Zaburi 137

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

By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 Ne wangʼawo thumbewa ewi omburi mane ni kanyo,

On willows in its midst we hung 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 our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

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

How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

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

My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt 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, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase to its foundation!'

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

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

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

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!