Psalms 137

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

MA na muliwai o Babulona, malaila kakou i noho iho ai, A uwe aku la i ko kakou hoomanao ana ia Ziona.

2 Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

Ma na wilou maloko olaila, I kaulai ai makou i ko makou mea kani.

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.

No ka mea, malaila, noi mai ka poe i lawe pio ia makou, I na olelo o ke oli; A o ka poe hoinoino ia makou, noi mai lakou e lealea makou, I mai, E oli mai oukou i ka oli o Ziona.

4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

Pehea la makou e oli ai i ka oli o Iehova, Ma ka aina malihini?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

Ina e hoopoina au ia oe, e Ierusalema, E poina pu no ko'u lima akua i ka hana,

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.

I ole au e hoomanao ia oe, E pipili hoi kuu aleio i ka aluna o ko'u waha; I ole hoi e kela aku ko'u makemake ia Ierusalema, Mamua o ko'u mea lealea mai.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

E Iehova, e hoomanao oe i na keiki o Edoma, I ka la o Ierusalema; I ka poe i olelo mai, E wawahi, e wawahi, A ilalo i ke kumu ona.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

E ke kaikamahine o Babulona, ka mea e anaiia auanei, E pomaikai auanei ka mea hoopai aku ia oe, i ka hewa, Au i hana hewa mai ai ia makou.

9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.

E pomaikai no hoi ka mea lalau aku i kau mau keiki, A ulupa ia lakou ilalo i na pohaku.