Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi na tulilia tulipokumbuka kuhusu Sayuni.

2 We hung our harps upon the willows in its midst.

Tulitundika vinubi vyetu kwenye miti ya Babylon.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Huko watekaji wetu walitaka tuwaimbie, na wale walio tudhihaki walitutaka sisi tufurahi, wakisema, “Tuimbieni moja ya nyimbo za Sayuni.”

4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song in a foreign land?

Tungewezaje kuimba wimbo unaomuhusu Yahwe katika nchi ya ugeni?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.

Kama nikikusahau wewe, Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

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.

Ulimi wangu na ushikamane juu ya kinywa changu kama nisipokufikiria tena, na kama sipendelei zaidi Yerusalemu kuliko furaha yangu kuu.

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundation

Kumbuka, Ee Yahwe, kile walichofanya Waedomu siku ya anguko la Yerusalemu. Walisema, “Ibomoeni, ibomoeni mpaka chini kwenye misingi yake.”

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Binti za Babeli, hivi karibuni wataharibiwa- mtu na abalikiwe, yeyote atakaye walipizia yale mliotufanyia sisi.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Mtu na abarikiwe, yeyote achukuaye na kusambaratisha watoto wenu juu ya jiwe.