Psalms 137

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

Ob babilonskih rekah, tam smo se usedli; da, jokali smo, ko smo se spominjali Siona.

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

Svoje harfe smo obesili na vrbe v njegovi sredi.

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!”

Kajti tam so tisti, ki so nas odvedli proč ujete, od nas zahtevali pesem in tisti, ki so nas opustošili, so od nas zahtevali veselje, rekoč: »Zapojte nam eno izmed sionskih pesmi.«

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

Kako naj bi v tuji deželi peli Gospodovo pesem?

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

Če jaz pozabim tebe, oh Jeruzalem, naj moja desnica pozabi svojo spretnost.

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!

Če se te jaz ne spomnim, naj se moj jezik prilepi k nebu mojih ust, če ne povišam Jeruzalema nad svojo glavno radost.

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!”

Spomni se, oh Gospod, na Jeruzalemov dan otrok Edóma, ki so rekli: »Izbrišite ga, izbrišite ga, celo do njegovih temeljev.«

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

Oh hči babilonska, ki boš uničena, srečen bo tisti, ki te poplača, kakor si nam ti služila.

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

Srečen bo tisti, ki zgrabi in trešči tvoje malčke ob kamne.