Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we thought about Zion.

我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下， 一追想锡安就哭了。

2 On the poplars there we hung our harps.

我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；

3 There our captors required songs from us, and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌， 抢夺我们的要我们作乐，说： 给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！

4 How could we sing a song about Yahweh in a foreign land?

我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？

5 If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.

耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你， 情愿我的右手忘记技巧！

6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I think about you no more, if I do not prefer Jerusalem more than my greatest delights.

我若不记念你， 若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的， 情愿我的舌头贴于上膛！

7 Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down to its foundations.”

耶路撒冷遭难的日子， 以东人说：拆毁！拆毁！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和华啊，求你记念这仇！

8 Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back for what you have done to us.

将要被灭的巴比伦城啊， 报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！

9 May the person be blessed, whoever takes and dashes your little ones against a rock.

拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便为有福！