詩篇 137

1 我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下， 一追想錫安就哭了。

By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we thought about Zion.

2 我們把琴掛在那裏的柳樹上；

On the poplars there we hung our harps.

3 因為在那裏，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌， 搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說： 給我們唱一首錫安歌吧！

There our captors required songs from us, and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

4 我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？

How could we sing a song about Yahweh in a foreign land?

5 耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你， 情願我的右手忘記技巧！

If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.

6 我若不記念你， 若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的， 情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I think about you no more, if I do not prefer Jerusalem more than my greatest delights.

7 耶路撒冷遭難的日子， 以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！

Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down to its foundations.”

8 將要被滅的巴比倫城啊， 報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！

Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back for what you have done to us.

9 拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便為有福！

May the person be blessed, whoever takes and dashes your little ones against a rock.