1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail {required} mirth, {saying,} Sing us {one} of the songs of Zion.4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?5 If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget {its skill};6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay {it} bare, Lay {it} bare, down to its foundation!8 Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.9 Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
1 我们曾坐在巴比伦的河畔, 在那里我们一想起锡安就哭了。 2 我们把我们的琴挂在那里的柳树上。 3 因为在那里, 掳掠我们的人要我们唱歌, 苦待我们的人要我们娱乐他们; 他们说: "为我们唱一首锡安歌吧! " 4 我们怎能在异族之地唱耶和华的歌呢? 5 耶路撒冷啊! 如果我忘记你, 情愿我的右手忘记技巧("忘记技巧"或译: "枯干")。 6 如果我不记念你, 如果我不高举耶路撒冷超过我最大的喜乐, 情愿我的舌头紧贴上膛。 7 耶和华啊! 求你记念以东人在耶路撒冷遭难的日子所行的, 他们说: "拆毁它, 拆毁它, 直拆到根基。" 8 将要被毁灭的("将要被毁灭的"有古译本作"毁灭者")巴比伦城("城"原文作"女子")啊! 照着你待我们的行为报复你的, 那人有福了。 9 抓住你的婴孩摔在磐石上的, 那人有福了。