Psalms 137

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

Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi, tukaomboleza tulipokumbuka Sayuni.

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

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.'

kwa maana huko hao waliotuteka walitaka tuwaimbie nyimbo, watesi wetu walidai nyimbo za furaha; walisema, “Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo za Sayuni!”

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

Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

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

Nikikusahau wewe, ee Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

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

Ulimi wangu ushikamane na kaakaa la kinywa changu kama sitakukumbuka wewe, kama nisipokufikiri Yerusalemu kuwa furaha yangu kubwa.

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

Kumbuka, Ee Bwana, walichokifanya Waedomu, siku ile Yerusalemu ilipoanguka. Walisema, “Bomoa, Bomoa mpaka kwenye misingi yake!”

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.

Ee binti Babeli, uliyehukumiwa kuangamizwa, heri yeye atakayekulipiza wewe kwa yale uliyotutenda sisi:

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

yeye ambaye atawakamata watoto wako wachanga na kuwaponda juu ya miamba.