Psalms 137

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

Ezalaki biso ya kovanda pembeni ya bibale ya Babiloni, tozalaki kolela na tozalaki kokanisa Siona.

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

Todiembikaki mandanda na biso na banzete ya pepiliye ya etuka yango.

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.

Kuna, bato oyo bamemaki biso na bowumbu bazalaki kosenga biso banzembo; mpe banyokoli na biso bazalaki kosenga biso ete tozala na esengo. Bazalaki koloba: « Boyembela biso banzembo ya Siona! »

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

Tokoyemba banzembo ya Yawe ndenge nini na mabele ya bapaya?

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

Oh Yelusalemi, soki nabosani yo, wana tika ete loboko na ngai ya mobali elemba!

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.

Soki natiki penza kokanisa yo, Yelusalemi, soki natie yo te liboso ya esengo nyonso, wana tika ete lolemo na ngai ekangama kati na monoko na ngai!

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

Yawe, kobosana te bato ya Edomi oyo basekaki Yelusalemi na mokolo na yango ya mawa; bazalaki koganga: « Bobuka yango, bobuka kino na miboko na yango! »

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

Babiloni, engumba kitoko, yo oyo okobebisama solo, esengo na moto oyo akozongisela yo mabe na mabe oyo osalaki biso!

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

Esengo na moto oyo akokanga bana na yo mpe akonika bango na libanga!