< Psalms 137 >
1 When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下, 一追想錫安就哭了。
2 We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
我們把琴掛在那裏的柳樹上;
3 For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to sing a happy song from Jerusalem.
因為在那裏,擄掠我們的要我們唱歌, 搶奪我們的要我們作樂,說: 給我們唱一首錫安歌吧!
4 But how could we sing a song dedicated to the Lord in a pagan land?
我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢?
5 If I forget Jerusalem, may my right hand forget how to play;
耶路撒冷啊,我若忘記你, 情願我的右手忘記技巧!
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.
我若不記念你, 若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的, 情願我的舌頭貼於上膛!
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!”
耶路撒冷遭難的日子, 以東人說:拆毀!拆毀! 直拆到根基! 耶和華啊,求你記念這仇!
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!
將要被滅的巴比倫城啊, 報復你像你待我們的,那人便為有福!
9 Happy is the one who grabs your children and smashes them against the rocks!
拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的, 那人便為有福!