

Pada pohon-pohon gandarusa di negeri itu kami gantungkan kecapi kami.

3 For, in that place, those who led us into captivity questioned us about the words of the songs. And those who carried us away said: “Sing us a hymn from the songs of Zion.”

Orang-orang yang menawan kami menyuruh kami menyanyi untuk mereka. Orang-orang yang menindas kami menyuruh kami menyanyikan lagu-lagu gembira, "Nyanyikanlah bagi kami lagu-lagu dari Sion!"

4 How can we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?

Mungkinkah di negeri asing kami menyanyi bagi TUHAN?

5 If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau, Yerusalem!

6 May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau dan tidak menjadikan engkau kesukaanku!

7 O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: “Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation.”

Ya TUHAN, ingatlah perbuatan orang Edom pada waktu Yerusalem dimusnahkan. Mereka berkata, "Robohkanlah, robohkanlah sampai ke dasar-dasarnya!"

8 O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.

Hai Babel, engkau akan dibinasakan! Berbahagialah orang yang membalas kepadamu kejahatan yang kaulakukan terhadap kami.

9 Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.

Berbahagialah orang yang mengambil bayi-bayimu dan mencampakkannya ke bukit batu!