第一三七章

¹By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

¹我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下，一追想錫安就哭了。

²Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

²我們把琴掛在那裡的柳樹上；

³For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, [saying], 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

³因為在那裡，擄掠我們的要我們唱歌，搶奪我們的要我們作樂，說：給我們唱一首錫安歌罷！

⁴How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?

⁴我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢？

⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget [her skill].

⁵耶路撒冷啊，我若忘記你，情願我的右手忘記技巧！

⁶May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

⁶我若不記念你，若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的，情願我的舌頭貼於上膛！

⁷Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, 'Raze it, raze it To its very foundation.'

⁷耶路撒冷遭難的日子，以東人說：拆毀！拆毀！直拆到根基！耶和華啊，求你記念這仇！

⁸O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

⁸將要被滅的巴比倫城啊（城：原文是女子），報復你像你待我們的，那人便為有福！

⁹How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

⁹拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的，那人便為有福！