1Ob rekah babilonskih, tam smo sedevali in jokali, spominjajoč se Siona.
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2Na vrbe sredi one dežele smo obesili strune svoje.
2On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.
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!
3For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4Kako naj bi peli pesem GOSPODOVO v tujcev deželi?
4How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
5Če pozabim tebe, Jeruzalem, pozabi naj mi desnica zmožnosti svoje!
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
6Jezik naj se mi prijemlje nébesa, ako se ne spominjam tebe, ako ne stavim Jeruzalema nad največje veselje svoje!
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7Spomni se, GOSPOD, zoper Edomce dneva jeruzalemskega, ki so rekli: Razvalite, razvalite, dokler bode kaj podzidja v njem!
7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
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.
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
9Blagor mu, kdor zgrabi in razbije otroke tvoje ob skalo.
9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.