A Prayer for Revenge
1 Beside the rivers of Babylon
we thought about Jerusalem,
and we sat down and cried.
2 We hung our small harps
on the willow trees.
3 Our enemies had brought us here
as their prisoners;
now they wanted us to sing
and entertain them.
They insulted us and shouted,
“Sing about Zion!”
4 Here in a foreign land,
how can we sing
about the Lord?
5 Jerusalem, if I forget you,
let my right hand go limp.
6 Let my tongue stick
to the roof of my mouth,
if I don't think about you
above all else.
7 Our Lord, punish the Edomites!
On the day Jerusalem fell,
they shouted,
“Completely destroy the city!
Tear down every building!”
8 Babylon, you are doomed!
I pray the Lord's blessings
on anyone who punishes you
for what you did to us.
9 May the Lord bless everyone
who beats your children
against the rocks!
ǃKhōsis ǃnâ hâ Israelǁîn di ǃgaes
1 Babilons ǃāgu tawa
ǁnāpa da ge ǂnû tsî gere ā
Sions xa da gere ǂâio.
2 ǁNā ǃhūb ǃnâ mâ kai haidi
ai da ge sida di harpde ge ǂgāmâi.
3 ǁNāpan ge sida ge ǁgariǃgû-ūna ams di mîde ge ǂgaoǀkhā da;
ǁnān sida ge ǁgariǃgû-ūn ge ǃgâi amsa ge ǂgan:
“Sions ǁnaetsanadi di ǀguisa ǁnaeba da re!”
4 Mâti da ǃhao ǃhūb ǃnâ
ǃKhūb xa ǁnaetsana-e nî ǁnae?
5 Jerusalemse sasa ta ga ǀuru
ob ti amǀkhāb ǃommi tsîna ǀuruhe re.
6 Ab ti namma ǂkharub ai ǂae re;
sasa ta ga ǀuruo;
Jerusalemsa ta ga ti ǃgâiaǂgaob ǂamai ǀgapiǀgapi tama io.
7 ǃKhūtse ǂâihō re Edommi dina, Jerusalems tsēs ain ra mîo:
“Khôaǁnâ si, khôaǁnâ si, ǃgaoǃgaogu âs kōse!”
8 Babilons ôas, hîkākās ǃoa ǀâxarehe hâse
ǀKhaehen ge hâ ǁnān sida ǀkhas ge dīna ra dīdawa-am sina!
9 ǀKhaehen ge hâ ǁnān, sa ôana tsubu
tsî ǃhaob ai ra ǂanǃāna.
