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.
Psalm 137
1We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon.
We wept when we remembered what had happened to Zion.
2On the nearby poplar trees
we hung up our harps.
3Those who held us as prisoners asked us to sing.
Those who enjoyed hurting us ordered us to sing joyful songs.
They said, “Sing one of the songs of Zion to us!”
4How can we sing the songs of the Lord
while we are in another land?
5Jerusalem, if I forget you,
may my right hand never be able to play the harp again.
6If I don’t remember you,
may my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth so I can’t sing.
May it happen if I don’t consider Jerusalem
to be my greatest joy.
7Lord, remember what the people of Edom did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
“Tear it down!” they cried.
“Tear it down to the ground!”
8People of Babylon, you are sentenced to be destroyed.
Happy is the person who pays you back
according to what you have done to us.
9Happy is the person who grabs your babies
and smashes them against the rocks.
