- 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down; indeed, we wept When we remembered Zion.
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我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下，一追想锡安就哭了。
- 137:2 On the willows in the midst of it We hung up our lyres,
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我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上，
- 137:3 For there our captors required of us songs, And those who tormented us required of us mirth, saying, Sing for us One of the songs of Zion.
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因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌，苦待我们的要我们作乐，说，给我们唱一首锡安歌罢。
- 137:4 How can we sing the song of Jehovah In a foreign land?
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我们怎能在外邦地唱耶和华的歌呢？
- 137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill.
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耶路撒冷阿，我若忘记你，情愿我的右手忘记技巧。
- 137:6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, If I do not remember you, If I do not prefer Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
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我若不记念你，若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的，情愿我的舌头贴于上膛。
- 137:7 Remember, O Jehovah, Against the children of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Who said, Lay it bare! Lay it bare, Down to its foundation!
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耶和华阿，求你记念以东人在耶路撒冷遭难的日子所行的，他们说，拆毁！拆毁！直拆到根基！
- 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be devastated, Happy will he be who repays you The recompense of what you have rendered to us.
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将要被灭的巴比伦城阿，照你待我们的行为报复你的，那人便为有福。
- 137:9 Happy will he be who seizes your little ones And dashes them against the rock.
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拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的，那人便为有福。