Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.

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

2 Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps.

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

3 For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, [saying, ] Sing for 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 should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger?

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

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—.

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

6 May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee: if I recall not Jerusalem at the head of my 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, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation.

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 art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

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

9 Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock.

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