1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who 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 stones.
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 抓住你的婴孩摔在磐石上的, 那人有福了。