Zabbuli 137
1137:1 a Ez 1:1, 3 b Nek 1:4Twatuula ku mabbali g’emigga gy’e Babulooni,
ne tukaaba amaziga bwe twajjukira Sayuuni.
2Ne tuwanika ennanga zaffe
ku miti egyali awo.
3137:3 Zab 80:6Abaatunyaga ne batulagira okuyimba,
abaatubonyaabonya ne batulagira okusanyuka;
nga bagamba nti, “Mutuyimbireyo lumu ku nnyimba za Sayuuni.”
4Tunaayimba tutya oluyimba lwa Mukama
mu nsi eteri yaffe?
5Bwe nnaakwerabiranga, ggwe Yerusaalemi,
omukono gwange ogwa ddyo gukale!
6137:6 Ez 3:26Olulimi lwange lwesibire waggulu w’ekibuno kyange
singa nkwerabira,
ggwe Yerusaalemi, ne sikulowoozaako
okusinga ebintu ebirala byonna.
7137:7 a Yer 49:7; Kgb 4:21-22; Ez 25:12 b Ob 11Jjukira, Ayi Mukama, batabani ba Edomu kye baakola,137:7 Nebukadduneeza bwe yazikiriza Yerusaalemi, bazzukulu ba Edomu baasanyuka okulaba ng’abalabe baabwe Abayisirayiri bazikiridde. Kino kyali kibi nnyo kubanga Abayisirayiri ne bazzukulu ba Edomu baaluganda. Bazzukulu ba Edomu bava mu Esawu
ku lunaku Yerusaalemi lwe kyawambibwa;
ne baleekaana nti, “Kisuule,
kimalirewo ddala n’emisingi gyakyo.”
8137:8 Is 13:1, 19; Yer 25:12, 26; 50:15; Kub 18:6Ggwe omuwala wa Babulooni, agenda okuzikirizibwa,
yeesiimye oyo alikusasula ebyo
nga naawe bye watukola.
9137:9 2Bk 8:12; Is 13:16Yeesiimye oyo aliddira abaana bo
n’ababetentera137:9 Okukakasa nga tewaba n’omu ku b’omu kibuga ekiwambiddwa asigalawo, abaakiwambanga baabetentanga emitwe gy’abaana abato ab’omu kibuga ekyo ku lwazi ku lwazi.
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3For 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.137.3 a song: Heb. the words of a song137.3 wasted…: Heb. laid us on heaps
4How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?137.4 strange…: Heb. land of a stranger?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.137.6 my chief…: Heb. the head of my joy
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.137.7 Rase it: Heb. Make bare
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.137.8 destroyed: Heb. wasted137.8 rewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.137.9 the stones: Heb. the rock
