Zaburi 137

1 Kando ya mito ya Babeli tuliketi na tulilia tulipokumbuka kuhusu Sayuni.

By rivers of Babylon—There we sat, Indeed, we wept when we remembered Zion.

2 Tulitundika vinubi vyetu kwenye miti ya Babylon.

We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

3 Huko watekaji wetu walitaka tuwaimbie, na wale walio tudhihaki walitutaka sisi tufurahi, wakisema, “Tuimbieni moja ya nyimbo za Sayuni.”

For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers—joy: “Sing to us of a song of Zion.”

4 Tungewezaje kuimba wimbo unaomuhusu Yahwe katika nchi ya ugeni?

How do we sing the song of YHWH, On the land of a stranger?

5 Kama nikikusahau wewe, Yerusalemu, basi mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau ujuzi wake.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

6 Ulimi wangu na ushikamane juu ya kinywa changu kama nisipokufikiria tena, na kama sipendelei zaidi Yerusalemu kuliko furaha yangu kuu.

My tongue cleaves to my palate, If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Kumbuka, Ee Yahwe, kile walichofanya Waedomu siku ya anguko la Yerusalemu. Walisema, “Ibomoeni, ibomoeni mpaka chini kwenye misingi yake.”

Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, “Raze, raze to its foundation!”

8 Binti za Babeli, hivi karibuni wataharibiwa- mtu na abalikiwe, yeyote atakaye walipizia yale mliotufanyia sisi.

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the blessedness of him who repays to you your deed, That you have done to us.

9 Mtu na abarikiwe, yeyote achukuaye na kusambaratisha watoto wenu juu ya jiwe.

O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!