Psalmi 137

1 Ob rekah Babilonskih, ondi smo sedeli ter jokali, spominjajoč se Sijona.

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

2 Na vrbe v deželi obesili smo strune svoje,

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

3 Dasì so tam hoteli od nas veselih pesmi, ki so nas odpeljavali vjete, in ki so mučili nas govoreč: Pojte nam katero pesmi Sijonskih.

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 bi bili peli pesem Gospodovo v tujcev deželi?

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

5 Če pozabim tebe, Jeruzalem, pozabi naj se desnica moja.

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

6 Jezik moj naj se mi prijemlje neba, ako se ne spominjam tebe, ako ne povzdigujem Jeruzalema nad glavo radosti svoje.

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, Gospod, zoper Edomejce dneva Jeruzalemskega; kateri so rekli: "Razvalite, razvalite; dokler bode kaj podzidja v njem!"

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

8 Rod Babilonski naj se pokončá; blagor mu, kdor ti bode povrnil hudodelstvo, katero si nam storil.

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

9 Blagor, kdor zgrabi in razdrobi otroke tvoje ob skalo!

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