Masalimo 137

1 Mʼmbali mwa mitsinje ya ku Babuloni tinakhala pansi ndi kulira pamene tinakumbukira Ziyoni.

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

2 Kumeneko, pa mitengo ya misondozi tinapachika apangwe athu,

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 pakuti anthu otigwira ukapolo anatipempha kuti tiyimbe nyimbo. Otizunza athu anafuna nyimbo zachisangalalo; iwo anati, “Tiyimbireni imodzi mwa nyimbo za ku Ziyoni!”

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying, ] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

4 Tingayimbe bwanji nyimbo za Yehova mʼdziko lachilendo?

How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

5 Ndikakuyiwala iwe Yerusalemu, dzanja langa lamanja liyiwale luso lake.

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];

6 Lilime langa limamatire ku nkhama za mʼkamwa mwanga ndikapanda kukukumbukira iwe Yerusalemu, ngati sindiyesa iwe chimwemwe changa chachikulu.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Kumbukirani, Inu Yehova, zimene Aedomu anachita pa tsiku limene Yerusalemu anagonja. Iwowo anafuwula kuti, “Mugwetseni pansi, mugwetseni pansi mpaka pa maziko ake!”

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!

8 Iwe mwana wa mkazi wa Babuloni, woyenera kuwonongedwa, wodalitsika ndi yemwe adzakubwezera pa zimene watichitira.

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

9 Amene adzagwira makanda ako ndi kuwakankhanthitsa pa miyala.

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.