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137 (A)Twatuula ku mabbali g’emigga gy’e Babulooni,
    ne tukaaba amaziga bwe twajjukira Sayuuni.
Ne tuwanika ennanga zaffe
    ku miti egyali awo.
(B)Abaatunyaga ne batulagira okuyimba,
    abaatubonyaabonya ne batulagira okusanyuka;
    nga bagamba nti, “Mutuyimbireyo lumu ku nnyimba za Sayuuni.”

Tunaayimba tutya oluyimba lwa Mukama
    mu nsi eteri yaffe?
Bwe nnaakwerabiranga, ggwe Yerusaalemi,
    omukono gwange ogwa ddyo gukale!
(C)Olulimi lwange lwesibire waggulu w’ekibuno kyange
    singa nkwerabira,
ggwe Yerusaalemi, ne sikulowoozaako
    okusinga ebintu ebirala byonna.

(D)Jjukira, Ayi Mukama, batabani ba Edomu kye baakola,[a]
    ku lunaku Yerusaalemi lwe kyawambibwa;
ne baleekaana nti, “Kisuule,
    kimalirewo ddala n’emisingi gyakyo.”
(E)Ggwe omuwala wa Babulooni, agenda okuzikirizibwa,
    yeesiimye oyo alikusasula ebyo
    nga naawe bye watukola.
(F)Yeesiimye oyo aliddira abaana bo
    n’ababetentera[b] ku lwazi.

Footnotes

  1. 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
  2. 137:9 Okukakasa nga tewaba n’omu ku b’omu kibuga ekiwambiddwa asigalawo, abaakiwambanga baabetentanga emitwe gy’abaana abato ab’omu kibuga ekyo ku lwazi

Psalm 137

By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
    when we remembered Zion.(C)
There on the poplars(D)
    we hung our harps,(E)
for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
    my highest joy.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(N) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(P)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(Q)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them(R) against the rocks.