Psalms 137

1 BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Babylon tuiva ah te ka ngol uh tih Zion ka poek uh vaengah ka rhap uh.

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

A khui kah tuirhi dongah ka rhotoeng te ka bang uh.

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.

Kaimih aka sol rhoek kaimih te laa ol hnap n'dawt uh. Kaimih aka parhaengkung long khaw, “Zion laa te kaimih ham kohoenah neh hlai uh lah,” a ti uh.

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

Balae tih BOEIPA laa he kholong kho ah ka hlai uh eh?

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

Jerusalem nang te kan hnilh atah ka bantang kut he hnilh uh saeh.

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

Nang te kan thoelh pawt tih, Jerusalem te ka kohoenah somtung la ka pacuet pawt atah ka lai he ka dang la kap uh saeh.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

BOEIPA aw Jerusalem tue vaengkah Edom koca rhoek loh, “A khoengim duela kingling uh kingling uh,” a ti uh te poek pah.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Hlang aka rhoelrhak Babylon nu aw, kaimih taengah na saii bangla na thaphu te namah taengah aka thuung tah a yoethen.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Na camoe rhoek te a tuuk tih, thaelpang dongah aka phop tah a yoethen.