La Bu 137

1 Jerusalem kageldoh phatnun Babylon vadungpang a chun katou un kakapgam tauve.

By rivers of Babylon—There we sat, Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 Keihon kasemjang houchu mong thingbah chung dunga chun kakhai un ahi.

We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

3 Hikom a chun soh a eihente houchun la sah sahding eigouvin, chuleh eisugenthei houchun kipahtah'a la sahsahtei ding eigouvin, “Jerusalem la ho chu khatpen beh neisahpeh'un” atiuve.

For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

4 Ahinlah keihon hetkhahlou mi gam sunga hi Yahweh Pakai la hochu iti kasahdiuham?

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

5 Vo Jerusalem nangma kasuhmil uleh kakhut jetlam hin semjang pehdan sumil jenghen.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

6 Nangma kageldoh louva, Jerusalem chu kakipana sangpen sang a thupi a kagel lou le, ka leihi kadang chungah behden jenghen.

My tongue cleaves to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 O Yahweh Pakai Babylon sepaiten Jerusalem alonkhum niuva Edom mite thilbol chu geldoh tei in, “Sumang jengin,” “Toltoh sumat jengun” tin asam un ahi.

Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, “Raze, raze to its foundation!”

8 O Babylon, nangma nakisu mang ding ahi. Nangin neibol nao bang banga nalethuh penpen chu anunnom ahi.

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, That you have done to us.

9 Nachapangteu puimang a songpi chunga sepgoiho chu nunnom hen!

O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!