Zaburi 137

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

At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.

2 Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.

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 they asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.

4 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.

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

If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.

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

May it cleave tongue my - to palate my if not I will remember you if not I will lift up Jerusalem above [the] chief of joy my.

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

Remember O Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.

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

O daughter of Babylon that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.

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

How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.