Zaburi 137

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

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

2 Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.

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 that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

4 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?

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

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her skill].

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 cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze [it], raze [it], [even] to its foundation.

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

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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

Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.