1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
1Ob rekah babilonskih, tam smo sedevali in jokali, spominjajoč se Siona.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
2Na vrbe sredi one dežele smo obesili strune svoje.
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.
3Kajti ondi so zahtevali od nas besede pesmi tisti, ki so nas odpeljali v sužnost, in naši mučitelji so hoteli veselost: Pojte nam katero pesmi sionskih!
4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
4Kako naj bi peli pesem GOSPODOVO v tujcev deželi?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
5Če pozabim tebe, Jeruzalem, pozabi naj mi desnica zmožnosti svoje!
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.
6Jezik naj se mi prijemlje nébesa, ako se ne spominjam tebe, ako ne stavim Jeruzalema nad največje veselje svoje!
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
7Spomni se, GOSPOD, zoper Edomce dneva jeruzalemskega, ki so rekli: Razvalite, razvalite, dokler bode kaj podzidja v njem!
8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
8O hči babilonska, boš pokončana; blagor mu, kdor ti povrne tisto, kar si nam storila!Blagor mu, kdor zgrabi in razbije otroke tvoje ob skalo.
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
9Blagor mu, kdor zgrabi in razbije otroke tvoje ob skalo.