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. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 Svoje harfe smo obesili na vrbe v njegovi sredi.

On the willows in that land, 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 asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 Kako naj bi v tuji deželi peli Gospodovo pesem?

How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

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

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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 stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, 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, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

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

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

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

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