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. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 Ne wangʼawo thumbewa ewi omburi mane ni kanyo,

On the willows in that land, we hung 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, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

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

How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

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

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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 stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer 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, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

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

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

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

Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.