1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows in that land,
we hung up our harps.
3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4 How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you,
if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem,
who said, "Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!"
8 Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
he will be happy who repays you,
as you have done to us.
9 Happy shall he be,
who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
Domínio Público. Esta tradução bíblica de domínio público é trazida a você por cortesia de eBible.org.
被掳之民向 神的哀求
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
摔在盘石上的，
那人有福了。