詩篇 137

1 われらバビロンの河のほとりにすわり シオンをおもひいでて涙をながしぬ

When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.

2 われらそのあたりの柳にわが琴をかけたり

We hung up our harps on the willow trees.

3 そはわれらを虜にせしものわれらに歌をもとめたり 我儕をくるしむる者われらにおのれを歓ばせんとて シオンのうた一つうたへといへり

For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to sing a happy song from Jerusalem.

4 われら外邦にありていかでヱホバの歌をうたはんや

But how could we sing a song dedicated to the Lord in a pagan land?

5 エルサレムよもし我なんぢをわすれなばわが右の手にその巧をわすれしめたまへ

If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand forget how to play;

6 もしわれ汝を思ひいでず もしわれヱルサレムをわがすべての歓喜の極となさずばわが舌をわが腭につかしめたまヘ

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you—if I don't consider Jerusalem my greatest joy.

7 ヱホバよねがはくはヱルサレムの日にエドムの子輩がこれを掃除けその基までもはらひのぞけといへるを聖意にとめたまへ

Lord, please remember what the people of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell, the ones who said “Tear it down! Destroy it down to its foundations!”

8 ほろぼさるべきバビロンの女よ なんぢがわれらに作しごとく汝にむくゆる人はさいはひなるべし

Daughter of Babylon, you will be destroyed! Happy is the one who pays you back, who does to you what you did to us!

9 なんぢの嬰児をとりて岩のうへになげうつものは福ひなるべし

Happy is the one who grabs your children and smashes them against the rocks!