Halelu 137

1 MA na muliwai o Babulona, malaila kakou i noho iho ai, A uwe aku la i ko kakou hoomanao ana ia Ziona.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 Ma na wilou maloko olaila, I kaulai ai makou i ko makou mea kani.

On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

3 No ka mea, malaila, noi mai ka poe i lawe pio ia makou, I na olelo o ke oli; A o ka poe hoinoino ia makou, noi mai lakou e lealea makou, I mai, E oli mai oukou i ka oli o Ziona.

For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."

4 Pehea la makou e oli ai i ka oli o Iehova, Ma ka aina malihini?

How can we sing YHWH's song in a foreign land?

5 Ina e hoopoina au ia oe, e Ierusalema, E poina pu no ko'u lima akua i ka hana,

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

6 I ole au e hoomanao ia oe, E pipili hoi kuu aleio i ka aluna o ko'u waha; I ole hoi e kela aku ko'u makemake ia Ierusalema, Mamua o ko'u mea lealea mai.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 E Iehova, e hoomanao oe i na keiki o Edoma, I ka la o Ierusalema; I ka poe i olelo mai, E wawahi, e wawahi, A ilalo i ke kumu ona.

Remember, YHWH, against the descendants of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it. Raze it even to its foundation."

8 E ke kaikamahine o Babulona, ka mea e anaiia auanei, E pomaikai auanei ka mea hoopai aku ia oe, i ka hewa, Au i hana hewa mai ai ia makou.

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.

9 E pomaikai no hoi ka mea lalau aku i kau mau keiki, A ulupa ia lakou ilalo i na pohaku.

Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.