Zaburi 137

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

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion.

2 Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps.

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

For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, [saying, ] Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.

4 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—.

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

May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee: if I recall not Jerusalem at the head of my joy.

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

Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation.

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

O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us.

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

Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock.