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 I te taha o nga wai o Papurona, noho ana tatou i reira, ae, tangi ana tatou, ia tatou i mahara ai ki Hiona.2 Whakairia ake e tatou a tatou hapa ki runga ki nga wirou i waenganui o reira.3 No te mea i tono i reira te hunga nana tatou i herehere ki etahi waiata i a tatou, me te hunga nana tatou i tukino i tono mai he hari i a tatou, i mea mai, Waiatatia mai ki a matou tetahi o nga waiate o Hiona.4 Me pehea matou ka waiata ai i te waiata a Ihowa i te whenua tauhou?5 Ki te wareware ahau ki a koe, e Hiruharama, kia wareware toku ringa matau ki tana mahi.6 Ki te kore ahau e mahara ki a koe, kia piri toku arero ki toku ngao; ki te kore ahau e whakanui i Hiruharama ki runga ake i taku mea i tino hari ai.7 E Ihowa, maharatia nga tama a Eroma i te ra o Hiruharama; ta ratou meatanga, Whakahoroa, whakahoroa, a taea rawatia ano tona turanga.8 E te tamahine o Papurona, meake nei whakangaromia, ka hari te tangata e utua ai koe mo tau i mea ai ki a matou.9 Ka hari te tangata e hopu ana, e ta ana i au mea nohinohi ki runga ki te kohatu.