Psalms 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

1 我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下， 一追想錫安就哭了。

2 There on the willows we hung our harps,

2 我們把琴掛在那裏的柳樹上；

3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

3 因為在那裏，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌， 搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說： 給我們唱一首錫安歌吧！

4 How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

4 我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

5 耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你， 情願我的右手忘記技巧！

6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

6 我若不記念你， 若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的， 情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！

7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

7 耶路撒冷遭難的日子， 以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！ 直拆到根基！ 耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

8 將要被滅的巴比倫城啊 ， 報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！

9 Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

9 拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的， 那人便為有福！