Salmos 137

He Tangi o te Iwi Īharaira kei te Manene

1 I te taha o ngā wai o Papurōna –

noho ana tātou i reira, āe, tangi ana tātou,

i a tātou i mahara ai ki Hiona.

2 Whakairia ake e tātou ā tātou hāpa

ki runga ki ngā wirou i waenganui o reira.

3 Nō te mea i tono i reira te hunga nāna tātou i herehere ki ētahi waiata i a tātou,

me te hunga nāna tātou i tūkino i tono mai he hari i a tātou, i mea mai,

"Waiatatia mai ki a mātou tētahi o ngā waiata o Hiona!"

4 Me pēhea mātou ka waiata ai i te waiata a Ihowā

i te whenua tauhou?

5 Ki te wareware ahau ki a koe, e Hiruhārama,

kia wareware tōku ringa matau ki tāna mahi.

6 Ki te kore ahau e mahara ki a koe,

kia piri tōku arero ki tōku ngao,

ki te kore ahau e whakanui i Hiruhārama

ki runga ake i tāku mea i tino hari ai.

7 E Ihowā, maharatia ngā tama a Ēroma

i te rā o Hiruhārama,

tā rātou meatanga, "Whakahoroa! Whakahoroa,

ā taea rawatia anō tōna tūranga!"

8 E te tamāhine o Papurōna, meāke nei whakangaromia,

ka hari te tangata e utua ai koe

mō tāu i mea ai ki a mātou!

9 Ka hari te tangata e hopu ana,

e tā ana i āu mea nohinohi ki runga ki te kōhatu!

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof

We hanged up our harps.

3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,

And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,

Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing Jehovah’s song

In a foreign land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

Let my right hand forget her skill.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,

If I remember thee not;

If I prefer not Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom

The day of Jerusalem;

Who said, Rase it, rase it,

Even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,

Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones

Against the rock.