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,

On the willows in that land, 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, 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 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

How can 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 you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

Remember, LORD, against 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:

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

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

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