< Psalms 137 >
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下, 一追想锡安就哭了。
2 Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.
我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上;
3 For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.
因为在那里,掳掠我们的要我们唱歌, 抢夺我们的要我们作乐,说: 给我们唱一首锡安歌吧!
4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?
我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.
耶路撒冷啊,我若忘记你, 情愿我的右手忘记技巧!
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
我若不记念你, 若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的, 情愿我的舌头贴于上膛!
7 Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
耶路撒冷遭难的日子, 以东人说:拆毁!拆毁! 直拆到根基! 耶和华啊,求你记念这仇!
8 O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.
将要被灭的巴比伦城啊, 报复你像你待我们的,那人便为有福!
9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.
拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的, 那人便为有福!