Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Babylon vapui taengah, kang hnut o, ue, Zion to ka poek o naah, ka qah o.

2 We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.

Katoengnawk doeh tui taeng ih thing tanghang nuiah ka bang o.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

To ah kaom kaicae misong ah naeh kaminawk mah laasak hanah ang pacae o; kaicae pacaekthlaek kaminawk mah anghoehaih laasak hanah ang pacae o; Zion laa maeto sah o noek khae, tiah ang naa o.

4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?

Kawbangmaw Angraeng ih laa to minawk prae ah ka sah o thai tih?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Aw Jerusalem, nang to kang pahnet o ving nahaeloe, ka bantang ban mah a sakthaihaih to pahnet roep nasoe.

6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Nang to kang panoek o ai boeh moe, kang hoe o haih koek Jerusalem to ka pakoeh o ai boeh nahaeloe, ka palai hae pakha ranuiah angbet caeng nasoe.

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

Aw Angraeng, Jerusalem amtimh na niah, im hmuen to phrae oh, phrae oh, tiah kathui Edom kaminawk to poek ah.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

Amrosak thaih, Aw Babylon canu, kaicae nuiah na sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, na nuiah sah pathok kami loe tahamhoih.

9 Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.

Na caa nawktanawk to lak moe, thlung nuiah va kami loe tahamhoih.