Psalmi 137

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

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

2 Svoje harfe smo obesili na vrbe v njegovi sredi.

Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.

3 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.«

For there those who led us captive required of us songs, and those who wasted us, mirth, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

4 Kako naj bi v tuji deželi peli Gospodovo pesem?

How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.

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

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

Remember, O Jehovah, the day of Jerusalem against the sons of Edom, who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

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

O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.

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

Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.