< Psalms 137 >

1 For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.
Di tepi sungai-sungai Babel kami duduk dan menangis bila teringat Sion.
2 We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.
Pada pohon-pohon gandarusa di negeri itu kami gantungkan kecapi kami.
3 For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion.
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 should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
Mungkinkah di negeri asing kami menyanyi bagi TUHAN?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].
Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau, Yerusalem!
6 May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
Biarlah aku tak bisa lagi menyanyi jika aku melupakan engkau dan tidak menjadikan engkau kesukaanku!
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.
Ya TUHAN, ingatlah perbuatan orang Edom pada waktu Yerusalem dimusnahkan. Mereka berkata, "Robohkanlah, robohkanlah sampai ke dasar-dasarnya!"
8 Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.
Hai Babel, engkau akan dibinasakan! Berbahagialah orang yang membalas kepadamu kejahatan yang kaulakukan terhadap kami.
9 Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.
Berbahagialah orang yang mengambil bayi-bayimu dan mencampakkannya ke bukit batu!

< Psalms 137 >