Saam 137

1 Babylon long keng awh ngawi unyng saw Zion ce ka mik poek awh kqang unyng.

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

2 Cawh tuiqi awh tingtoeng ce hoei unyng,

On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

3 cawh kaimih anik tukhqi ing laa sak aham ni ceei khqi hy, kaimih anik thekhanaak thlangkhqi ing zeelnaak laa sak aham ni ngaih hy, “Zion a laa pynoet awh sa law lah uh ee!” ni tinak khqi hy.

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 Ikawmyihna thlang a qam na Bawipa a laa ce ka mi sak thai kaw?

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

5 Aw Jerusalem, nang ce ka ni hilh awhtaw kak tang ben kut ing a simnaak hilh poe lawt seh.

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

6 Nang amni sim voel nyng saw, ka zeelnaak soeih Jerusalem, nang ce am ka nik poek voel hawh awhtaw, kam lai ing dangkhyl na bet qu qap seh.

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Aw Bawipa, Jerusalem a zawk nyn awhkaw Edomkhqi ing ik-oeih ami sai ce, sim loet lah. “Hre bang tlang, tung nang lingnaak dyna phu bang tlang uh!” tinawh amik khy ce.

Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

8 Aw Babylon canu, ak plawci hly kawi, kaimih ak khan awh ik-oeih na sainaak amyihna, nang ak khan awh ik-oeih ak thung lawkhqi zeel kawm uh –

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 naacakhqi ce amim tu law coengawh lung khawng na kawm uh.

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