Psalms 137

1 When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.

我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下， 一追想锡安就哭了。

2 We hung up our harps on the willow trees.

我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；

3 For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to sing a happy song from Jerusalem.

因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌， 抢夺我们的要我们作乐，说： 给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！

4 But how could we sing a song dedicated to the Lord in a pagan land?

我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？

5 If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand forget how to play;

耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你， 情愿我的右手忘记技巧！

6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you—if I don't consider Jerusalem my greatest joy.

我若不记念你， 若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的， 情愿我的舌头贴于上膛！

7 Lord, please remember what the people of Edom did on the day Jerusalem fell, the ones who said “Tear it down! Destroy it down to its foundations!”

耶路撒冷遭难的日子， 以东人说：拆毁！拆毁！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和华啊，求你记念这仇！

8 Daughter of Babylon, you will be destroyed! Happy is the one who pays you back, who does to you what you did to us!

将要被灭的巴比伦城啊， 报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！

9 Happy is the one who grabs your children and smashes them against the rocks!

拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便为有福！