1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
Kando ya mito ya Babeli ndiko tulikoketi, Tukalia tulipoikumbuka Sayuni.
2 We hanged our harps
Upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Katika miti iliyo katikati yake Tulivitundika vinubi vyetu.
3 For 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.
Maana huko waliotuchukua mateka Walitaka tuwaimbie; Na waliotuonea walitaka furaha; Tuimbieni baadhi ya nyimbo za Sayuni.
4 How shall we sing
The LORD's song in a strange land?
Tuuimbeje wimbo wa Bwana Katika nchi ya ugeni?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her cunning .
Ee Yerusalemu, nikikusahau wewe, Mkono wangu wa kuume na usahau.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Ulimi wangu na ugandamane Na kaakaa la kinywa changu, nisipokukumbuka. Nisipoikuza Yerusalemu Zaidi ya furaha yangu iliyo kuu.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it , rase it , even to the foundation thereof.
Ee Bwana, uwakumbuke wana wa Edomu, Siku ya Yerusalemu. Waliosema, Bomoeni! Bomoeni hata misingini!
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
Happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Ee binti Babeli, uliye karibu na kuangamia, Heri atakayekupatiliza, ulivyotupatiliza sisi.
9 Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the stones.
Heri yeye atakayewakamata wadogo wako, Na kuwaseta wao juu ya mwamba.
