Psalms 137

1 When we [had been taken to] Babylonia, [far from Jerusalem], we sat down by the rivers there, and we cried when we thought about [the temple on] Zion [Hill in Jerusalem].

Ob rekah Babilonskih, ondi smo sedeli ter jokali, spominjajoč se Sijona.

2 On the willow trees [alongside the rivers] we hung our harps [because we did not want to play them any more because we were very sad].

Na vrbe v deželi obesili smo strune svoje,

3 The [soldiers] who had captured us [and taken us to Babylonia] told us to sing [for them]; they told us to (entertain them/make them happy), saying, “Sing for us one of the songs [that you previously sang in] Jerusalem!”

Dasì so tam hoteli od nas veselih pesmi, ki so nas odpeljavali vjete, in ki so mučili nas govoreč: Pojte nam katero pesmi Sijonskih.

4 But [we thought], “We [are sad because we have been punished by Yahweh and brought to this] foreign land, so we cannot [RHQ] sing songs about Yahweh while we are here!”

Kako bi bili peli pesem Gospodovo v tujcev deželi?

5 If I forget about Jerusalem [APO], Iet my right hand wither [with the result that I will be unable to play my harp]

Če pozabim tebe, Jeruzalem, pozabi naj se desnica moja.

6 Do not allow me to sing again [MTY], if I forget about Jerusalem, if I do not consider that Jerusalem causes me to be more joyful than anything else does.

Jezik moj naj se mi prijemlje neba, ako se ne spominjam tebe, ako ne povzdigujem Jeruzalema nad glavo radosti svoje.

7 Yahweh, [punish] the people of the Edom people-group for what they did on the day that the army of Babylon captured Jerusalem. Do not forget that they said, “Tear down all the buildings! Destroy them completely! Leave only the foundations!”

Spomni se, Gospod, zoper Edomejce dneva Jeruzalemskega; kateri so rekli: "Razvalite, razvalite; dokler bode kaj podzidja v njem!"

8 And you people of Babylon, you will certainly be destroyed! Those who punish you in return for what you did to us will be happy;

Rod Babilonski naj se pokončá; blagor mu, kdor ti bode povrnil hudodelstvo, katero si nam storil.

9 they will take your babies and completely smash them on the rocks.

Blagor, kdor zgrabi in razdrobi otroke tvoje ob skalo!