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,

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

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 that led us captive required of us songs, and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], 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.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; 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 Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

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

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.