Tingtoeng 137

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

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

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

On willows in its midst we hung 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 our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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

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

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

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

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.

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt 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, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

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, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

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

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