Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

Di tepi sungai-sungai Babel kami duduk dan menangis bila teringat Sion.

2 Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

Pada pohon-pohon gandarusa di negeri itu kami gantungkan kecapi kami.

3 For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

Orang-orang yang menawan kami menyuruh kami menyanyi untuk mereka. Orang-orang yang menindas kami menyuruh kami menyanyikan lagu-lagu gembira, "Nyanyikanlah bagi kami lagu-lagu dari Sion!"

4 How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

Mungkinkah di negeri asing kami menyanyi bagi TUHAN?

5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau, Yerusalem!

6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau dan tidak menjadikan engkau kesukaanku!

7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

Ya TUHAN, ingatlah perbuatan orang Edom pada waktu Yerusalem dimusnahkan. Mereka berkata, "Robohkanlah, robohkanlah sampai ke dasar-dasarnya!"

8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Hai Babel, engkau akan dibinasakan! Berbahagialah orang yang membalas kepadamu kejahatan yang kaulakukan terhadap kami.

9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

Berbahagialah orang yang mengambil bayi-bayimu dan mencampakkannya ke bukit batu!