Psalms 137

1 By rivers of Babylon—There we sat, Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi, tukaomboleza tulipokumbuka Sayuni.

2 We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

kwa maana huko hao waliotuteka walitaka tuwaimbie nyimbo, watesi wetu walidai nyimbo za furaha; walisema, “Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo za Sayuni!”

4 How do we sing the song of YHWH, On the land of a stranger?

Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

Nikikusahau wewe, ee Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

6 My tongue cleaves to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Ulimi wangu ushikamane na kaakaa la kinywa changu kama sitakukumbuka wewe, kama nisipokufikiri Yerusalemu kuwa furaha yangu kubwa.

7 Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, “Raze, raze to its foundation!”

Kumbuka, Ee Bwana, walichokifanya Waedomu, siku ile Yerusalemu ilipoanguka. Walisema, “Bomoa, Bomoa mpaka kwenye misingi yake!”

8 O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, That you have done to us.

Ee binti Babeli, uliyehukumiwa kuangamizwa, heri yeye atakayekulipiza wewe kwa yale uliyotutenda sisi:

9 O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!

yeye ambaye atawakamata watoto wako wachanga na kuwaponda juu ya miamba.