Mazmur 137
1 Di tepi sungai-sungai Babel, di sanalah kita duduk sambil menangis, apabila kita mengingat Sion.
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].
2 Pada pohon-pohon gandarusa di tempat itu kita menggantungkan kecapi kita.
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].
3 Sebab di sanalah orang-orang yang menawan kita meminta kepada kita memperdengarkan nyanyian, dan orang-orang yang menyiksa kita meminta nyanyian sukacita: "Nyanyikanlah bagi kami nyanyian dari Sion!"
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!”
4 Bagaimanakah kita menyanyikan nyanyian TUHAN di negeri asing?
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!”
5 Jika aku melupakan engkau, hai Yerusalem, biarlah menjadi kering tangan kananku!
If I forget about Jerusalem [APO], Iet my right hand wither [with the result that I will be unable to play my harp]
6 Biarlah lidahku melekat pada langit-langitku, jika aku tidak mengingat engkau, jika aku tidak jadikan Yerusalem puncak sukacitaku!
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.
7 Ingatlah, ya TUHAN, kepada bani Edom, yang pada hari pemusnahan Yerusalem mengatakan: "Runtuhkan, runtuhkan sampai ke dasarnya!"
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!”
8 Hai puteri Babel, yang suka melakukan kekerasan, berbahagialah orang yang membalas kepadamu perbuatan-perbuatan yang kaulakukan kepada kami!
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;
9 Berbahagialah orang yang menangkap dan memecahkan anak-anakmu pada bukit batu!
they will take your babies and completely smash them on the rocks.
