1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.
4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning .
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.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it , rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Ondjuriro yOvaisrael mouhuura
1 Pozonḓonḓu za Babilon opu twa kara pehi;
imbo opu twa ririra tjiyatu zemburuka Sion.
2 Komipanda mbya ri meṋe yazo,
okutwa turika ko oviharpe vyetu.
3 Imba mbe tu huurire va tjere
ngatu ve imburire eimburiro;
imba mbaa ve tu tatumisa va vanga
kutja tu ve yorokise, nave tja:
“Tu imburireye eimburiro ra Sion!”
4 Matu sora vi okuimbura eimburiro
ra Muhona mehi rozonganda?
5 Indu tji mbe ku zembi, Jerusalem,
eke randje rokunene ngari remane!
6 Eraka randje ngari kakatere koruramwe,
tji mbi he ku zemburukire,
na tji mbi he ripurire na ove, Jerusalem,
ngu u ri enyando randje enene tjinene.
7 Muhona, zemburuka imbi
Ovaedom mbi va tjita meyuva
ndi Jerusalem ndi tja huurwa,
tji va kara pokuravaera amave tja:
“Haṋeye, haṋeye otjihuro nga
komazikameno watjo!”
8 Babilon, ove, tjiri, mo haṋewa!
Omuṋingandu omundu ngu me ku
sutisire imbi ove mbi wa tjita ku eṱe.
9 Omuṋingandu ingwi ngu ma
hakana ounatje woye ne u tete koruuwa.
