< Saam 137 >

1 Babylon vapui taengah, kang hnut o, ue, Zion to ka poek o naah, ka qah o.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
2 Katoengnawk doeh tui taeng ih thing tanghang nuiah ka bang o.
We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.
3 To ah kaom kaicae misong ah naeh kaminawk mah laasak hanah ang pacae o; kaicae pacaekthlaek kaminawk mah anghoehaih laasak hanah ang pacae o; Zion laa maeto sah o noek khae, tiah ang naa o.
For there they who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 Kawbangmaw Angraeng ih laa to minawk prae ah ka sah o thai tih?
How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?
5 Aw Jerusalem, nang to kang pahnet o ving nahaeloe, ka bantang ban mah a sakthaihaih to pahnet roep nasoe.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!
6 Nang to kang panoek o ai boeh moe, kang hoe o haih koek Jerusalem to ka pakoeh o ai boeh nahaeloe, ka palai hae pakha ranuiah angbet caeng nasoe.
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!
7 Aw Angraeng, Jerusalem amtimh na niah, im hmuen to phrae oh, phrae oh, tiah kathui Edom kaminawk to poek ah.
Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”
8 Amrosak thaih, Aw Babylon canu, kaicae nuiah na sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, na nuiah sah pathok kami loe tahamhoih.
O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!
9 Na caa nawktanawk to lak moe, thlung nuiah va kami loe tahamhoih.
Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!

< Saam 137 >