Psalms 137

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

Nu yeroo Xiyoonin yaadannetti, lageen Baabilon bira teenyee boonye.

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

Achittis kiraara keenya muka alaltuutti fannifne;

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.

achitti warri nu boojiʼan faarfannaa, warri nu dhiphisanis, “Faarfannaawwan Xiyoon keessaa tokko nuu faarfadhaa!” jedhanii akka nu faarfannaa gammachuu isaaniif faarfannu nu gaafatan.

4 How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger?

Nu utuu biyya ormaa jirruu, akkamitti faarfannaa Waaqayyoo faarfachuu dandeenya?

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

Yaa Yerusaalem, yoo ani si irraanfadhe, harki koo mirgaa ogummaa isaa haa irraanfatu.

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.

Yoo ani si yaadachuu baadhe, yoo ani gammachuu koo guddichaa olitti Yerusaalemin ilaaluu baadhe, arrabni koo laagaa kootti haa maxxanu.

7 Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation.

Yaa Waaqayyo, waan warri Edoom gaafa Yerusaalem diigamte jedhan sana yaadadhu; isaanis, “Ishee diigaa! Hamma hundee isheetti ishee diigaa!” jedhanii iyyan.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

Yaa intala Baabilon, kan baduudhaaf qophoofte, inni waan ati nu goote sanaaf, gatii kee siif kennu eebbifamaa dha.

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

Inni daaʼimman kee qabee dhagaa irratti caccabsu sun eebbifamaa dha.