Psalms 137

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

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

2 There on the willows we hung our harps,

2 Kwenye miti ya huko tulitundika vinubi vyetu,

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

3 kwa maana huko hao waliotuteka walitaka tuwaimbie nyimbo, watesi wetu walidai nyimbo za furaha; walisema, “Tuimbieni wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo za Sayuni!”

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

4 Tutaimbaje nyimbo za Bwana, tukiwa nchi ya kigeni?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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