Psalms 137

1 By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下， 一追想錫安就哭了。

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

我們把琴掛在那裏的柳樹上；

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

因為在那裏，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌， 搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說： 給我們唱一首錫安歌吧！

4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你， 情願我的右手忘記技巧！

6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

我若不記念你， 若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的， 情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

耶路撒冷遭難的日子， 以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

將要被滅的巴比倫城啊， 報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！

9 O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便為有福！