La Bu 137

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

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

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

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.

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

How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!

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

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 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, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”

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

O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!

9 Nachapangteu puimang a songpi chunga sepgoiho chu nunnom hen!

Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!