Psalms 137

1 By the waters of Babylon there we sat, and we wept at the thought of Zion.

我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下， 一追想锡安就哭了。

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps.

我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；

3 For there our captors called for a song: our tormentors, rejoicing, saying: ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’

因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌， 抢夺我们的要我们作乐，说： 给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！

4 How can we sing the Lord’s song in the foreigner’s land?

我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？

5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither.

耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你， 情愿我的右手忘记技巧！

6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I am unmindful of you, or don’t set Jerusalem above my chief joy.

我若不记念你， 若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的， 情愿我的舌头贴于上膛！

7 Remember the Edomites, Lord, the day of Jerusalem’s fall, when they said, ‘Lay her bare, lay her bare, right down to her very foundation.’

耶路撒冷遭难的日子， 以东人说：拆毁！拆毁！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和华啊，求你记念这仇！

8 Babylon, despoiler, happy are those who pay you back for all you have done to us.

将要被灭的巴比伦城啊， 报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！

9 Happy are they who seize and dash your children against the rocks.

拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便为有福！