Psalms 137

1 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi, tukaomboleza tulipokumbuka Sayuni.

2 On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

3 For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

kwa maana huko hao waliotuteka walitaka tuwaimbie nyimbo, watesi wetu walidai nyimbo za furaha; walisema, “Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo za Sayuni!”

4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

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

Nikikusahau wewe, ee Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

Ulimi wangu ushikamane na kaakaa la kinywa changu kama sitakukumbuka wewe, kama nisipokufikiri Yerusalemu kuwa furaha yangu kubwa.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Kumbuka, Ee Bwana, walichokifanya Waedomu, siku ile Yerusalemu ilipoanguka. Walisema, “Bomoa, Bomoa mpaka kwenye misingi yake!”

8 O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us.

Ee binti Babeli, uliyehukumiwa kuangamizwa, heri yeye atakayekulipiza wewe kwa yale uliyotutenda sisi:

9 Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.

yeye ambaye atawakamata watoto wako wachanga na kuwaponda juu ya miamba.