Tingtoeng 137

1 Babylon tuiva ah te ka ngol uh tih Zion ka poek uh vaengah ka rhap uh.

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

2 A khui kah tuirhi dongah ka rhotoeng te ka bang uh.

Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

3 Kaimih aka sol rhoek kaimih te laa ol hnap n'dawt uh. Kaimih aka parhaengkung long khaw, “Zion laa te kaimih ham kohoenah neh hlai uh lah,” a ti uh.

For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

4 Balae tih BOEIPA laa he kholong kho ah ka hlai uh eh?

How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

5 Jerusalem nang te kan hnilh atah ka bantang kut he hnilh uh saeh.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

6 Nang te kan thoelh pawt tih, Jerusalem te ka kohoenah somtung la ka pacuet pawt atah ka lai he ka dang la kap uh saeh.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 BOEIPA aw Jerusalem tue vaengkah Edom koca rhoek loh, “A khoengim duela kingling uh kingling uh,” a ti uh te poek pah.

Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 Hlang aka rhoelrhak Babylon nu aw, kaimih taengah na saii bangla na thaphu te namah taengah aka thuung tah a yoethen.

O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

9 Na camoe rhoek te a tuuk tih, thaelpang dongah aka phop tah a yoethen.

Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.