Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

Emifuleni yeBhabhiloni sahlala phansi khona, yebo sakhala inyembezi, lapho sikhumbula iZiyoni.

2 We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.

Amachacho ethu sawaphanyeka eminyezaneni phakathi kwayo.

3 For there they who carried us away captive required of us a song; They who wasted us required of us mirth: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Ngoba khonapho abasithumbayo basicela amazwi engoma, labasimotshayo bacela injabulo besithi: Sihlabeleleni enye yezingoma zeZiyoni.

4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a strange land?

Singahlabela njani ingoma yeNkosi elizweni lemzini?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning!

Uba ngikukhohlwa, Jerusalema, isandla sami sokunene kasikhohlwe ubungcitshi.

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!

Ulimi lwami kalunamathele elwangeni lwami, uba ngingakukhumbuli, uba ngingaphakamisi iJerusalema phezu kwentokozo yami enkulu.

7 Remember, O LORD! against the children of Edom The day of the calamity of Jerusalem! Who said, “Raze it, Raze it to its foundations!”

Khumbula, Nkosi, ngabantwana bakoEdoma, ngosuku lweJerusalema, abathi: Dilizani, dilizani, kuze kube sesisekelweni sayo.

8 O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!

Ndodakazi yeBhabhiloni, ozabhujiswa, ubusisiwe ozaphindisela kuwe isenzo osenze kithi.

9 Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!

Ubusisiwe ozabamba asakaze abantwana bakho edwaleni.