1 E bath aore mag Babulon ne wabet piny kendo ne waywak

kane waparo Sayun.

2 Ne wangʼawo thumbewa

ewi omburi mane ni kanyo,

3 nimar joma ne omakowa nokwayowa wende kane wan kanyo,

joma nesandowa nochunowa ni wawernegi wende mor;

negiwachonwa niya, "Wernwauru achiel kuom wende Sayun!"

4 Ere kaka wanyalo wero wende Jehova Nyasaye

kapod wan e piny ma wendo?

5 Ka dipo ni wiya owil kodi, yaye Jerusalem,

to mad lweta ma korachwich wiye wil gi tichne.

6 Mad lewa moki e danda

ka dipo ni ok apari,

ka dipo ni ok aketo chunya kuomi,

yaye Jerusalem, morna maduongʼ mogik.

7 Parie gima ne jo-Edom otimo, yaye Jehova Nyasaye,

parie gima negitimo chiengʼ mane Jerusalem opodho.

Ne gikok matek niya, "Mukeuru ogoye piny.

Mukeuru ogore piny gi mise mare duto!"

8 Yaye nyar Babulon, in mochanni kethruok,

ngʼama nochuli kuom gima isetimonwa en jahawi,

9 ngʼat manomak nyithindi mayom

mi gogi piny e lwendni en jahawi.