Zaburi 137

1 Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi, tukaomboleza tulipokumbuka Sayuni.

By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.

2 Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.

3 kwa maana huko hao waliotuteka walitaka tuwaimbie nyimbo, watesi wetu walidai nyimbo za furaha; walisema, “Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo za Sayuni!”

Then they that ledde vs captiues, required of vs songs and mirth, when wee had hanged vp our harpes, saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.

4 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?

5 Nikikusahau wewe, ee Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

6 Ulimi wangu ushikamane na kaakaa la kinywa changu kama sitakukumbuka wewe, kama nisipokufikiri Yerusalemu kuwa furaha yangu kubwa.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth: yea, if I preferre not Ierusalem to my chiefe ioy.

7 Kumbuka, Ee Bwana, walichokifanya Waedomu, siku ile Yerusalemu ilipoanguka. Walisema, “Bomoa, Bomoa mpaka kwenye misingi yake!”

Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Ierusalem, which saide, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.

8 Ee binti Babeli, uliyehukumiwa kuangamizwa, heri yeye atakayekulipiza wewe kwa yale uliyotutenda sisi:

O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.

9 yeye ambaye atawakamata watoto wako wachanga na kuwaponda juu ya miamba.

Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.