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Mga Awit 137
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Mga Awit 137
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Panaghoy ng mga Israelitang Dinalang-bihag
137 Sa pampang ng mga ilog nitong bansang Babilonia,
kami'y nakaupong tumatangis, sa tuwing Zion, aming naaalala.
2 Sa sanga ng mga kahoy, sa tabi ng ilog nila,
isinabit namin doon, yaong dala naming lira.
3 Sa amin ay iniutos ng sa amin ay lumupig,
na aliwin namin sila, ng matamis naming tinig,
tungkol sa Zion, yaong paksa, niyong nais nilang awit.
4 Ang awit para kay Yahweh, pa'no namin aawitin,
samantalang kami'y bihag sa lupaing hindi amin?
5 Ayaw ko nang ang lira ko'y hawakan pa at tugtugin,
kung ang bunga sa pagtugtog, limutin ang Jerusalem;
6 di na ako aawit pa, kung ang aking sasapitin
sa isip ko't alaala, ika'y ganap na limutin,
kung ang kaligayahan ko ay sa iba ko hahanapin.
7 Yahweh, sana'y gunitain, ginawa ng Edomita,
nang ang bayang Jerusalem ay malupig at makuha;
sumisigaw silang lahat na ang wikang binabadya:
“Iguho na nang lubusan, sa lupa ay ibagsak na!”
8 Tandaan(A) mo, Babilonia, ika'y tiyak wawasakin,
dahilan sa ubod sama ang ginawa mo sa amin;
yaong taong magwawasak, mapalad na ituturing
9 kung ang inyong mga sanggol kunin niya at durugin!
Psalm 137
EasyEnglish Bible
Psalm 137
EasyEnglish Bible
A sad song[a]
137 When we sat down beside the rivers in Babylon,
we were very upset.
We thought about Zion city that we had left behind,
and we wept.[b]
2 We hung up our harps there
on the branches of the willow trees.
3 Our enemies asked us to sing songs for them there.
They laughed at us as their prisoners.
They asked for a song to make them happy.
They shouted, ‘Sing us a song about Zion!’
4 But we are in a foreign land,
so we cannot sing a song to the Lord.
5 Jerusalem, I never want to forget you.
I would rather lose my right hand!
6 I would rather my tongue could no longer move![c]
Yes, I will always remember you, Jerusalem.
You are the most important thing that I think about,
more than anything else that makes me happy.
7 Lord, remember to punish the people of Edom.[d]
They were happy when Babylon's army won against Jerusalem.
On that day the Edomites said,
‘Knock down the city so that nothing still stands!’
8 People of Babylon, an army will soon destroy you!
They will punish you in the same way that you punished us.
May God bless whoever does that to you!
9 Just like you did to us,
they will hit your babies against a rock.
May God bless whoever does that to you!
Footnotes
- 137:1 In 586 BC, Babylon's army destroyed Jerusalem, the capital city of Judah. They took the people who lived there to Babylon as prisoners. We call the time that the people of Judah were prisoners in Babylon ‘the exile.’ They were not happy there and they wanted to return to Jerusalem.
- 137:1 Zion was the special place in Jerusalem where God's Temple was.
- 137:6 The right hand played the harp, and the tongue sang the words.
- 137:7 Edom was an enemy of Judah. When the Babylon army destroyed Jerusalem, the Edomites were very happy.
Psalm 137
New International Version
Psalm 137
New International Version
Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
when we remembered Zion.(C)
2 There on the poplars(D)
we hung our harps,(E)
3 for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)
4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
my highest joy.
7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(N) did
on the day Jerusalem fell.(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”(P)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(Q)
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(R) against the rocks.
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