1 Virtojen varsilla Babyloniassa me istuimme ja itkimme, kun muistimme Siionia.
2 Rannan pajuihin me ripustimme lyyramme.
4 Kuinka voisimme laulaa Herran lauluja vieraalla maalla?
5 Jerusalem, jos sinut unohdan, kadotkoon käteni voima!
6 Tarttukoon kieleni kitalakeen, ellen sinua muista, ellen pidä ylimpänä ilonani sinua, Jerusalem!
8 Ja sinä Babylon, tuhoon tuomittu nainen! Hyvin tekee se, joka sinulle kostaa sen minkä meille teit.
9 Hyvin tekee se, joka tarttuu lapsiisi ja lyö ne murskaksi kallioon!
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.