Masalmo 137:1-9
137 Ife tikhali nawa dhuzi na mikulo ya ku Bhabhilonya.+
Talira pidakumbuka ife Sioni.+
2 Ife tikhamanika maarpa athu,Pakati pa miti* ya mu dziko ineyi.*+
3 Kweneko, ale adatiendesa ku ubitcu atiphemba toera tiaimbire nyimbo,+Ale akhatisingirira akhafuna kuti tiasekese:
“Tiimbireni ibodzi mwa nyimbo za ku Sioni.”
4 Tinakwanisa tani kuimba nyimbo ya YahovaMu dziko yacilendo?
5 Iwe Yerusalemu, ine ndingakuduwala,Djanja yanga yamadyo mbikhale yakusowa basa.*+
6 Ine ndingakhonda kukukumbuka,Ine ndingakhonda kuona Yerusalemu ninga wakufunika kakamweKupiringana pinthu pinakomerwa na ine,+Lirimi yanga mbiphatane na mulomo wanga.
7 Yahova, kumbukaniPidalonga Aedhomi pa ntsiku idagwa Yerusalemu:
“Ufudzeni! Ufudzeni mpaka padatoma iwo kumangwa!”+
8 Iwe mwana wankazi wa Bhabhilonya, wakuti wasala pangʼono toera kufudzwa,+Nyakutsandzaya ndi ule anafuna kukucitiraPinthu pibodzi pyene pidacita iwe kuna ife.+
9 Nyakutsandzaya ndi ule anafuna kuphata anakoMbaapeyera pa miyala.+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Fala Yacihebheri isalonga pya muti wakuti usagumanika kakamwe nʼkhundu mwa mikulo ya ku Oriente Médio. Ncizungu ndi “choupos.”
^ Ineyi ndi dziko ya Bhabhilonya.
^ Munjira inango: “mbiume.”