诗篇 137
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
被掳者的哀歌
137 我们坐在巴比伦河畔，
想起锡安禁不住凄然泪下。
2 我们把琴挂在柳树上。
3 俘虏我们的人要我们唱歌，
掳掠我们的人要我们歌唱，说：
“给我们唱一首锡安的歌。”
4 我们流落异邦，
怎能唱颂赞耶和华的歌呢？
5 耶路撒冷啊，倘若我忘了你，
情愿我的右手无法再拨弄琴弦；
6 倘若我忘了你，
不以你为我的至爱，
情愿我的舌头不能再歌唱。
7 耶和华啊，
求你记住耶路撒冷沦陷时以东人的行径。
他们喊道：
“拆毁这城，把它夷为平地！”
8 巴比伦城啊，
你快要灭亡了，
那向你以牙还牙为我们复仇的人有福了！
9 那抓住你的婴孩摔在石头上的人有福了！
诗篇 137
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
被掳之民向 神的哀求
137 我们曾坐在巴比伦的河畔，
在那里我们一想起锡安就哭了。
2 我们把我们的琴
挂在那里的柳树上。
3 因为在那里，掳掠我们的人要我们唱歌，
苦待我们的人要我们娱乐他们；
他们说：“为我们唱一首锡安歌吧！”
4 我们怎能在异族之地
唱耶和华的歌呢？
5 耶路撒冷啊！如果我忘记你，
情愿我的右手忘记技巧（“忘记技巧”或译：“枯干”）。
6 如果我不记念你，
如果我不高举耶路撒冷
超过我最大的喜乐，
情愿我的舌头紧贴上膛。
7 耶和华啊！求你记念以东人在耶路撒冷遭难的日子所行的，
他们说：“拆毁它，拆毁它，
直拆到根基。”
8 将要被毁灭的（“将要被毁灭的”有古译本作“毁灭者”）巴比伦城（“城”原文作“女子”）啊！
照着你待我们的行为报复你的，
那人有福了。
9 抓住你的婴孩
摔在盘石上的，
那人有福了。
Psalm 137
New English Translation
Psalm 137[a]
137 By the rivers of Babylon
we sit down and weep[b]
when we remember Zion.
2 On the poplars in her midst
we hang our harps,
3 for there our captors ask us to compose songs;[c]
those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying:[d]
“Sing for us a song about Zion!”[e]
4 How can we sing a song to the Lord
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
may my right hand be crippled.[f]
6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
and do not give Jerusalem priority
over whatever gives me the most joy.[g]
7 Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.[h]
They said, “Tear it down, tear it down,[i]
right to its very foundation!”
8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated,[j]
how blessed will be the one who repays you
for what you dished out to us.[k]
9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies
and smashes them on a rock.[l]
Footnotes
- Psalm 137:1 sn Psalm 137. The Babylonian exiles lament their condition, vow to remain loyal to Jerusalem, and appeal to God for revenge on their enemies.
- Psalm 137:1 tn Heb “there we sit down, also we weep.”
- Psalm 137:3 tn Heb “ask us [for] the words of a song.”
- Psalm 137:3 tn Heb “our [?] joy.” The derivation and meaning of the Hebrew phrase תוֹלָלֵינוּ (tolalenu, “our [?]”) are uncertain. A derivation from תָּלַל (talal, “to mock”) fits contextually, but this root occurs only in the Hiphil stem. For a discussion of various proposals, see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 236.
- Psalm 137:3 tn Heb “from a song of Zion.” Most modern translations read, “one of the songs of Zion,” taking the preposition מִן (min, “from”) as partitive and “song” as collective. The present translation assumes the mem (ם) is enclitic, being misunderstood later as the prefixed preposition.
- Psalm 137:5 tn Heb “may my right hand forget.” In this case one must supply an object, such as “how to move” or “its skill.” The elliptical nature of the text has prompted emendations (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 236). The translation assumes an emendation to תִּכְשַׁח (tikhshakh), from an otherwise unattested root כָּשַׁח (kashakh), meaning “to be crippled; to be lame.” See HALOT 502 s.v. כשׁח, which cites Arabic cognate evidence in support of the proposal. The difficulty of the MT can be explained as an error of transposition facilitated by the use of שָׁכַח (shakhakh, “forget”) just before this.
- Psalm 137:6 tn Heb “if I do not lift up Jerusalem over the top of my joy.”
- Psalm 137:7 tn Heb “remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem.”
- Psalm 137:7 tn Heb “lay [it] bare, lay [it] bare.”
- Psalm 137:8 tn Heb “O devastated daughter of Babylon.” The psalmist dramatically anticipates Babylon’s demise.
- Psalm 137:8 tn Heb “O the happiness of the one who repays you your wage which you paid to us.”
- Psalm 137:9 sn For other references to the wholesale slaughter of babies in the context of ancient Near Eastern warfare, see 2 Kgs 8:12; Isa 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10.
Psalm 137
King James Version
137 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.
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