Zaburi 137

1 E bath aore mag Babulon ne wabet piny kendo ne waywak kane waparo Sayun.

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

2 Ne wangʼawo thumbewa ewi omburi mane ni kanyo,

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

3 nimar joma ne omakowa nokwayowa wende kane wan kanyo, joma nesandowa nochunowa ni wawernegi wende mor; negiwachonwa niya, “Wernwauru achiel kuom wende Sayun!”

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 Ere kaka wanyalo wero wende Jehova Nyasaye kapod wan e piny ma wendo?

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

5 Ka dipo ni wiya owil kodi, yaye Jerusalem, to mad lweta ma korachwich wiye wil gi tichne.

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

6 Mad lewa moki e danda ka dipo ni ok apari, ka dipo ni ok aketo chunya kuomi, yaye Jerusalem, morna maduongʼ mogik.

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 Parie gima ne jo-Edom otimo, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, parie gima negitimo chiengʼ mane Jerusalem opodho. Ne gikok matek niya, “Mukeuru ogoye piny. Mukeuru ogore piny gi mise mare duto!”

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 Yaye nyar Babulon, in mochanni kethruok, ngʼama nochuli kuom gima isetimonwa en jahawi,

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

9 ngʼat manomak nyithindi mayom mi gogi piny e lwendni en jahawi.

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