By the River of Babylon 巴比伦的河边

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?  f I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下,一追想錫安就哭了。我們把琴掛在那裡的柳樹上;因為在那裡,擄掠我們的要我們唱歌,搶奪我們的要我們作樂,說:給我們唱一首錫安歌罷!我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢?耶路撒冷啊,我若忘記你,情願我的右手忘記技巧!我若不記念你,若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的,情願我的舌頭貼於上膛!
Psalm 诗篇 137 1-6


在巴比伦的河边