Psalms 137
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Baibala Hemolele (Hawaiian Bible, 1868 revision)
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
1MA na muliwai o Babulona, malaila kakou i noho iho ai, A uwe aku la i ko kakou hoomanao ana ia Ziona.
2On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
2Ma na wilou maloko olaila, I kaulai ai makou i ko makou mea kani.
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!”
3No ka mea, malaila, noi mai ka poe i lawe pio ia makou, I na olelo o ke oli; A o ka poe hoinoino ia makou, noi mai lakou e lealea makou, I mai, E oli mai oukou i ka oli o Ziona.
4How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
4Pehea la makou e oli ai i ka oli o Iehova, Ma ka aina malihini?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
5Ina e hoopoina au ia oe, e Ierusalema, E poina pu no ko'u lima akua i ka hana,
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.
6I ole au e hoomanao ia oe, E pipili hoi kuu aleio i ka aluna o ko'u waha; I ole hoi e kela aku ko'u makemake ia Ierusalema, Mamua o ko'u mea lealea mai.
7Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
7E Iehova, e hoomanao oe i na keiki o Edoma, I ka la o Ierusalema; I ka poe i olelo mai, E wawahi, e wawahi, A ilalo i ke kumu ona.
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
8E ke kaikamahine o Babulona, ka mea e anaiia auanei, E pomaikai auanei ka mea hoopai aku ia oe, i ka hewa, Au i hana hewa mai ai ia makou.
9Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
9E pomaikai no hoi ka mea lalau aku i kau mau keiki, A ulupa ia lakou ilalo i na pohaku.
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